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An overseas friend found the following and e-mailed it to me. Anyone else have similar problems?
No mas mats in London Terrace!
What's wrong with this picture? Oh, yeah, that's it, they came around yesterday and threw out all our doormats! We'd gotten a memo a few weeks ago to the effect that it was some sort of a fire code violation and that as of the 15th of March (beware the Ides!) any doormats left in the hallways would be considered abandoned and would be disposed of by maintenance staff. Of course, we didn't think they'd actually do it, everyone sort of thought that it was one of those "enforce it if you need to" rules. No one expected them to toss out all the door mats! Yet, inexplicably, my neighbor's equally flammable and obstructing umbrella stand remained untouched in the hall.
I'm on the case now to find a copy of the NYC Fire Code to see if this is in fact a violation. Till then, wipe your feet in the elevator!
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Can't tell you how many times we've gone thru these purges in all my years here at the Terrace. Three months from now everyone will have doormats back. If they want to talk about a fire hazard then they should do something in the stairwell where the disposal is. The wire racks are more of a hazard then dorrmats. I get annoyed by the lazy *ss people who just stack their Fresh Direct boxes there. It take me all of 10 minutes to break my boxes down and take them to the basement and I'm in a wheelchair.
Ingrid
04-07-2007, 06:24 AM
An overseas friend found the following and e-mailed it to me. Anyone else have similar problems?
No mas mats in London Terrace!
What's wrong with this picture? Oh, yeah, that's it, they came around yesterday and threw out all our doormats! We'd gotten a memo a few weeks ago to the effect that it was some sort of a fire code violation and that as of the 15th of March (beware the Ides!) any doormats left in the hallways would be considered abandoned and would be disposed of by maintenance staff. Of course, we didn't think they'd actually do it, everyone sort of thought that it was one of those "enforce it if you need to" rules. No one expected them to toss out all the door mats! Yet, inexplicably, my neighbor's equally flammable and obstructing umbrella stand remained untouched in the hall.
I'm on the case now to find a copy of the NYC Fire Code to see if this is in fact a violation. Till then, wipe your feet in the elevator!
Hi there, the above is a direct quote from my blog. The least you could do is provide a link or credit to me for writing it. Thanks.
Ingrid
04-07-2007, 06:26 AM
An overseas friend found the following and e-mailed it to me. Anyone else have similar problems?
No mas mats in London Terrace!
What's wrong with this picture? Oh, yeah, that's it, they came around yesterday and threw out all our doormats! We'd gotten a memo a few weeks ago to the effect that it was some sort of a fire code violation and that as of the 15th of March (beware the Ides!) any doormats left in the hallways would be considered abandoned and would be disposed of by maintenance staff. Of course, we didn't think they'd actually do it, everyone sort of thought that it was one of those "enforce it if you need to" rules. No one expected them to toss out all the door mats! Yet, inexplicably, my neighbor's equally flammable and obstructing umbrella stand remained untouched in the hall.
I'm on the case now to find a copy of the NYC Fire Code to see if this is in fact a violation. Till then, wipe your feet in the elevator!
Hi there, the above is a direct quote from my blog. The least you could do is provide a link (http://ingridspangler.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-mas-mats-in-london-terrace.html) or credit to me for writing it. Thanks.
If you'll note the very first words: "An overseas friend found the following and e-mailed it to me." I had no idea, and no way of knowing, where it was from or who authored it.