So I live in an apartment complex. I returned from my honeymoon the other day and attempted to do some laundry. Briefly after placing the laundry in the dryer I smelled smoke. I quickly discovered it was the dryer. I opened the door and smoke came billowing out. I called the maintenance crew and they took apart the dryer and discovered an obscene amount of lint:
It completely covered the dryer bin. The maintenance worker proceeded to explain that for the first time last week he and his co-worker determined how to take the dryer apart. Additionally, he acknowledged that for the first times since her worked there (9 years) last year they cleaned the dryer vents. After a lot of work pulling out the lint we discovered the chard lint:
He said he was going to come back and finish cleaning everything up once he took lunch. I said okay and got back to work. I came home yesterday evening and the dryer is still unusable (it was not cleaned). I called them again today and they said they would send someone out to clean it. I came home from work today and they did not clean the dryer. I called the main office and they said that maintenance was too busy to get to it today and that they would get to it tomorrow. I asked to speak to a supervisor, because I was finally starting to get pissed. She was rude beyond belief and gave me a series of bullshit responses. I feel that up to this point I have even more than reasonable with these fuckers. Now, I want to pursue this legally. Fuck them. Do I have any foot to stand on here from a negligence perspective. I was not hurt and nothing of mine was harmed beside my clothing. However, had I not been standing right next to it when the fire started it would have most certainly burned the entire complex down (there is no installed sprinkler system). Also, I live in Pennsylvania in case this of any importance. So, lawyers tell me I can go after these motherfuckers.
It completely covered the dryer bin. The maintenance worker proceeded to explain that for the first time last week he and his co-worker determined how to take the dryer apart. Additionally, he acknowledged that for the first times since her worked there (9 years) last year they cleaned the dryer vents. After a lot of work pulling out the lint we discovered the chard lint:
He said he was going to come back and finish cleaning everything up once he took lunch. I said okay and got back to work. I came home yesterday evening and the dryer is still unusable (it was not cleaned). I called them again today and they said they would send someone out to clean it. I came home from work today and they did not clean the dryer. I called the main office and they said that maintenance was too busy to get to it today and that they would get to it tomorrow. I asked to speak to a supervisor, because I was finally starting to get pissed. She was rude beyond belief and gave me a series of bullshit responses. I feel that up to this point I have even more than reasonable with these fuckers. Now, I want to pursue this legally. Fuck them. Do I have any foot to stand on here from a negligence perspective. I was not hurt and nothing of mine was harmed beside my clothing. However, had I not been standing right next to it when the fire started it would have most certainly burned the entire complex down (there is no installed sprinkler system). Also, I live in Pennsylvania in case this of any importance. So, lawyers tell me I can go after these motherfuckers.
