Wednesday, April 13, 2005
We have run into a snag with moving…
We are set to move on Friday, we have movers lined up, we sign over the condo on the 19th, we have every thing you would think you would need to move. However the Apt complex that we are moving into calls today and says they need a copy of the renters insurance, and a record from the Vet showing that we have the cats fixed and declawed.
The insurance is no problem, that’s all taken care of. The Vet info showing the cat info will be an issue however… as neither cat is declawed. This is the first they are telling us this, and we are set to take the apt tomorrow. It would have been nice to know ahead of time. Not that I would have rushed out and had them declawed, but we could have looked for something else.
So here is where I am, I HAVE to move into this Apt, I don’t see myself having any other choice, however if they are going to bar us from this then we are going to have to throw down. We picked this Apt because this company is also building my house, so they gave us some nice considerations. So far our experiences with this company have been outstanding, I really hope that doesn’t change.
Here is my plan of attack…
I want to talk to the girl that we first talked to at the Apt complex, instead of the drone I talked to today. The first girl seemed to be more with it. So since they were kind enough to tell me when they go to lunch I can swing by when the ditz is out to lunch and the good one is there alone. The good one, Heather, is the Assistant Manager and seems to be my best bet to get this through. However I can’t sign things during this most important lunch window because I will be alone without my wife… so we have to come back at 3 to sign. I am hoping this 3 hour window will be enough to let me fight it out with them or for them to contact the folks they need to. If they won’t budge then I will start calling up the ladder with this company. If this all looks hopeless then I will pull out a trump card I hope I do not have to pull. I will as my last desperate act threaten them with contacting Peta and reporting this company as insisting on the cruelty to animals. I do not know if this will work but it’s the most leverage I have, beyond asking politely appealing to them in a logical manner.
We do not believe in declawing the cats. Declawing is the same as cutting off the last digit of their fingers. Its not just pulling out the fingernail, it’s the loss of the last digit. That is just too cruel for us to do to pets we love. Also the apt is not coming furnished so I am not sure why they care.
The insurance is no problem, that’s all taken care of. The Vet info showing the cat info will be an issue however… as neither cat is declawed. This is the first they are telling us this, and we are set to take the apt tomorrow. It would have been nice to know ahead of time. Not that I would have rushed out and had them declawed, but we could have looked for something else.
So here is where I am, I HAVE to move into this Apt, I don’t see myself having any other choice, however if they are going to bar us from this then we are going to have to throw down. We picked this Apt because this company is also building my house, so they gave us some nice considerations. So far our experiences with this company have been outstanding, I really hope that doesn’t change.
Here is my plan of attack…
I want to talk to the girl that we first talked to at the Apt complex, instead of the drone I talked to today. The first girl seemed to be more with it. So since they were kind enough to tell me when they go to lunch I can swing by when the ditz is out to lunch and the good one is there alone. The good one, Heather, is the Assistant Manager and seems to be my best bet to get this through. However I can’t sign things during this most important lunch window because I will be alone without my wife… so we have to come back at 3 to sign. I am hoping this 3 hour window will be enough to let me fight it out with them or for them to contact the folks they need to. If they won’t budge then I will start calling up the ladder with this company. If this all looks hopeless then I will pull out a trump card I hope I do not have to pull. I will as my last desperate act threaten them with contacting Peta and reporting this company as insisting on the cruelty to animals. I do not know if this will work but it’s the most leverage I have, beyond asking politely appealing to them in a logical manner.
We do not believe in declawing the cats. Declawing is the same as cutting off the last digit of their fingers. Its not just pulling out the fingernail, it’s the loss of the last digit. That is just too cruel for us to do to pets we love. Also the apt is not coming furnished so I am not sure why they care.
