sure, those luxury condos going up all over downtown austin might look pretty, but if you’re like, “dude, enough of this corporate bullshit!” our anonymous austin submitter says her building offers plenty of exciting local color you won’t find in those glass-and-steel towers. perks include: 1) the building’s property manager, a character known for his impassioned screeds about everything from trash cans to expired vehicle registrations, and 2) a recurring sewage back-up that flows into the downstairs bathrooms of all the units. rock ‘n’ roll, man!
“the roto-rooter has said repeatedly that the backup is caused by roots growing into the sewer system,” our submitter says, but that explanation didn’t seem to satisfy her tireless PM. now he’s offering tenants flexible lease arrangements, too!
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130 responses so far ↓
#1 Canthz_B
Illegal tampons?
Now that is a strict community!
Apr 8, 2008 at 1:46 pm rating: +6
#2 Mishee
I find that flushing illegal objects down the toilet is the best way to be rid them when the cops are busting down the door!
Well worth the $150!!
Apr 8, 2008 at 1:48 pm rating: +6
#3 unholyghost2003
I find that lawsuits regarding harassment and unsanitary living conditions are the best way to afford that new neighborhood.
Apr 8, 2008 at 1:57 pm rating: +2
#4 Nathaniel
Somehow I think the Austin tenant’s Council might have something to say about him trying to charge residents extra for normal maintenance expenses.
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:01 pm rating: +1
#5 Canthz_B
Is “…find a way to cancel your lease…” the same as “…make you an offer you can’t refuse.”?
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:01 pm rating: +2
#6 amazon
At my previous building, we used to get notices that whenever they were cleaning the pipes, people on the first floor should stuff rags in their drains to prevent back flow.
Team live on the top floor!
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:02 pm rating: +3
#7 GhostWriter
Blame it on the baby wipes and tampons. Single mothers have had it too good for too long.
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:17 pm rating: +2
#8 Suhayla
Tampons and baby wipes are clogging the drains? Perhaps the tenants will have to start doing like they do in other countries (with poor plumbing) and put ALL waste in the garbage, including their used TP. Maybe they should start shitting in the garbage too.
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:19 pm rating: 0
#9 amy d
The PM is the king of awkwardly worded sentences.
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:23 pm rating: +2
#10 claw71
I grew up with crap like this. My parents would mete out mass punishments if they couldn’t identify the culprit. The difference is that this is the real world and a lease is a legal contract that makes it impossible to enforce the provisions included in this letter.
The use of bold face, caps and multiple exclamation marks is a dead give away that this note has no legal value. You could flush automotive parts down the toilet and this clown couldn’t do a thing about it.
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:29 pm rating: +2
#11 secondsout
I like the bit about how one can’t help oneself but to flush illegal objects.
It’s my disability. I suffer from chronic compulsive-baby-wipe-flushing-syndrome. I hoped the landlord would make a reasonable accommodation for my disability, but no. I’m filing a lawsuit.
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:30 pm rating: +2
#12 RunBarbara
What? No one is going to remark at how fucking delicious those illegal tampons were?
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:36 pm rating: 0
#13 honeyedhemlock
Prove those tampons belonged to me, ya bastich.
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:50 pm rating: 0
#14 Mishee
At least he doesn’t have issues with tenants regurgitating to no extent all over the place!
Apr 8, 2008 at 2:52 pm rating: +1
#15 GhostWriter
Hold up- it that Satan’s signature? I’ve heard he uses batwings instead of a heart at the end.
‘least that’s how he did it on my contract.
Apr 8, 2008 at 3:04 pm rating: 0
#16 Wade
While not flushing the proscribed items will help, if they have roots in the pipes it will continue to overflow, not matter what.
Team Spend A Few Bucks For Maintenance And Replace The Pipe, Scrooge
Apr 8, 2008 at 3:11 pm rating: +1
#17 Heidi
Big brother can track your toliets!! He knows whos flushing the illegal tampons!
Apr 8, 2008 at 3:50 pm rating: 0
#18 aaa
Illegal objects? Like condoms of coke?
Apr 8, 2008 at 4:32 pm rating: +1
#19 KittyKat
Just exactly where can you NOT flush tampons down the toilet? Perhaps not the applicators, but tampons??? I’ve been to China and India and flushed tampons, but I can’t flush tampons in freaking Texas? I’ll open the floodgates . . . . When did Texas become a psuedonym for Hell?
Apr 8, 2008 at 4:50 pm rating: 0
#20 Garcy
Actually, um, flushing tampons down the toilet is a very bad idea many places. It’s one of the most common reasons for toilet backup and major plumbing problems.
More common when you’re on a septic system, but nonetheless, how can other women not know about this? I knew this when I was 12 and had no plumber in the family, just a mom who had brains.
Since then the amount of dorms, apartments, and houses I’ve stayed in where clueless women have flushed their tampons down the system and “broken” the plumbing can be counted on more than one hand.
Ladies, this is your chance to become educated. Do as women who use sanitary napkins do and learn to frickin’ wrap your tampon in some toilet tissue or Kleenex and gently place in the trash. I assure you that if you do this it’s not yucky, it’s actually doing a public service - others will be able to enjoy the benefits of plumbing that works.
Garcy
Apr 8, 2008 at 5:59 pm rating: +3
#21 bah