When I first moved into my Apartment, I asked about getting a Dish installed on my chimney, and was given the A-OK.
I paid the deposit, purchased renter’s insurance, and had the permission paper signed.
The day before my install, I was greeted with a poorly-written flyer on my door.
It tried to say something to the effect that my Apartment Complex is under New Management.
This turned out to be an accurate guess.
The next day, Dish showed up to do the install, and lo and behold, he could not mount it on my chimney, due to the refusal of the new management.
We went back to the office, this time together, and I showed them my copy of the permission slip.
They said that due to all of the roof damage they have been dealing with for the past few months, they haven’t allowed new dish installs on rooftops since last month.
I asked her how long she has been working here, and she said “Two days“…
She claimed that a Temp must have erroneously signed the paper, not knowing what she was doing.
I asked her “Well, if she was a Temp, why would she have the power to sign my lease and not this paper?”
To that she flatly said that if I wanted a dish, I would have to mount it on a tripod, on my balcony, and that I could not make any holes.
I pointed out that my balcony faces north, and that the wind would send a dish that was not (at the very least) tied down on an exciting, but costly, tour of the cars in the parking lot.
She then flatly stated that I couldn’t have a dish.
This is when the Installer chimed in and asked her why he let her install a dish yesterday on a chimney when their “policy” isn’t have suppose to allow such an install.
She then claimed that she wasn’t there yesterday, and it must have been a temp…….
The installer said he was sorry he couldn’t install my dish, but would waive the fee for coming out today, and told me to call a lawyer.
Then we left the office.
Instead of calling a Lawyer, (this is where my post topic comes in to play), I though I would post here first and ask a question.
You see, later that evening, the manager was outside of my apartment building, cussing out some of the maintenance staff for working for too long, and said she wouldn’t pay them for the extra time.
They just glared at her until she finally walked away.
When I told my wife about this, she said that she saw her doing the same thing yesterday, when I was at work.
My wife had told her to stop cussing because not only did she not want to hear it, she didn’t want our daughter hearing it too.
My idea is to videotape the manager cussing out her employees and making illegal statements about not paying them, and call the cops.
This way I can get her fired, and not pay any lawyer fees.
So the question is, is it legal for me to tape her doing what she did, outside, in a public place, and can she be arrested for doing so?
If so, I can easily call the head office and tell them what she did.
As a bonus, it will be verifiable with the local PD.
I'm a bit strapped for cash because of my recent move, and would rather not dip into my savings account.
If it turns out to be the best course of action, I can do so and move, or hire a lawyer, but I'd rather have the cops deal with her, if not only for my sake, also for the sake of anyone she comes in contact with.
I paid the deposit, purchased renter’s insurance, and had the permission paper signed.
The day before my install, I was greeted with a poorly-written flyer on my door.
It tried to say something to the effect that my Apartment Complex is under New Management.
This turned out to be an accurate guess.
The next day, Dish showed up to do the install, and lo and behold, he could not mount it on my chimney, due to the refusal of the new management.
We went back to the office, this time together, and I showed them my copy of the permission slip.
They said that due to all of the roof damage they have been dealing with for the past few months, they haven’t allowed new dish installs on rooftops since last month.
I asked her how long she has been working here, and she said “Two days“…
She claimed that a Temp must have erroneously signed the paper, not knowing what she was doing.
I asked her “Well, if she was a Temp, why would she have the power to sign my lease and not this paper?”
To that she flatly said that if I wanted a dish, I would have to mount it on a tripod, on my balcony, and that I could not make any holes.
I pointed out that my balcony faces north, and that the wind would send a dish that was not (at the very least) tied down on an exciting, but costly, tour of the cars in the parking lot.
She then flatly stated that I couldn’t have a dish.
This is when the Installer chimed in and asked her why he let her install a dish yesterday on a chimney when their “policy” isn’t have suppose to allow such an install.
She then claimed that she wasn’t there yesterday, and it must have been a temp…….
The installer said he was sorry he couldn’t install my dish, but would waive the fee for coming out today, and told me to call a lawyer.
Then we left the office.
Instead of calling a Lawyer, (this is where my post topic comes in to play), I though I would post here first and ask a question.
You see, later that evening, the manager was outside of my apartment building, cussing out some of the maintenance staff for working for too long, and said she wouldn’t pay them for the extra time.
They just glared at her until she finally walked away.
When I told my wife about this, she said that she saw her doing the same thing yesterday, when I was at work.
My wife had told her to stop cussing because not only did she not want to hear it, she didn’t want our daughter hearing it too.
My idea is to videotape the manager cussing out her employees and making illegal statements about not paying them, and call the cops.
This way I can get her fired, and not pay any lawyer fees.
So the question is, is it legal for me to tape her doing what she did, outside, in a public place, and can she be arrested for doing so?
If so, I can easily call the head office and tell them what she did.
As a bonus, it will be verifiable with the local PD.
I'm a bit strapped for cash because of my recent move, and would rather not dip into my savings account.
If it turns out to be the best course of action, I can do so and move, or hire a lawyer, but I'd rather have the cops deal with her, if not only for my sake, also for the sake of anyone she comes in contact with.
