Gordon’s Musings
08 March 2010
ELEVATOR ETIQUETTE
There are a lot of people living in this building and all of us use the elevators just about every day. I have noticed recently that folks get on the elevators while talking on their cell phones.. I have no desire to be a party to their private phone calls, whether or not I understand the language of their conversations. But I have no choice but to listen to them.
I think it is extremely rude for any of us to talk on our cell phones while riding on elevators. If you receive a cell phone call while waiting for an elevator, either tell the person calling you that you will call back after you leave the elevator, or just don’t get on the elevator until after you have completed the call. Same thing if you receive a cell phone call while on an elevator: tell the caller you will call him or her back after you get off the elevator.
Have some consideration for your fellow residents. PLEASE--don’t force us to listen to your personal or business phone calls.
A WOMAN’S REVENGE
The department store clerk asked the female customer “Cash, check or charge?” As she fumbled in her handbag looking for her wallet, the clerk noticed the TV remote in her handbag. The clerk asked “Do you always carry your TV remote in your purse?” The shopper said “No, but my husband refused to come shopping with me and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally.”
Gordon’s Musings
14 March 2010
When I worked on the Condo Newsletter, I wrote about recycling every issue. At least on the 8th floor, use of the recycle room got pretty good. Now, however, I see numerous violations of recycling rules. Frankly, I sometimes wonder whether or not everyone in the building can read--or can read English.
Basic recycling rules are posted on the walls of the recycle rooms. From time to time--usually after I have noted consistent misuse of the recycle room on the 8th floor, I have posted notices in that room citing specific violations.
Ever so often, someone on the 8th floor tries to recycle coat hangers. Coat hangers ARE NOT recyclable. If you want to get rid of coat hangers, put them in your regular trash.
Plastic containers are recyclable ONLY if there is a number in a small triangle on the bottom of the container. NO OTHER PLASTIC IS RECYCLABLE, and this includes plastic bags. Someone on the 8th floor puts recyclable soft drink cans in plastic bags in the recycle bin. That means that someone has to remove the soft drink cans from the plastic bags and dispose of the bags. I also have seen cardboard boxes that were wrapped in plastic in the plastic recycle bin. Someone has to remove the plastic wrap from the boxes. All of that costs us money.
I think all boxes, regardless of size, that are put in the recycle room should be broken down. Unbroken down boxes take up too much space in the recycle room and let’s face it: someone has to break them down, too. I won’t even mention the huge boxes that are not broken down but are put in the dumpster on the terrace level. That is a disgrace. I think residents who don’t break down boxes put in the dumpster are just plain lazy.
Come on, residents! Follow the rules on recycling. It will save us money.
Gordon’s Joke of Day, Week or Month
Teacher: Class, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
Student: A teacher.
Note from the Publisher
Gordon is the person who decorates the lobby from time to time. He has a collection of items that depict a Dickensian Christmas that is absolutely spectacular. We will show a picture of it next Christmas. In the meantime, Spring is here and that means St. Patrick’s Day. One of his animals is shown. (I liked it).
