We got a "new" dryer in the laundry room in our apartment building, and seeing as how they almost never fix anything in this building, I was the first person to use it and went over after about 20 minutes to check to see if the clothes were drying. When I went into the laundry room, it smelled like electricalal wiring burning. So I knew it was the "new" dryer. When I opened the dryer, I was blasted in the face by steam, and ended up going to the ER with a burn on my lips, inside my nose cornealal injuries from steam, and a slight burn on my face. It was so hot, it actually burned off some of the hair on my arms!
Now the manager of the building says that he won’t pay my medical bills, he also told me that "There isn’t steam in the dryer, it’s a gas dryer" Well, there was, and I got burned, now what?
He even had someone in this morning to "fix" the dryer that wasn’t broken in the first place (not broken according to him because it was just installed yesterday!)
Here’s the thing
It’s the ONLY dryer in our building, I didn’t actually know it was just installed yesterday, or I wouldn’t have bothered, had the baby not needed laundry, and I had a sitter, I would have gone to the laundromat
As for the lease, they REFUSE to send me a copy, I’ve asked on several occasions.
I’m not asking for millions, just enough to see the opthamoligist to gauge the total extent of my eye damage. Let me ask you this, should I have let the dryer continue to run, even though I knew it would have caused a fire had I let it keep running?
It’s not as if it has a "STOP" button, so my choices were limited, let it run and cause a fire, not to mention ruin all of my baby’s clothes, or open the door enough to stop the dryer, and save everyone the trouble of calling the FD and standing outside all night waiting to see if it’s safe to go back inside?
There are 12 apartments in this building, 2 washers, 1 working dryer. If you’d like Genius, I can take a picture of that for you!
I also realize that steam only goes so far, but I’m less than five feet tall, so, its not as if I stuck my head in there, and I’ve contacted a lawyer who is actually going to help me with this claim , and not an ambulance chaser seeing as I’m not seeking personal damages, I just want my medical bills paid!
You are a bitter and cinical person, you may want to seek therapy for those issues!
Oh, yesterday they sent someone to "fix" the dryer that wasn’t broken, and again today, over there fixxing the dryer that isn’t broken, I even took my cell and digi camera over to take a picture of the maintence man doing the repairs!
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