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Sweet Service Award goes to Sandak-Lewin; Sour Service Award goes to Standard Bank!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Sandak-Lewin and its CEO Carl Smit, for his very surprising but welcome acceptance of my request that his company not increase its management fee to our apartment block by more than the CPI of 4%, having taken 10% increases from us in the past three years, without permission from us as Trustees. Mr Smit has not been very professional to me in the past, in his response when I have written to him about the poor service we receive from his Portfolio Manager Greg Anderson since he took over our apartment block two years ago, not ever having set foot in it, and being very poor in responding to emails, or in actioning maintenance issues!  Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 11 of Level 3 Adjusted, 8 January 2021.

 

Friday 8 January 2021, Day 11 of Level 3 Adjusted, Day 289 of Lockdown 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a warm 27C day, for the wind blowing gently almost day; for a morning Camps Bay walk, taking my cleaning team to a new area for us, the Little Glen, in which I haven’t been since Alex finished Primary School in Camps Bay, and went to Scouts in the Hall nearby, happy that there was so little litter, a good uphill energetic walk giving me 200 Miles; for a good working morning thereafter; for a peaceful afternoon at home, having almost reached my step goal; for enjoying my terrace; and for being happy and healthy.🙏💙 Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to Absolute Pets; Sour Service Award goes to Checkers!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Absolute Pets, for the continuous friendly service from Bukeka, the Manager of the Camps Bay Branch. Earlier this week she gave a trial pack of their house brand Lokuno for my cats to try, when she heard that I was buying them a commercial brand, and they absolutely love it. I will be going back to buy a regular size pack for them. Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to Woolworths Hout Bay; Sour Service Award goes to EbbTide apartment 201!

The Sweet Service Award goes to Woolworths in Hout Bay, and its Assistant Manager Claudia. I went shopping at the store on Wednesday, and we had to wait for quite a while in the queue to pay. Claudia came up to us, apologising for the wait. At the till I was not greeted, but told to go to another till, but then told to stay, back and forth after quite a wait in the queue. I expressed my irritation to the cashier,  Claudia observed the interaction and came to the till, took my name and number, and Continue reading →