gabagoo
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I have been in this industrial unit for close to 20 years. I have seen many businesses come and go. I am the longest tenant. (to stupid to buy). My last neighbour did staining of mouldings and refinishing furniture. The guy was always behind in his rent and had people constantly hunting him down for money. One of his worst offenses was spraying his mouldings with some kind of black stain or laquer and then instead of turning on his exhaust fan he would shut the shop and go home and naturally the odour made its way into my unit. I used to constantly bug him about it, but I had a soft spot for him cause he tried hard but just couldn't make a go of it. He moved out 2 months ago, thank God.
New tenant moving in the landlord tells me and they are very nice and in the landscaping business. AHA... Sounds good. WTF do they need a unit for? I ask. They just want it for storage. Great I thinks. They have now been here for 2 weeks and so far I have heard a lot of hammering and building which is cool, but yesterday my shop filled up with diesel fumes and basically stunk all day. This morning the smell is still here so my receptionist (tough sister) went next door to let them know they are killing us and that maybe it would be a good idea to run their equipment outside. I assume they are doing maintenance on the bobcats and back hoe I have seen so far. Also this morning I pull in and see this huge dump truck with a snow plow blade parked directly behind my unit. I have a govt vehicle in my shop and I have it for about a week and I pull it in every night and then during the day back it out. I hop in and start backing it out this morning and the bobcat is right next to my doorway and if I park the truck there I cant open the door to get out, plus the big snowplow parked behind my unit (not theirs... god forbid). Well the landlord comes by to borrow one of my ladders and I tell him, Look I dont want to make trouble for these guys but c'mon. I pay rent and running diesel equipment in their shop is illegal and we are not zoned for it. Have a talk with them and let them know the fumes are comming in my shop. He says he will take care of it.
1 hour ago I hear the sound of an engine firing up and it has been running for about 30 minutes and I say EF em thats it. I walk over and they have the door wide open and ceiling fans running but the stink refuses to leave their shop and is coming into mine so I told them nicely I dont want to be a dink, but I cant work like this and they told me they are going to seal the roof with foam.
we shall see
Tuesday Rant over and out
New tenant moving in the landlord tells me and they are very nice and in the landscaping business. AHA... Sounds good. WTF do they need a unit for? I ask. They just want it for storage. Great I thinks. They have now been here for 2 weeks and so far I have heard a lot of hammering and building which is cool, but yesterday my shop filled up with diesel fumes and basically stunk all day. This morning the smell is still here so my receptionist (tough sister) went next door to let them know they are killing us and that maybe it would be a good idea to run their equipment outside. I assume they are doing maintenance on the bobcats and back hoe I have seen so far. Also this morning I pull in and see this huge dump truck with a snow plow blade parked directly behind my unit. I have a govt vehicle in my shop and I have it for about a week and I pull it in every night and then during the day back it out. I hop in and start backing it out this morning and the bobcat is right next to my doorway and if I park the truck there I cant open the door to get out, plus the big snowplow parked behind my unit (not theirs... god forbid). Well the landlord comes by to borrow one of my ladders and I tell him, Look I dont want to make trouble for these guys but c'mon. I pay rent and running diesel equipment in their shop is illegal and we are not zoned for it. Have a talk with them and let them know the fumes are comming in my shop. He says he will take care of it.
1 hour ago I hear the sound of an engine firing up and it has been running for about 30 minutes and I say EF em thats it. I walk over and they have the door wide open and ceiling fans running but the stink refuses to leave their shop and is coming into mine so I told them nicely I dont want to be a dink, but I cant work like this and they told me they are going to seal the roof with foam.
we shall see
Tuesday Rant over and out