Who whose and whom

We had an incident in this complex recently. Nobody wanted to do anything because of the who whose whom mentality. Doesn’t matter if water isouring in, roof sagging. What matters is who is going to pay? Who is going to be responsible? Who is going to call who?

Residents are up in arms that there is no 24/7 reponse team in this small strata complex. They should be able to have someone at their beck and call for the extremely low strata levies we all pay. We don’t know who to call, what to do they say. Well they do. The SM gives a list of authorized tradespeople. But they want someone else to call.

Now if it we’re me, my first instinct would be to protect my personal belongings at all costs. I would call someone out to fix whatever it is and protect myself, my home. I would worry about the who whose whom latter. And if it came down to me being stuck with a bill I would wear it (though not without a fight). No matter what the cost it would be less than having my personal items damaged or destroyed.

But here, it is always the who whose whom. And everybody expects someone else to do it. Because that is what strata means, someone else always does it. Someone else can pick up that piece of paper on the path. When a water main burst in the street and water poured down the driveway, everyone just walked past because that was someone else’s problem. But they would all complain if there is any water in their property.

The only time residents here have spoken to me lately is to whinge and whine. Why, because I believe they think if they tell old Struggs the problem, old reliable Struggs, the go getter, get things done type of resident then their job is done. They can go home, put their feet up and crack open the chardy. Someone else’s problem all that who whose whom. But I’m not listening anymore. And I am not looking.