Opinion: Are you f&*!ing kidding me with this, Commerce Place?!
A nice week off, and the first thing I come across on Monday morning is this. What is this, you ask? This is the third of what were once four functioning doors at Commerce Place. Now there is one functioning door. That’s right, 75% of doors at Commerce Place’s Jasper Ave entrance are now down for the count.
Look, I know this is stupid. I know I have a functioning body and a low-to-average intellect and thus, I should be able to just immerse myself in other pursuits and let this go. Commerce Place has every right to spend the rest of time not fixing their doors, if they so choose.
And that is just what I thought to myself as I called GWL Realty Advisors to ask WTF is the deal with these stupid doors.
The person who answered the phone was very nice. I assume she was the receptionist, though she didn’t say, and I kind of felt like she couldn’t get me off the phone the fast enough once I identified that I was calling on behalf of the edmontonian. She told me that they are waiting for parts for the doors. I asked if parts typically take more than a year arrive. She said no, and told me it’s just kind of been one thing after another with the doors. First the parts, then the contractors. They may have to remove the doors entirely and put in new ones, she said.
Now, I would be lying if I said that I believed this was all just an honest mistake. Unless part of those doors are being smelted in the fires of Haley’s Comet, they should’ve been fixed, oh, A YEAR AGO.
But I would also being lying if I said that talking to a real live person about the real live constraints of their job didn’t kind of ruin my feud with Commerce Place. :( So, to that end, I’ve decided that the time has come for me to put the whole thing in more of a “glass half full” kind of perspective.
What do you guys think?
8 Responses to “Opinion: Are you f&*!ing kidding me with this, Commerce Place?!”
Oh my god, that is my favourite graphic ever. I love you.
realistically, they barely worked even when they were in ‘perfect’ condition…. seriously, HEAVIEST DOORS IN EDMONTON. i’ve seen old people barely able to open them.
which makes me sound like a prize a-hole for not helping them out, i guess, but i swear i eventually did!!!
It may be one building in a city of many, but I love how these doors always get people talking.
Thanks for the comment, gdog! Ironically, my goal in this post was to point out the fact that while it may be fun to take shots at people on the internet, it’s important to remember that ultimately we’re all real human beings with real feelings, and it’s not cool to be mean just for giggles. But that goes without saying…?
@derjis, yes, ridiculous doors to open even for the hale and hearty. I use the rotating doors on 102 street now. The interesting thing about this building is that is it classified in the real estate parlance and a top tier building (double A I think they call it?) and that mean huge rents. so, the expectation is that these things should be high quality as should the building maintenance.
and don’t even get me started on the elevators… or how you can’t go up the stairs from the lobby… or how they’ve ventilated my office-pod/pen area by popping a ceiling tile…
question: wouldn’t having 3 of four exit doors out of order be a fire hazard? any firemen out there care to comment?
Just to nitpick a bit, Haley’s Comet is totally not on fire.
I think this is hilarious lol
You’re tearing me apart, gdog!
These doors need to be fixed. Is it too soon to lobby our government?