Problem in Apt. building---what would you do?

[Torontobase]

Originally Posted by nybklyn

I say leave it and let management deal with it. First, is not your building. I understand that is disgusting, but you don't sleep on that area, and is very hard to make others do what they don't want to do. Second, maybe the management already know this issue, if you are the first one who brought up the issue, the finger might be pointing at you for raising this concern. Of course, you have the right to let the management know, but understand the part that maybe they don't like you to tell them what to do. Some time when you try to do the right thing, people simply don't care, and worst of all, they don't even appreciate what you did.

This! I find they never like to hear any complaints and if you complain too much, they will find a way to get you to move out.

[NOVAmtneer82]

We had someone doing this in our condo building a couple years ago- I am not a clean freak by any means but found it very annoying and lazy. Regardless of whether or not the room is cleaned daily, having trash laying around can easily attract rodents. It also requires only a few additional seconds of effort by the slob to simply dump in the chute. I would complain to building management until the problem is resolved. If nobody at the front desk says or does anything, ask to speak to the Chief Engineer or Building Super- most should have a live-in super. If that doesn't work, then I would email building ownership if necessary. If you prefer to avoid conflict and wanted to get creative, type out a notice on paper saying something along the lines of 'NOTICE: to avoid potential rodent issues, please be considerate of your neighbors and place all trash into the chute' and then tape it firmly to the door. It may not last there for an extended period of time but whoever is doing this will probably see it before removal and maybe get the message!