Good from Bad

I posted a letter by the mailboxes telling the neighbors what happened and also urging them to be careful about letting people in. I signed it and wrote my apartment number down so people could contact me if they wanted. 2 of the 3 other apartments on my floor stopped by to talk to me about it and say they were sorry. While we were talking the third apartment came out and we were able to talk to her a bit. They smoke a lot of weed and the hallway constantly smells of it and there was a whiff of it when she was walking out so I think she was a little confused at first. After we told her what had happened, she went back inside to tell her roommates.

The three of us, Myra, Jason and me, talked about what had happened and what we could do in the future. We are all going to be bugging the building people to fix the buzzers and intercoms so we can use them properly. Right now we can't talk on them or hear anything so they are kind of useless. We've complained before but now there is more of an urgency to get it fixed. The safety issue has been illuminated.

We also talked about forming a group or committee in the building so we can ban together and get some of the things done that need to be done in the building. They can ignore individuals but they can't ignore a whole group. Plus, we'd all know more people in the building.

That's the greatest good to come of this. The neighbors are being really supportive and I'm getting to know them more. If we know each other more it becomes more of a community and we can watch out for each other and go to each other for help. And that will make everything safer too!