The Blog recently donated a
brand new cart for homeowner use, since they always seem to be in short supply. Fully knowing that Kit Sutherland would
sooner take it away and deprive every one of its use than she would have anyone
who doesn’t already know about the Blog
find out about it, we installed an RFID tag on the cart so that when it went missing,
we would know who took it – and that would be unit 519, Andrew Mark Hicks.
But you know Kit – being a bit of a tech-not (by her own admission), she didn’t know what an RFID tag was and became convinced it was some sort of sinister plot to upset the security of our community, and sent out the (somewhat embarrassing) e-mail, below. (Continued...)
As probably all of you are aware, an RFID tag is merely a beacon – it is not a recording device nor does it transmit any voice or video.
In fact, it’s actually just a key finder - like you would find at Brookstone - that was just repurposed to find the cart, should it go missing. :-)
But you know Kit – being a bit of a tech-not (by her own admission), she didn’t know what an RFID tag was and became convinced it was some sort of sinister plot to upset the security of our community, and sent out the (somewhat embarrassing) e-mail, below. (Continued...)
As probably all of you are aware, an RFID tag is merely a beacon – it is not a recording device nor does it transmit any voice or video.
In fact, it’s actually just a key finder - like you would find at Brookstone - that was just repurposed to find the cart, should it go missing. :-)
The Blog has raised
over $500 and bought 3 new carts for homeowner use in an effort to help with
the shortage of carts and so that our Association wouldn’t have to absorb the
expense. And we're sure that Kit will return the first of those carts to the elevator lobby shortly - once she realizes (and we're sure she will) that depriving everyone of its use when we rarely have enough carts as it is would be extremely petty. Just give her a day or two to get beyond the obvious embarrassment that would undoubtedly come from putting out an announcement for everyone to 'be vigilant' and 'call the Board of Directors if you notice anything suspcious' and hauling the already-stretched-thin-trying-to-solve-real-crimes Atlanta Police Department out onto GIL property to 'investigate' a key finder from Brookstone!
C'mon, Kit - we could certianly use more carts and with the Association preparing to borrow over $250,000 this year to make ends meet, it's actually a blessing for everyone that the Association didn't have to pay for them.
We'll make you a deal. If you bring the cart back, we will donate two additonal carts - for a total of five -and at no cost to the Association. That would be three more than we presently have for the 640 building and two more than we presently have for the 660 building. In all, that's nearly a $1,000 donation to help make homeowners' lives just a little bit easier every day. $1000 that the Association won't have to spend on carts this year that can instead go toward the many expenses already awating us over the coming months. Everybody wins. On that point, I think we could all agree.
We'll make you a deal. If you bring the cart back, we will donate two additonal carts - for a total of five -and at no cost to the Association. That would be three more than we presently have for the 640 building and two more than we presently have for the 660 building. In all, that's nearly a $1,000 donation to help make homeowners' lives just a little bit easier every day. $1000 that the Association won't have to spend on carts this year that can instead go toward the many expenses already awating us over the coming months. Everybody wins. On that point, I think we could all agree.
In the past I have always voted with the board on issues and elections. I have neither the time nor energy to dedicate to these things, trusting the elected board to weigh the decisions for me. No more! This to me shows quite clearly the indifferent squandering of resources and time by our 'Board of Directors'.
ReplyDeleteCan somebody explain to my why Kit is running the board when she isn't even elected? And for that matter, where IS our board? We are suffering from a lack of genuine leadership, as if some hag from the mail room hijacked the CEO's office and spent the day making crank calls. I can't support tar and feathers (too messy), but I will support any legal measures to install new leaders with new vision when that time comes again. Yoel, you are on notice.
Attention Blog,
ReplyDeleteSomeone taped a document to our door saying that the cart was last located in our unit. That is false and we don't appreciate the implication that we held the cart in our unit and then gave it to Kit. We never used the cart, but we did see it in the elevator lobby. The blog says the cart was "tracked" to Unit 519 (which was temporarily posted in the elevator), and that is not our unit. So, why was the notice taped to our door? I don't appreciate it and my wife is infuriated that someone would sneak up, post a notice on our door and not knock to ask if we had the cart or what happened to the cart if it had been "tracked" to our unit. We expect an apology for the accusation that we would hold a cart in our unit and not return it to the elevator lobby when we finished unloading it. We return carts that are left in the hallways or just put on the elevators by people too lazy to return the carts to the elevator lobby. Whoever taped that notice on our door owes us a personal and immediate apology.
Wayne & Carmen Reimer
Unit #511
Wayne-
DeleteThe sign was taped to the door of unit 519, where the cart was tracked to last - the loft of Andrew Mark Hicks (and where it remained for about 6 hours, at which time they likely destroyed the RFID tag and the signal was lost). Since only ONE sign was posted on the door of 519, it would appear that your neighbor down the hall removed it from his door and , rather than throw it away, he instead taped it to your door. Which is not surprising if you consider that to be a Stu-Kit groupie, one has to graduate cum-laude from the school of dirty tricks. The person who clearly owes you an apology is the Kit-Bot in unit 519 that turned the cart over rather than let everyone have it to use. HOWEVER, WE APOLOGIZE THAT WE INADVERTENTLY PROVIDED HIM A TOOL WITH WHICH TO ATTACK YOU - A COMPLETELY INNOCENT PARTY.
-Peace
I saw a shoe in the garage. perhaps someone should alert Kit to call the bomb Squad. It could be a shoe bomb.
ReplyDeleteIt no doubt fell off their foot when they were fleeing the property after 'tampering' with the door lock - which strangely coincides with it just being used 150 times a day...lol...paranoid much?!
ReplyDeleteI think this whole cart fiasco is so indicative of a mid-application of energy, funds and focus. By the time you add up the cost of the cart itself, the destroyed RFID tracker that identified who the true problem is around here, the salaries of the police officers that were summoned to our property to investigate a gift to our community that we desperately need, you see how misalligned the priorities of our fearless, elected board are.
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