If you are living at my apartment complex, then 99.9% of the time, you are either attending Texas A&M University or Blinn College. This fact automatically lends an understanding of some modicum of intelligence. I would suggest utilizing the intelligence that these establishment’s believe you have, and put your intelligence to people skills.

“Do not bite the hand that feeds you.”

That said, you aren’t going to piss off the server who is bringing you your food. You aren’t going to insult the bouncer that will let you in the bar. I assure you that you will not insult the tailor who is making a dress for you.  So, tell me why you will yell and scream and INSULT the men and women that run your apartment? Do you realize that if we wanted to, we could make your life a living HELL? No, of course you don’t. Because if you did, you would be sending me a cake or giving me a candle instead of calling me stupid and telling me that I’m not fit to be in the position that I’m in. This goes the same for your parents. Parents, newsflash.  YOUR KIDS ARE NOT ALWAYS TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. When you ask if they put the work order in for their sink, and they say yes, but it still hasn’t been fixed. Please expect to be told that your child has never put in a work order. You will more than likely be notified of this AFTER you begin our conversation with a hostile tone and throwing around accusations. I’m not sure if you realize all the things that can go wrong when you’re renting an apartment somewhere. Let me inform you of just some of the unfortunate things that can happen.

1. Your rent checks aren’t ever received by the office
2. Your work orders are lost in the system
3. We saw an illegal pet enter your apartment. Fines are due immediately.
4. Your ethernet has stopped working, and the part needed to fix it is on back order.
5. When you move out, we found your apartment trashed, and have the pictures to prove it.

Obviously, because my apartment complex is extremely well run, and our agents are nothing if not professional, these things will not happen. But, at some point, you children need to start to consider the ramifications of your actions. We are not here for you to stomp and wipe your shoes on. We are here to make sure that the residents are comfortable and that things are running smoothly and efficiently around the property. This is sometimes a strange and tedious tightrope of tasks we have to walk, so it would be very easy for one of our many requests to slip through the cracks.

This is not a threat. This is a small suggestion for everyone who thinks about walking into the office to speak to me in the practiced condescending tone. Please know that the majority of the time, you are wrong, we are right, and therefore, you just made an ass of yourself. Trust me we will remember.

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