Yet there will always be people who decide the rules don't apply to them and claim the spot anyway, and get pissy when their vehicle gets trapped in some way, or even removed
Hell yes. I used to live in New Orleans and my apartment building was right on the parade route for Mardi Gras. My significant other at the time and I went out of town for a few days on a road trip. We got back really late at night to find some douche bag in our reserved parking spot. It was Mardi Gras time so parking in that area is at an absolute premium, and since it was 2 AM, we had no way to find out whose car it was, we just called and had them towed. The next day we get confronted by douche bag who had let one of their friends park in our spot because “you weren’t using it“ I just told them to take it up with the property management company who I knew to be VERY strict about the use of parking spaces.
I know it doesn’t specify which internationally famous chef it is in the last story, but I want to imagine Gordon Ramsey calling Big Daddy and the General Contractor “a fu**king donkey and idiot sandwich” in court. That mental image alone puts a smile on my face.
That would be funny, but I don't think it was Ramsay. AFAIK he doesn't build restaurants just to pump up the value and flip them to the highest bidder.
Dude: "LOL I took your bike spot, what are you gonna do about it? LMAO." OP: **Locks up his bike with a super durable lock** Dude: **Confused Screaming**
This is so stupid, I mean he's lucky that *_all_* he did was lock the bike. He could have slit the tires, keyed the paint up, beat it with a sledge hammer, etcetera. He _probably_ wouldn't because he'd be the first suspect, but unless there are cameras there, they'll lack proof.
Second story : Yup, if it's not in writing, it ain't your job. Just because THEY assume you would've done it as part of the overall job... Running these wires, at your own expense because it's not part of the job description, is a sure way these scummy companies take advantage of others.
At my previous job, we got other departments' jobs when they messed up/forgot/ignored the task. And was assigned the janitors job when they were off including shoveling snow.
Oh jeez that saga of BigDaddy and FancyPants being owned by Barry had me cracking up. That was some next level malicious compliance mixed with pro revenge.
Story 2: I am a project engineer for an electrical contractor and work with some kind of GC bullshit every day. what every Big Daddy is paying in legal fees would probably be way less than what the DOB or the Fire Marshall would charge them in fees for a non-working means of egress. the fire Marshall takes that kind of issue very seriously and at worse could have the building condemned for it if not fixed soon enough.
The one with the bicycle is just so wholesome somehow 😄 Like, someone’s being an asshole and OP responds with a fitting punishment and the asshole learns a lesson. No ruining of lives, lively hood or relationships in this one, haha.
Years ago, I got out of the children's hospital to the university hospital for urology. there were two restrooms. One inside where the exams rooms were and one out in the hall. Neither of which were accessible. One time I was in a exam room with the door open. I had to watch a bf/husband act as a door for his gf/wife who was a wheelchair user so she could leave a culture for the doc. At the time I self cathed which takes a bit longer than just going. Especially when leaving a culture. Everytime I was in there the nurse would check on me multiple times. It was very embarrassing coming and having ppl staring at me knowing I took longer than usual because of her. I tried to explain to her the situation but she wouldn't stop. So one day I came in and the outside restroom now had a handicapped symbol on the outside wall, indicating it was now accessible so I asked if I could use it to leave a culture. They let me and I went in with my walker. I could not fit said walker into either of the two stalls. Meaning they had done nothing to make them accessible.they basically just stuck the plaque with the wheelchair symbol to the wall. I wish I had been the type of person back then to make some calls and find out who had supposedly done the "construction" to the restroom and made a complaint.
Are you in the US? Or was this so long ago that ADA laws and such weren’t around? It’s hard to imagine *any* public building that doesn’t have accessible bathrooms and entrances etc. let alone a medical facility.
That's horrible! Did they think the bathroom was going to see the plaque and slowly stretch out over time? That'd be like going to Flint, Michigan and putting a "potable water" sticker on... anything. Sure it's absurd that they've been unable to drink water, or even bathe for over a decade now, but a sticker like that is literally worse than doing nothing.
@@ericaschaidt8588 I am in the US. This was only a few years ago. I don't know how they got away with it. Also this was an old part of the building. I dunno if that had anything to do with it.
