When I was taking Pilates I'd grab my pants and pull on them to give myself the little extra I needed to get up.

Got a few more rejections today. I emailed a few to ask about the status of the search, and I heard back from one, where I am not one of the top 48 out of the 250 or so applications they received. (That was the one where the interviewer seemed very displeased when I said that, for many students, learning to follow an argument through and learning how numbers work is more important than the specific content of the math class.)

However, based on the numbers I've been seeing, there was a huge drop in the number of applications for jobs posted after the middle of January -- jobs posted before that got over 200 applications, and jobs posted after that got around 100. I've been applying to everything I've seen since then, so that's upping the odds a bit.

Also, spent today on crutches. Worked pretty well, actually. I think that I usually end up limping on days when my ankle hurts a lot, and that ends up twisting my opposite hip somewhat. With the crutches, I can keep my legs straight because I don't have to put as much weight on my ankle, and so my hip feels better, too.

Note to self: brown rice does not enhance sushi. Still, it's what's for lunch.

I like brown rice sushi.

Just got another rejection. Well, actually, I emailed to ask what the status of the search was, and they responded that the position has been filled.

Question for the hivemind:

I live in one of the few apartment buildings that allows pets. There are rules limiting the number (1) and size (no more than 40 pounds) of pets. These rules are ignored which is, in itself, a minor concern. HOWEVER ... a number - an increasing number - of pet owners refuse to clean up after their dogs (I'm assuming dogs, since cats rarely go outside, but I have to admit some of the problem may be children). Ignoring the pooper-scooper law is bad enough (although the building has set up a station close to the front door with plastic bags and a place to leave them), but people are not cleaning up after pets inside.

Yes, gross. And it's getting worse. A number of people don't even pretend they're going to clean up after their pets.

I'm thinking of writing a note to the tenants' association president. She's newly elected and a responsible dog owner.

Advice? Comments?

Definitely. That's ridiculously unacceptable conduct.

You absolutely should write.

That's ridiculously unacceptable conduct.

Yes.

I suggest gathering up all the poop and leaving it at an offender's door.

EWWW! That's DISGUSTING, Toddson! Heck, I'd write if it were obvious people from the apartment building were the ones responsible outside (not always easy to assess blame), but INSIDE? HELLS NO.

Any advice as to wording? It currently reads:

(name), I’ve been meaning to talk to you for a while, but I’ve never seemed to be able to catch you at a time when we could both talk.

Put simply, the situation with dogs in (building) has gotten out of control.

I’m not talking about the violations of (management company)’s rules, but the fact that too many people have pets that they refuse to clean up after.

At least once a month I can expect to have to get by a pool of urine that’s been left in one of the public areas – hall, lobby, elevator – that is left until one of the building staff cleans it up. Every so often I’ll see a pile of feces – inside the building – that’s left until the hall’s cleaned. I’ve seen occasional vomit in the hallway and lobby.

And a number of people make no attempt to clean up after their dogs outside the building. I’ve seen – repeatedly – people come out of (building)’s front door, walk their dog to the little half-circle of ground between the drive and the sidewalk and then, after the dog’s defecated, walk off leaving the pile for someone else to clean up. Or, as the case may be, walk through. (I spend a fair amount of time waiting across the street for the bus, which is why I have the time and opportunity to watch.)

Back when the snow was so bad I saw a woman walk out of the building with three dogs (two fairly large, one small) in tow. One of the dogs squatted in the middle of the driveway – which was, if you remember, the only cleared path to the sidewalk and street – and left a pile of feces. She didn’t make any attempt to clean up after the dog. Later, as I was waiting for the bus, she came walking by and one of the other dogs did the same thing, and again she left it.

I like dogs, but I’m not willing to have to deal with wading through urine or cleaning feces off my shoes. Aside from the fact that it’s nasty, it’s unhygienic. I imagine that the people who have to clean up the messes left are pretty tired of it as well. And while Borger is usually willing to ignore complaints from tenants and employees, they might find that prospective renters are unwilling to live with the situation.