Val knows nothing about social media. Doesn't have any accounts. Doesn't want them. Used to be, that was a condition of her employment. Teachers can't be voicing their opinions to the public, heh, heh. Back then, that was the policy at my workplace. It doesn't mean all teachers obeyed that directive.
Anyhoo... Hick uses Facebook to promote his business. To find bargains to sell, and bargains to fix up our flip houses. He's always getting notifications. I guess they might come from key words he has used. Like I said, I don't' know how all that works.
Anyhoo... a couple days ago, Hick saw that a gal had made a post complaining about the Senior Center apartments. To the best of my recollection, she said the apartments were dirty and full of mold and everybody knows it. Of course Hick took objection. He left her a message.
"I said that I have been the manager of those apartments for two months. That my phone number is posted on the door of my office there, and that I can be reached any time if there is a problem. That I have had no complaints about the condition of the apartments.
So then she put up a comment that 'He's only saying that to make me look bad.' Then she blocked me! So I don't know what else she might be saying.
I was up there at the apartments later, and two old ladies was moving out. I mentioned that Facebook and asked if they had any problem with mold. It was a mother and daughter. They said they was just moving because they wanted to get a two-bedroom apartment. They got one over in Bill-Paying Town. And the one old lady said about the Facebook: 'I'm so sorry you had to read that. It's my granddaughter. She does things like this all the time.'"
"Huh. So I wonder if they had said anything about mold?"
"I don't know. They didn't act like it. They just wanted a bigger apartment."
Hick can't go chasing down every person who might insult him. That's a thing teachers know all too well. Sometimes, what you don't know can't upset you...
I had an opportunity to teach future teachers at the local college. I love teaching children, but adults? I cannot stand putting up with adults/parents who question my work and expectations. We were managers of apts once in our lifetime, it was hell.
ReplyDeleteEverybody who's NOT doing it knows a better way to do your job, whether it's teaching, or managing apartments!
DeleteIs there any way he could arrange an apartment inspection rountine where he checks for things like mould or broken appliances maybe twice a year? If he is checking all the apartments she can't complain that he might be picking on her and other tenants might be grateful that things are being checked on a regular basis.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the residents would want Hick invading their space. He thinks if they have a problem, they will report it. People are usually not shy about complaining, heh, heh!
DeleteThe gal who was trashing the apartments on Facebook doesn't live there. It was her mom and grandma, sharing an apartment, and they said they didn't have a problem.
On my blog, I said I had afib. One woman told me the doctor should refuse to treat me because I lied to him. Stupid woman did not know what afib was. Yes, I should have capitalized it.
ReplyDeleteOpinions are like...um...well...everybody has one! Some random woman's opinion of what should be between you and your doctor does not make her an authority on your situation, heh, heh. No matter how much she would like to think so.
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