@@ginabell694Most likely, I currently build showers in people's homes and we just had a problem with an old house having an air duct and the dryer vent preventing simple plumbing. Perhaps something like that is keeping the building from committing to a proper renovation, not to mention the potential of disturbing other patients. And since it's an Old part of the Building, it might contain something that the higher ups do not want to risk exposing the patients to or complicate the renovation enough to not be worth it.
What I love the most about the bike story is Butthead’s second letter, begging for his bike back, apologising and ADMITTING TO ATTEMPTING TO BREAK THE LOCK, if OP was really petty, he could’ve gotten police involved for destruction of property
First story: Sometimes to deal with a jerk you have to show them you can be a bigger jerk. By the way, the unlicensed rider is my favorite charater of One Punch Man. God his best moment in season one actually made me cry.
Story 2 definitely an example of order of operations. I remember rushing to a site to slide loose ductwork in bays before plumbing or electrical ran something parallel, blocking a path.
So replacing the board 27 times in 2 months at $1,100 each brought in $29,700. Edit: Now depending on where the story takes place, after sales/service taxes are tacked on it will be over 30 grand, like said in the title.
A useful thing that I learned about management seeing it done well and badly is that if you, as a manager have some experienced and competent workers that like you and you listen to them, all the little mistakes you make either get flagged up with a nice big warning sign pointing to a solution or mysteriously vanish without you needing to lift a finger.
Another great day waking and baking with rslash Happy Mothers Day to all my fellow moms and grandmas and to the dads and others who fill that role you're all amazing
i used to work on construction sites pretty often. the GC story? it happens way too often. either someone fucks up, or the GC fucks up. big mistakes like that cost jobs upwards of a month to repair, and its hilarious when someone elses job isnt completed, so you cant begim your own work. aaaah good times
The one punch man bike rider (mumen rider) is wholesome and righteous though! 0.5/5 buttholes for you rslash for even comparing them! (Unless I have the wrong bike person)
@@MrJerichoPumpkin Seriously the first scene that came to mind was from the anime. The scene where Mumen Rider was facing against Deep Sea King. Where eventually Saitama comes in when Mumen was down.
Now I'm feeling gossipy and want to know what internationally famous chef's restaurant it was... Maybe someone who swears and cusses as much as the GC?
As someone who works in a construction co. owned by a guy named Barry, Rule #1 in the business world: get EVERYTHING in writing before doing a job because they will def try to pull some "I never agreed to that!" or "That's not in our budget, can you work with us?" I'm thinking about all those subs (subcontractors) that had to wait for retainage (the last 10%) until all of this was over. They must have been pissed SMH!
It’s stories like the 2nd one that remind me why I left the construction industry. I went through plenty of stuff just like this. Get everything in writing. The recording of calls was brilliant. But the good old favorite is “I’ll just follow up in 5 minutes by email with a summary of this to ensure I have the details correct. As soon as you confirm via email, we’ll move forward.”
Real simple fix for the bike story. Just get a good lock and lock the space thief's bike with it. Then leave a nasty note saying that they can get their bike when OP feels like it.
Why the fuck do companies like towing/garbage/ construction always have the weirdest names? “BigDaddy”? Who comes up with this stuff? I recently interacted with a towing company called “Dykes.” It was a new company. In 2021
I'm a little surprised there wasn't a issue with the "handicap-accessible" restroom being down some stairs, with no mention of a ramp. That in itself seems like it'd be a building code violation lots of places.
I think you've got them backwards - the non-accessible washroom is downstairs, while the accessible one was down the corridor because stairs were a no-no. But if you're right then my god is that an oversight.
The two _conventional_ (i.e. non-handicapped) washrooms were down the stairs, the handicapped restroom was along the corridor the servers used to bring food in and out. Out of all the stuff they messed up, that is not one of them. Of course, there's still the issue of there not being enough room so the door has to swing the 'wrong' way, but at least it's not downstairs.
