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Post by BagLady on Nov 17, 2013 16:43:36 GMT -5
Here is a series of emails between IT and myself. When I left SLR for a wedding in Savannah on Friday, I noticed the marquee out front announcing Don Drabik's memorial service misspelled Don Drabik's name. Not wanting his widow, Joann, to be greeted with this sign of, at best--carelessness--and, at worst--disrespect--I emailed our "manager":
From: "S T" <movinsue@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 6:18 PM
To: manager@slrmail.com
Subject: Don Drabik's memorial
I noticed the Board announcing the Memorial Service for Don Drabic--please correct the spelling of his name. It is DrabiK. Thank you.
S T 4 Stonefly
On Nov 16, 2013 10:15 AM, "Manager of S-bag Lake Resort" <manager@slrmail.com> wrote:
the Board doesn't announce memorial services.
From: "S T" <movinsue@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:18 AM
To: manager@slrmail.com
Subject: re: Don Drabik's memorial
I did not address the board.
from: Manager of S-bag Lake Resort
to: S T <movinsue@gmail.com>
date: Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:46 AM
subject: re: Don Drabik's memorial
whomever "announces or posts" a memorial or any other function is responsible for any spelling errors. this is not an office or management duty.
from: S T <movinsue@gmail.com>
to: manager@slrmail.com
date: Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Your compassion under the circumstances and spirit of cooperation are noted.
Despite the fact that I was out of town attending a family wedding, I phoned a friend and asked them to try to track down the letter person to make the minor change. After a few phone calls, my friends found out who was the letter person and asked them to correct the spelling. This conversation took place at 1pm on Sat--one hour prior to the Memorial Service.
Regarding this manager, I am shocked and speechless. But her behavior does not really need any editorial from me anyway.
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Post by Resident at RC on Nov 17, 2013 19:34:07 GMT -5
Our Manager seems to have more compassion regarding wild stray/feral cats, then the grieving spouse & family of a deceased SLR resident/owner, Don Drabik. This should tell you something about our Manager.
Issues like this, "one day will come back to haunt her". One self centered get even person !!! Jm A. :-(
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Post by anon on Nov 18, 2013 14:59:02 GMT -5
Perhaps you should have used the word "marquee" in email, since the word "board" has several different meanings; you must communicate precisely to it. I'm surprised your reply email from it didn't contain the spelling error: "bored." There have been many instances in which she used the wrong word concerning words that sound the same but have two different spellings and meanings, for example the word "would" sounds just like "wood;" she meant to use the word "would" but spelled it "wood." There were many others found in the newsletter and reports on the bulletin boards.
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Post by BagLady on Nov 18, 2013 17:49:42 GMT -5
Giving IT the benefit of the doubt in this situation would be generous. I would submit, however, that one does not typically give the quality of "seeing" to a board--nor does one usually describe a "governing body of persons" as having a misspelled word.
It is revealing that in IT's concrete and selfish world, she cannot think outside the boundaries of her own self interest to interpret something in a context which does not directly relate to the "Board of Directors".
When she finally "got it" after two email exchanges, the bottom line of IT's cold response in this matter was "It's not my job".
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Post by Teacher's Pet on Nov 18, 2013 19:57:38 GMT -5
Also, the use of "whomever" is incorrect. It is "whoever".
This grammar rule is difficult to grasp. She hasn't even mastered capital letters.
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Anonymous Environmentalist
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Post by Anonymous Environmentalist on Nov 18, 2013 21:06:24 GMT -5
There is not much that it has mastered, except seeing to it that our funds are being wasted big time, and once again, I digress, it's truly a shame that this board are mute like the puppets they are...
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Post by Bugs Bunny on Nov 18, 2013 22:18:33 GMT -5
AHHHH....whats up DOCK ?
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Post by anon on Nov 19, 2013 13:43:08 GMT -5
it's only her job to spend, spend, spend every dime of OUR dues as fast as they are receipted--and spending it on things that do NOT need to be done, while ignoring others that residents have been requesting be done--for example, the storage lot, which residents pay to use, needs ground work, but budgetary constraints were cited as the reason why it hasn't been done, and other things that do not need money thrown at them are being done and re-done--like all the unnecessary re-painting that's been done lately--and by several different contractors.
it's not her job to get involved with resident to resident petty squabbles, yet she sticks her beak into these instances where it does not belong, this includes calling the police on residents and wanting them arrested for no obvious breakage of either civil or criminal laws.
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Post by Dirty Birdy on Dec 13, 2013 7:45:10 GMT -5
For the life of me I just cant figure out WHY WHY WHY did the recycle dumpsters go away . This was a great amenity for the Community and it actually a positive thing.
It was nice to stroll down there with items instead of piling up garbage by our roadside stumps . I guess anything that works must be taken away from everyone, this just make no sense .
