Thursday, October 27, 2016

Resentments

Some former clients never let a good resentment go to waste.

Often we'll have one leave for whatever reason.  Maybe the cook burned the toast. Or he has a roommate he dislikes.  And the next thing you know we'll have an inspector knocking on the door.

Sometimes the complaint will be about our sanitation practices. Or about how many people live in a room. Or about our licensing status. About one of our kitchens.

We've even had resentful former residents go to the State legislature to try to close us down. Or to city hall to file a complaint. The people from the government usually know they're responding to an angry former resident. But they're obligated to respond.

Usually an inspector will look around for a minute and tell us everything looks great. Once in a while they might have us change a minor procedure. But generally he'll tell us to have a good day and moves on.

Most clients who leave angry do so because they don't want to be responsible. They might not want to work. Or pay service fees. Do chores. Make their beds. They're not used to getting up and going to work. So rather than do so they'll find something to get angry about and leave. Maybe to get drunk or high.

And because they want to get even they'll do whatever it takes to try to get us. But the reality is that one day they'll run out of people to be angry at and start looking at themselves.

And once they do that they might have a chance to get sober.