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flamer@mail.utexas.edu (SickOfTexas) wrote:

> What kind of BARBARIC rule is this?

It's the one in your LEASE, dude!

> Where is the tenant rights to privacy?

The rental people aren't the police, or the BATF, or
the FBI, or janet reno's left nostril.  Your right to
privacy exists, with certain mods which YOU SIGNED away.

This isn't a Texas thing.  It's far more common than
that.  I'll have to remember if I go to Hawaii to act
like an obnoxious, ignorant jerk, just to even things
out.

"What do you MEAN, this is a steak?  In Texas, this isn't
even a booger!"

> Even the police requires a search warrant before one is allowed to step
> into private property (under normal circumstances). One feels like

Here's a free clue.  The cops STILL need this.  UNLESS YOU ARE ON
THEIR TURF.  If you are in the bathroom, at a sink, at the police
station, and a cop walks in, it's too bad if you didn't want him to!
Now, guess who owns the property?  Guess who has to look out for it?
Don;t you have any SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY for THEIR RIGHTS?  What
kind of barbaric, long-eared jackass are you?

> living in a boarding house/dormitory, instead of a rented apt.  I
> really fail to understand the justification for this blatant abuse of
> power(just because the management has my keys, it can enter my abode at
> any 'reasonable' times, even without my prior consent). 

Hey, Mr. Vision/cognition-impaired dude, YOU GAVE PRIOR CONSENT
WHEN YOU SIGNED THE LEASE.  I know this is a difficult concept;
that's why I keep SHOUTING IT AT YOU.
 
> Is this the normal practice in Texas?  If so that is very sad indeed --

"That's not how we do it in Hawaii", he whined.  Like I said above,
it's done in PLENTY of other states besides Texas.  "But I don't
like it."  Go home, then.  To your mommy.  Crawl up in her lap,
and cry, and get it out of your system.  Then she'll tuck you
night night, and dance a traditional "I hate Texas" dance to help
you get to sleep.  Mind the lei - their may be ants in your bed.

> Texas' landlords are years behind the times.  During my brief stay at
> Hawaii, whenever the landlord/manager wants to enter the apt(for
> showings, maintainence, bug spraying), I will be informed and
> CONSULTED, such that a time when I will be present may be arranged. 

Gosh, that's real nice!  Bet they dance a hula for ya, and give you
a lei every time, too!

> Never has the landlord/manager entered the _rented_ apt without my
> prior consent/knowledge.
> This is really wierd/uncivilized, Texas is in Mainland USA,
> _supposedly_ more American and more respectful of human rights, as
> compared to the largely Asian Hawaii, but seems like Hawaii respect
> individual rights much better than Texas.  

Sounds like SOMEONE came to TEXAS with a CHIP on their SHOULDER.
Well, just keep poking at Texans with sharp sticks, and I'm sure
that eventually one of us uncivilized barbarians will SHOOT IT OFF.
Maybe the CHIP, TOO.

> SIDE NOTE 1
> -----------
> I notice that everytime there is a US Mail package addressed to me here
> IN Texas, it will always be a note stating that
> 'we were here but you weren't, so please collect your package at xxx
> station'
> even when I was in _at the time of delivery of the package_, I will
> receive the same note.  Are the Texas Postmen lazy or what? In Hawaii,
> the Postmen will always call you up via the security-phone and ask you
> to retrieve the package.  Do Texas Postmen expect me to be waiting in
> front of my mailbox to be construed as  being 'present'?  If so, this
> is extrememly POOR US mail service, here in Texas.


Naw, it's a federal law.  It's only superceded in hawaii because certain
Japanese bought some congresscritters when they bought the rest of
the island - including YOUR BRAIN.

[more blathering deleted]

> All in all, I can only conclude that there is simply a LACK of
>           sense of RESPONSIBILITY

No, we would have already put what was left of your ragged, bullet-
riddled body six feet under, if that were the case.

>           sense of DUTY

Like your sense of duty to be an ass.

>           RESPECT OF RIGHTS

Like the right to be an ass in public?

-Miles
meo@rru.com