On another note, seems I'm having to take another day off from working on the house due to illness. I can not say whether the indoor pollution is the cause of that yet or not, because it didn't get really bad until after I got back from being out yesterday. I do expect the pollution played a part in it however, since I didn't vomit until I got back & started coughing heavily on the pollution (good thing I was in the bathroom at the time). So as I already expected, illness (whether it's caused by the pollution or not) is slowing down how quickly we can finish fixing up the house & therefore, also slowing down how quickly I can move out.
Health problems from indoor pollution today:
- Bloody Nose
- Blurry Vision
- Chest Pains
- Coughing
- Dizziness
- Earaches
- Headaches
- Nausea
- Ringing Ear
- Seizures (minor)
- Sore Throat
UPDATE: At about 1:30 PM, even with all my windows open to try & get some fresh air in my unit, the pollution from E26 still escalated to the point I had to put my respirator back on. That fucker in E26 seems to be pushing this just as far as he can, although I can't entirely say I'm surprised since weekends have always been the worst. I think it's time to get the BBB involved, seeing as it doesn't look like the pollution is going to even get back into a tolerable range for the remainder of the day. Charles, I guarantee, is going to have a fit over this, but he chose to ignore the text I sent him earlier, so time to do something that is going to get his attention on the matter.
UPDATE: Looks like I’ve found another way to deal with this rather than going through the BBB & that’s to file a complaint on the Property Management Systems website through their contact form. This will DEFINITELY get the attention of Charles, but I’m pretty well expecting he’s going to attempt a lawsuit afterwards. There is a reason why there are review & complaint systems; they’re meant to be used where there’s a problem & this is something that Charles either doesn’t understand or attempts to deter you from using them through a series of threats, hostility & belittlement, which appears to be an attempt to try & make you believe you have no rights living here (this actual statement has been said directly to me before by him). This stops here! I’m going to write that complaint & if the pollution has not stopped by the time I finish writing it, I’m going to send it. I have a number of voice logs of calls he’s made to me (through a recording device I purchased specifically because of the calls I was getting from him) where it’s obvious just how those calls go & I intend on mentioning those in the complaint. Of course the full blame can’t be put on him since it’s actually the HOA that prevented anything from getting done that would have put a stop to it, but I can still call out the faults of this company in that complaint that weren’t necessarily based on a decision from the HOA & that’s primarily on how Charles chose to respond to it. It’s a long shot, but with any luck, maybe the company will decide that managing these condos is not worth it & tell them they will no longer manage them. Eventually this is going to get on the BBB regardless, but for right now I need to try & keep the complaints private (or at least not visible to the public) until the unit has been sold.
UPDATE: Complaint has been written; all I have to do is send it through their site. We’ll see if the pollution continues to be unbearably strong before I send it, but once it is sent, this is basically going to get his superiors involved to see what can be done about it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up losing his position in PMS (or at least as Building Manager of these condos) after the complaint has been sent (it wouldn't be the first time I've stated something that somebody lost a management position over, although at that point I wasn't really shooting for it) & I’ve stated in the complaint that I’m expecting he’s going to attempt to take legal action once it gets to him based on previous discussions (one-sided rants is more accurate), so they’ll already be aware of what he will probably attempt to do once he gets the complaint. Given the complaint is probably too long to be sent over their web form, I’ll probably upload it to Google Docs, along with the voice logs, so they can access what is needed for the complaint there. I also have a number of texts I backed up to DOC files, so I can include those as well.
UPDATE: While I can't say I'm surprised, after I added earaches to the list of health problems caused by the pollution coming from E26, the pollution picked up again after that change was made. Obvious retaliation if you ask me, I wasn't smelling it when I woke up & added it, but did almost directly afterwards. Why didn't I add the note when the health issue was actually happening? I don't always add health problems as they are happening because I may not get to the computer right away; this is particularly true when I'm attempting to sleep, however I keep a piece of papers next to my bed so I can jot down notes & not have to run from the bedroom to the computer when I was trying to sleep. The people below me have stated that they can hear me walking around at night, particularly in the bedroom, so I attempt to minimize doing things in the bedroom at night whenever possible (of course I still have to make a few trips before I can got to bed to move around air purifiers, portable coolers, space heaters, scented candles & get up a few times to adjust the space heater (portable cooler has a remote, but I still have to put water & ice into it & it will start beeping if it gets low), so there is still walking around I wouldn't have to do if not for the constant pollution. Because the pollution picked up as quickly as it did after adding one minor health problem to the list (childish retaliation), I ended up putting on my respirator again & opening a window for some hopefully clean air. I can't stay up all night, I have to get some sleep so I can help my father with the house tomorrow; just got up for a little while since I've been resting most of the day & won't be able to sleep for a little while. If the pollution gets bad enough, I may end up becoming too ill to help him tomorrow; I have to wonder how many times that will have to happen before my father goes after the guy himself.
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