{"id":20626,"date":"2014-08-13T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=20626"},"modified":"2014-08-08T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T14:03:58","slug":"several-screwups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/13\/several-screwups\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVERAL SCREWUPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fatima had<\/strong><\/span> a B.A. and a steady job, and was single — for about three days, until her boyfriend moved in with her. The boyfriend wouldn\u2019t fill out a rental application. He drifted around the basement electric meters with a screwdriver.<\/p>\n

The building manager told him to stay out of the meter area.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cHow do you know I\u2019m not a registered electrician?”<\/p>\n

The building <\/strong><\/span>manager said, \u201cBecause I didn\u2019t call one.\u201d<\/p>\n

I got a call from an anonymous man: \u201cWatch out. Fatima is no good. She owes me $40, and her boyfriend carries a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n

I told Fatima I\u2019d give her all her money back if she left within two days. If she didn’t move out, I would evict her for \u201cunauthorized roommate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"screw<\/a>I gave<\/strong><\/span> her $900 back, and she moved. Add another $100 to that — my extra cost\u00a0 because I owed a tenant in the building $100 for recommending Fatima. I couldn’t not<\/em> pay the guy for his referral; I had approved Fatima, and then she had screwed up, bringing in her boyfriend with the screwdriver.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

There were several screwups.<\/p>\n

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\n“Fatima” is a pseudonym.<\/em><\/small>
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\nCheck out Jack Stratton’s latest Kickstarter. He’s hoping to raise $25.\u00a0 Click here<\/span><\/a> for info.\u00a0 And watch this slightly incoherent vid:
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