Wednesday Rant

Nothing new on the spice saga.  Still waiting for the refund to land in my account. They said the money had already been released to my bank.  No update to the scathing review until then.  People can say anything.  It's what they do that counts.  

And now onto another saga--the mess next door.  Grrrr!!!  They are moving forward with it rather quickly now, unfortunately.  I'll soon be saying good bye to the sunlight the brightens my home. Scaffolding going up now. That will definitely darken my home and once that comes down, that ugly building will be there. Good bye sunshine. I need to find some good lamps to keep my plants alive.

Look how close they are. Actually building it on our property. The scaffolding will actually half cover my bedroom window. (Bottom window on the end.)

I guess I'm upset because I kept hoping that this would fall through.  Realistically, I knew that it wouldn't.  Even though they had several 'Stop Work Orders', I knew they would find a way to do this.  I'd hoped they be like some of the rest of the buildings and run out of money.  That happens quite frequently in this area.  They pay millions for a house that is worth far less, just to tear it down and build these huge monstrosities with glass fronts that look so out of place in this neighborhood.   Several of them ran out of money and these tall buildings stand with only outer shell.  

These are Chinese businessmen who are doing this.  They go door to door offering a huge amount of money hoping the owner can't refuse.  My friend at WW said they were driving she and her husband crazy, but she did not bend.  She was not going to give up her home.

I honestly don't know the purpose of all these buildings. They are NOT housing.  In fact, they tear down housing to build them.  And then they all sit empty, even those that are completed. This next door is supposedly going to be an 8 story service center....but they have a 6 story service center right next door to it and another down the block.  Meanwhile, housing is at a shortage here in the city and so many families are ending up in shelters.  It just doesn't seem fair to me. There has to be another way.