Well and Truly Joined

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I knew it was gonna come today, and it did. The landlady sent us that letter. No receipts, of course (boy, I hope she threw them out already), but a check for a whopping $85. Now in addition to the fleas and cleaning she tacked on fixing a leaking sink-- something she neglected to mention in 1 1/2 hours of conversation last week, hm... and what I believe is legally called "wear and tear" anyway... and what's really hilarious is that this is the sink we pointed out to her was leaking quite some time ago.

So the battle is well and truly joined, and I am sending out the we're-going-to-sue-unless -we-get-our-money letter tomorrow. Play the Prokofiev. Certified mail. Revenge is a dish best served cold and all that.

Not that she is likely to do anything in response-- she probably doesn't have the money to begin with-- but it is nice to think of her realizing that she lost the money by accurately dating her letter October 17, 47 days after it was due.

Aside from fantasies of revenge, the week has been uneventful and dreary. Sukkot was rained out, alas. It is getting darker earlier and earlier, and I keep going home later and later, as last minute things at work keep coming up. I need to figure out what to do with myself other than seethe over this business.

Comments

Maybe ...

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Maybe you can just let it slide. Don't think about how you're poor now and you need the money now. Think about the future when you will have no such concerns. Think about how the economy is "booming" and how strange it is that not only you but virtually no one you know is in on it. You have learned a lesson. Next time, make your security deposit your last months' rent. If you had to pay first and last month plus security deposit, make it the next-to-last months' rent.

Or something like that. Boston must have a cheap movie theater somewhere. Go see Gladiator with a homeless person. Please don't dwell on it. I have certainly been in similar traps before, and it pains me to see you in one.

It probably would have been better if she had sent you nothing ... then she's an asshole and you're right and you can move on. But this partial, half-assed too-little-too-late crap seems almost designed to piss one off.