Access Card

The problem with staying in apartment/condo units is this.

Sometimes, the management of the said apartment/condo is a joke, when it is supposed to act on behalf of tenants and owners.

I just lost the access card to enter the apartment complex where I'm living. So, I went to the management office to get a new one. An officer there asked me whether I really wanted to replace a new one, since the cost of replacing it was expensive. Upon hearing his question, I replied with another question. I asked for any alternative move he could recommend.

He recommended me to really dig hard, to find the missing card. And I asked further;

W: While trying my hardest to find the card, in the mean time can I pass the entrance without having any problem with the security guard?

O: No you can't.

W: But I have the apartment sticker on my car. In having that, it shows I really do live here, right?

O: True. But still, it is important to have the access card to gain entrance.

W: What if the access card fell into someone's hand, someone random, he could just gain entrance without any hassle. Am I correct?

O: Yes. But the guard would need some verification that he was living here.

W: Okay, back to my earlier question, you are against me replacing the card, but if I don't have one, I will not get access to my own, I repeat, my own apartment, although I have a car sticker proving I live here. Where some stranger who doesn't live here can gain entrance just because he has the access card. Tell me, doesn't you think the system is somewhat funny?

O: I agree with you. But nothing I can do. I'm only following order.

W: So I want to get a new card now.

O: Sure? Or you want to search for it again?

W: Mr, I don't have time to play search-and-found. It may take days, or I may never find it. In the mean time, are you suggesting me to park my card outside the complex? Because no, I don't find that idea is brilliant. Because of your new rule of 'one house, one access card', I think all of the tenants here will be fighting to death to get parking space outside. So yeah, I need a new card. And by the way, I also need a second card, because in my unit, we have 2 cars.

O: Currently the rule is 'one house, one access card'.

W: I get it. But I bought this house. Not rent. I bought it. How can the management deny us, the owners a second card? Again, the system is truly funny. I can't believe now you are restricting us with the new policy, one house one car.

To sum this up, simply say, I'm so going to the AGM this coming 18th.