I was new in the apartment building, and I didn’t know who to talk to about getting more heat into my apartment.
My neighbor told me to talk to the superintendent, but to be careful.
She was told he tried to bite someone who talked down to him. I looked down at my fingers, and she laughed. That’s when she thought it was a lie, but he was surly and not very nice. I went back into my apartment and called the building superintendent. When I told him I wanted more heat, he asked if I had a thermostat. I did have a thermostat, but there was a lockbox over it. He said you changed the temperature on the thermostat by sliding the little tab at the bottom. I wanted to know if I needed a key to get to the tab. He laughed and said there were reasons there was a lockbox over the thermostat, and I was one of them. He hung up, but I could hear him laughing before the connection died. I was angry and insulted. I remembered having the number of the realtor who helped me get this apartment. I told her about the heating situation, and all I wanted to do is change the temperature on the thermostat. She asked where the temperature was set, and I told her sixty-five. She said she would talk to the owner, but she didn’t know if she could get me any satisfaction, but she was going to try. The worse that happens is that the thermostat remains inaccessible.