Malicious Fire Alarm

On Wednesday May 18th 2016 at around 5pm in the afternoon, teens ran through the 15th floor, grabbed a fire extinguisher and emptied it on the 15th floor making a mess, and then ran off. This caused the fire alarm system to sound and send all the residents out of the building as the fire department arrived. What is astonishing is that these teens, who are supposedly tech-savvy, did not realize that there are security cameras on each floor and at all exits, which captured the entire event. The video will be handed over to the police and the teens will evidently be identified, due to the high quality video system and also since they were apparently recognized by staff who viewed the video footage. Apparently these teens have been around a lot, and while accompanied by others, hang out in the stairwells above the 16th floor next to the roof exits and smoke drugs and drink alcohol.

Another "emergency" water shut-off

A few days ago papers were posted around the building indicating that the water would be shut off on Wednesday May 11th 2016 between 9 am and 2 pm... and it was. (AGAIN!) With all these so-called emergency shut-offs, it would be better to scrap the existing water system and put in a new one. In fact, with these chronic shut-offs, it is easy to get a rent reduction via the Régie du logement. Just file a claim and ask for a retroactive rent reduction of say, 50$ per month. All you need to do is print out this blog with all the dates of the water shut-offs to substantiate your claim and you will have it accepted by the judge. You can also add in the fact that the grounds are always filthy and that the elevators are always broken. You can even explain that you had to pay for the keys when you moved in which is not allowed. This should get you up to 100$ per month retro-active reduction!