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Most of the rules struck me as being driven by necessity because a few eccentric assholes. Example: > The tops of the elevators shall not be used to move any m

Most of the rules struck me as being driven by necessity because a few eccentric assholes. Example: > The tops of the elevators shall not be used to move any materials Imagine the very deep sighs from the board when they had to institute that rule because some asshole was tripping maintenance mode on the elevator and using the top to move stuff for some reason...and when told not to, shouted "IT'S NOT AGAINST THEM ROOLS!" The rule about kids not playing with toys in hallways seems a bit authoritarian but was probably prompted by parents not sufficiently supervising their kids and toys getting left around and stepped/tripped on. The rules regarding entering an apartment are a bit more protective than in my state; a landlord has to provide notice (but only if not an emergency) and certainly doesn't have to leave a note, nor have a third party present, nor maintain a log. The biggest thing I see a problem with are the laundry room policies which seem like how they leverage control (ten days, in Alaska, to get a washer/dryer if you get a laundry room? Come on) and their excessive impound fees. Fifty bucks if you leave your gear in the wrong place at the wrong time of year? Fifty bucks if you don't return a cart within thirty minutes of using it? Fifty bucks if you leave your car in the loading dock longer than 30 minutes after unloading it? Basically violating any rule is "at least" fifty bucks. If you do it again, the fine doubles. It sounds like the fine doubles indefinitely, too. I did laugh at the "Horizontal Properties Regime Act". That is some straight-up dystopian-sounding bullshit.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago
The problem with all this "driven by necessity" crap is that if you let it run its course it turns into an authoritarian dump. At some point you need to put down your foot and say "common resources can be used by everyone even in uncommon ways"
haroldp 5y ago
> The rule about kids not playing with toys in hallways seems a bit authoritarian but was probably prompted by parents not sufficiently supervising their kids and toys getting left around and stepped/tripped on. When I was a little kid growing up in Whittier, my neighbor across the hall would come out and scream and threaten us for playing there. He'd yell, "You don't live on this floor!" to my friends. It was winter outside, and dark and snowy, so there was really no other common area we could play in. I remember getting a big slot-car race track for xmas and setting it up in the common laundry room so we could play without getting in trouble.
crooked-v 5y ago
> Fifty bucks if you don't return a cart within thirty minutes of using it? To be fair here, you're not seeing any of the previous iterations of that rule. I have to imagine it started fairly minor and the board kept escalating it until it actually reliably worked.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago

The problem with all this "driven by necessity" crap is that if you let it run its course it turns into an authoritarian dump. At some point you need to put down your foot and say "common resources can be used by everyone even in uncommon ways"

haroldp 5y ago

> The rule about kids not playing with toys in hallways seems a bit authoritarian but was probably prompted by parents not sufficiently supervising their kids and toys getting left around and stepped/tripped on. When I was a little kid growing up in Whittier, my neighbor across the hall would come out and scream and threaten us for playing there. He'd yell, "You don't live on this floor!" to my friends. It was winter outside, and dark and snowy, so there was really no other common area we could play in. I remember getting a big slot-car race track for xmas and setting it up in the common laundry room so we could play without getting in trouble.

crooked-v 5y ago

> Fifty bucks if you don't return a cart within thirty minutes of using it? To be fair here, you're not seeing any of the previous iterations of that rule. I have to imagine it started fairly minor and the board kept escalating it until it actually reliably worked.