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Ice Capades

We had quite the ice and snow storm roll through Dallas a week ago.  It created quite a disruption for the staff and tenants at the building I manage.  The weather also generated some "special" moments that I wanted to share.

Slip sliding away..

1.  Received email from a major tenant:  "We understand that there are rolling black outs in Dallas today.  Please let us know if we are affected."

TxBubba: Do I really need to answer this one, or will the lights going out serve as notification?

2.  Work order phoned in:  "Tenant called and complained that their space was cold.  Asked if ice outside had anything to do with it."

TxBubba:  I would have loved to hear my engineer's response when he visited with the tenant to answer this question.

3.  Phone call to security:  "If the garage is closed, can I still park in my reserved space?"

TxBubba:  No, we are using it for snow storage.

4.  Email from employee:  "I tried to drive in but ran into a curve.  Can I put a new rim on my expense report?"

TxBubba:  Make them spinner rims so you can increase your street creds, yo.

5.  Email from employee:  "We just lost power.  I think I will stay home and answer emails."

TxBubba:  Yeah, I know, Blackberries kept working and I am sure that is what he was talking about, but it still made me chuckle.

6.  Last, but not least, my favorite.  Received from Security Control via email to me:  "Fire monitoring systems normal, full security staff on site, operations reports no glass breakage, Starbucks is open."

TxBubba:  All critical systems online.

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