I know Japan and the USA are very different cultures, but you can tell that bike guy isn't used to dealing with someone from the US. First infraction, I would have been irritated, but accepted it. Maybe the guy genuinely didn't know. Second time, if it's the same guy, I would leave a polite note. It's my experience that a lot of people, when politely told something end up either being ignorant of the trouble they were causing, or not interested in confrontation, so even if they're being deliberately stupid, they'll back down. 3rd infraction and I leave a rude note. Something like, "Dear Dumbass: I've explained this to you politely, but that didn't work so note I'll explain it rudely." Stuff like that. I've had great success with that 2nd rude note after being polite previously. In the OP's case, after the first polite note was returned with a "go fuck yourself" style answer, I would have left another note simply saying, "A bicycle is very easily destroyed." There would not be a 4th infraction.
The story about Big Daddy who was about to have his restaurant open to the public is that Big Daddy should know better than to have thick carpet in his restaurant because it would make it difficult for people in wheelchairs to get to the handicap bathroom because the people who use wheelchairs would be struggling to get to the bathroom in the first place
As an APM with a general contractor, situations like this is why we do scope reviews to make sure both the GC, Owner and Subcontractor understand what was bought and what was not
The second story is a homage to the old Sun Tzu saying of "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."
Funny thing is that anyone with a proper set of tools could remove that bike. I'm assuming OP lives in a very big city where people don't bother having their own tools. Most likely, all he'd need is an angle grinder. It's loud, but if you explain that someone locked your bike up maliciously and show the registration, it shouldn't be too hard to get done.
That would be hard to get away with in Japan. Because crime rate is very low in Japan, cops are always looking for stuff to do, and someone trying to cut a lock free would definitely call their attention. Once they got involved, the spot thief would be screwed, because they'd have to explain the situation, which would probably result in the cops finding out that they parked in someone else's spot.
Reputation is paramount in business. The more niche the industry, the more your reputation as a company is relied on. There are ginormous, multi-billion dollar industries that only have a handful of players and all of them know and trust/not trust based solely on reputation. Hell, goodwill is a financial valuation a company can sell that is just their brand's reputation. Not even kidding. It's an actual dollar amount that your company can add to their financial statements that is nothing but your company's reputation.
The thing with Big Daddy I understand is somewhat common in that industry. My previous employer started out life doing contract work like that. He got screwed a lot. People would pay but a few grand less than agreed upon. This could be personal jobs and contracts for bigger clients. Anyways he left that industry 20 years or so ago starting an MSP (IT work instead) as he figured people would always pay or he would shut the computer off.
Ok, I'm a huge One-Punch Man fan, and the fact that he compared the OP to Mumen Rider is hilarious and great! For any who may not know, "mumen" in Japanese just about (a.k.a., *very* roughly) translates to "no driver's license", which is why rSlash called him "the unlicensed bicycle rider".
Now I can't stop thinking about someone trying to screw Mumen Rider out of his parking spot and him having to run to the station before going to save someone.
When I heard that the "air curtain" and the ADO were going to share the same circuits, I chuckled, because I knew where this was going. I don't install neither of these, mind you, but I work with servers and computers, and one of the things you *don't* want to have is two devices that require a lot of power sharing the same line. That's just an accident waiting to happen.
What I wouldn't give to be in a life situation where a "couple a thousand dollars" isn't a "huge amount of money" an extra $1000 would change my whole life rn...
Holy crap the first story! Great revenge but a little terrifying if you ask me. Just think, anyone can buy a bike lock and put it on any bike and no one can do anything about it! I mean sure it's illegal in most places and you can call the cops but if they or you don't have bolt cutters, you're screwed!
Man, if that dude in story 1 delays Mumen Rider ever again, the Real Saitama might get involved. XD In all seriousness though, I wonder if the Guy will actually stop once his bike is freed.
Saitama - a feeder prefecture to Tokyo, pretty close depending on which part of Saitama they live in, and JET is a Japanese English Teaching Program hosted by the Japanese government. (I also live in Japan, and have lived in Saitama, but currently reside in Tokyo). This person is very nice to the bike parker. I've only ever had one apartment that had assigned parking, and any bikes that didn't have matching stickers, the building manager would put out in the road. (it was the only building manager I've ever met over here that has ever done anything besides complain about the trash, which is why I'm glad I have my own home now lol)
