I have seen how people blatantly disregard laws for their own ends, mostly due to selfishness and arrogance. My next door apartment owner DL2-4 is doing renovation with a Chinese contractor. According to apartment Bylaws, work on renovation is allowed on weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm and no work is allowed on weekends. I am a victim of selfishness and arrogance of contractor and owner of the next door apartment.
This issue started weeks ago. The contractor came to work on the renovation only on Saturdays and Sundays and lasted till late in the evening. Complained and telephone calls were made to the owner requesting them to follow the regulations. But the drilling and knocking went on driving me up the wall and putting me under great stress. I have been away from my apartment at weekends since a week before Raya, so the contractor had a field day doing what he wanted to do. Management and security didn't bother to check if there is no complaints.
Yesterday (Saturday 7 Sept 2012) I was back in my apartment and at 3pm the bastard contractor was back doing his work without any thought of other people's comfort. I talked to him again as nice as I can, explaining the regulation which applied to all condos and apartments everywhere. He promised to stop. But the moment I entered my apartment the knocking and drilling started. I tried to be patient but couldn't tolerate it and called Prabha, the manager to send his maintenance man to stop this bastard contractor from working. With a security guard, Shankar came to see him and again he promised he would stop. When the two guys left, the drilling and knocking began.
My frustration went beyond words. I called the police. The officer sounded irritated and angry when I asked for his name. I just wanted to say 'thank you and mentioned his name but unfortunately, I was misunderstood. Another hit on the face.
Half an hour later, the officer called and advised me to make a police report at the police station. Police can only take immediate action for 'gangguan ketenteraman' if it happened past midnight. He sounded relaxed and we began a conversation, explaining to him I wanted to say 'Terima kasih koporal....' the polite way of ending a conversation with a person. I apologised if I sounded inappropriate just now and he in turn apologised too if he sounded abrupt. He shared that the public often accused the officer in charge or the police for not taking action. Accusation like this is often done by the public, Indians especially, who expect the police to drop everything and attend to his complaints while he has to file the complaint first and contacted the policemen on duty. I understand how stressful our policemen are as I have interacted with them when supervising internship students. These unreasonable people will call the OCPD and complained mentioning the name of the officer who took the report, for not taking action.
Anyway, I am at a loss at what action to take. So why do we have to have laws if enforcing it is so difficult? No wonder this country is going to the dogs when there are so many arrogance people around and think for themselves only.
This issue started weeks ago. The contractor came to work on the renovation only on Saturdays and Sundays and lasted till late in the evening. Complained and telephone calls were made to the owner requesting them to follow the regulations. But the drilling and knocking went on driving me up the wall and putting me under great stress. I have been away from my apartment at weekends since a week before Raya, so the contractor had a field day doing what he wanted to do. Management and security didn't bother to check if there is no complaints.
Yesterday (Saturday 7 Sept 2012) I was back in my apartment and at 3pm the bastard contractor was back doing his work without any thought of other people's comfort. I talked to him again as nice as I can, explaining the regulation which applied to all condos and apartments everywhere. He promised to stop. But the moment I entered my apartment the knocking and drilling started. I tried to be patient but couldn't tolerate it and called Prabha, the manager to send his maintenance man to stop this bastard contractor from working. With a security guard, Shankar came to see him and again he promised he would stop. When the two guys left, the drilling and knocking began.
My frustration went beyond words. I called the police. The officer sounded irritated and angry when I asked for his name. I just wanted to say 'thank you and mentioned his name but unfortunately, I was misunderstood. Another hit on the face.
Half an hour later, the officer called and advised me to make a police report at the police station. Police can only take immediate action for 'gangguan ketenteraman' if it happened past midnight. He sounded relaxed and we began a conversation, explaining to him I wanted to say 'Terima kasih koporal....' the polite way of ending a conversation with a person. I apologised if I sounded inappropriate just now and he in turn apologised too if he sounded abrupt. He shared that the public often accused the officer in charge or the police for not taking action. Accusation like this is often done by the public, Indians especially, who expect the police to drop everything and attend to his complaints while he has to file the complaint first and contacted the policemen on duty. I understand how stressful our policemen are as I have interacted with them when supervising internship students. These unreasonable people will call the OCPD and complained mentioning the name of the officer who took the report, for not taking action.
Anyway, I am at a loss at what action to take. So why do we have to have laws if enforcing it is so difficult? No wonder this country is going to the dogs when there are so many arrogance people around and think for themselves only.
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