Board Room- Christina and many other residences in my building wait patiently for Joan Smith, the managing agent of the building to arrive. Their eyes full of eagerness over what will happen to improve the building and whether or not their maintenance bills will go up.
Over the years, the maintenance bills have sky rocketed from excessive exterior décor; from something small as plants to large and more advanced roofing.
Nobody knows what is going to be needed for improvement yet, but Joe (a fellow resident) has a list of complaints ready in the palms of his hands.
Joan enters the small mellow commercial room with a broad like smile and greets each of the board members. Then she slowly starts to begin.
“Ok let’s get into business”, she says still with her fake smile that sends down goose bumps each time you look at it.
Joe steps up on the plank and begins his list of complaints.
“First and far most, our canopies are falling apart. We need to replace them, and we need to now before another blizzard hits.”
The jury agrees, which means its Joan’s call on the subject. “I agree with you Joe. The canopies do need a change in case there is another natural disaster.”
The decision is settled, and Joe goes onto his next complaint. “I know that we are all going through a rescission and that we don’t have a high budget to begin with, but our light fixtures do need a change. It is an easy fixer upper that can truly change the appearance of the building.”
All seven board members stare at each other and agree that a small fixer upper will do a great job to the exterior of the building.
Joan thinks about the two new ideas and reaches a conclusion. The canopies are scheduled to be installed and finished, barring any issues installing the light fixtures on Tuesday December 28th, weather permitting.
The satisfied board members march out the door, all but one, Perry.
“I think the two new ideas are great! I just feel the one hour meeting was only a one on one trial against Joe and Joan.”
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