With the trash service we have that will now need to stop at each and every lot for little yellow bins you can only imagine the stink and stains from the consistently leaking big yellow truck .
I will no longer separate my recycles from my garbage .
I suppose now that the dumpsters are gone T Ucker P Aving can come back and clean up the mess they dumped on our Community in that area .
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Post by vpeugh on Dec 13, 2013 10:52:33 GMT -5
Hubby and I watched trash service put our garbage and the recycles in the same place in the truck one day.
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Post by Casper the Friendly Guest on Dec 14, 2013 8:40:12 GMT -5
This is a common practice with this Trash Service we have, to put trash and recyclables in the same batch on the same round thru the Park.
It makes no sense , I cant be sure if it is dumped at the Landfill and then separated or just buried . I have never seen any trash service mix the loads like that anywhere. The Whacky Taxi service is a bottom of the barrel business and you can see what they have done to our $400K paving job. They continue to spill toxic trash soup and drip oil every place they stop and our MANBOD couldn't care less or they would cancel the contract with them as this has been happening since TT first showed up in SLR in April .
NONE of the other Companies have made a mess like this Yellow polluting garbage truck service has. You have to wonder what is in it for the manager to allow this to go on when it is clearly visible to the Community that SLR is becoming a nasty looking and foul smelling trailer court or back alley such as you would find in 8 mile Detroit .
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Post by Listener on Dec 14, 2013 9:08:42 GMT -5
....and
IT has used her well-known financial prowess and management acumen to negotiate an INCREASE in contract fee for Trash Removal from the current $62K to 70K!
This is a 13% increase over last year. The trash removal annual cost was $57K before StInc arrived.
What in the general economy has increased 13%? Our national rate of growth is barely 2%.
We would be much better off with IT Removal than Trash Removal.
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Post by Rosco P. Coaltrain on Dec 14, 2013 22:06:56 GMT -5
Dumm Dumm manager got confused, you should have used the word BORED. then her dumb ass would have got your meaning.
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Post by Guest Spots on Dec 14, 2013 22:52:44 GMT -5
You would think that our elected Treasurer would notice this big jump in trash service and bring it to his fellow bod members. I am starting to think that the entire BOD are either blind or stupid .
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Post by Hole in the Bucket on Dec 14, 2013 23:09:46 GMT -5
Well I guess there wont be a new sign on SR-60 now because of less trash services and higher costs .
We need to go back to our Employees doing the collection and only paying for the can Transfer . WAAAAAAAAY CHEAPER.
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Post by BagLady on Dec 14, 2013 23:15:46 GMT -5
The Treasurer report usually consists of "Awaiting latest financials" or some variation.
Before B De B left the Board and the park, one of the things he strongly recommended to the Board Treasurer was that "...any deviation of expenditures in excess of 10% over the budget should be investigated and reported on at the next BOD meeting". Not knowing any better at the time, I naively believed that was a "standard" to aspire to.
I now know that Boards set their own standards and am disgusted at how low this Board's standards are.
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2013 5:59:26 GMT -5
....and IT has used her well-known financial prowess and management acumen to negotiate an INCREASE in contract fee for Trash Removal from the current $62K to 70K! This is a 13% increase over last year. The trash removal annual cost was $57K before StInc arrived. What in the general economy has increased 13%? Our national rate of growth is barely 2%.
(Editor Note: Baglady, getcher facts straight--the growth for 2013 is 2.4%!) |
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Post by Tid Bit on Dec 24, 2013 6:25:48 GMT -5
About a year ago a residents shed was broken into and the PCSD was there to investigate the event , I happened to be close by and was able to speak w/the Deputy .
The Deputy said that the MANAGER commented to him @ the office "Someone broke into that shed to get money to buy drugs".
WELL ! Now we see that the resident himself broke into his own shed !
Just another fine example of the Manager running her mouth and blaming other residents when she hasn't a freaking clue what she is talking about and that her OPINION is worthless .
I remember clearly telling the Deputy "She is out of her mind....the only DRUGS people in SLR take are Blood Thinners and Stool Softeners ".
The Deputy had a good chuckle .
Who is laughing now ?
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Post by BagLady on Dec 24, 2013 6:39:48 GMT -5
Heheh laugh-snorting my morning coffee while reading this!
I saw this on the Jail page of the Polk County Sheriff's website but your report was much more entertaining!
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Post by Tid Bit on Dec 24, 2013 6:52:26 GMT -5
Heheh laugh-snorting my morning coffee while reading this! I saw this on the Jail page of the Polk County Sheriff's website but your report was much more entertaining! My information comes from two sources The Ledger Mug Shots www2.myfloridacounty.com/ccm/do/index?county=53 Isn't the modern age of technology wonderful ! |
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