a coffee table and coffee couch set

Our apartment leasing agents put up a flyer in the elevator about a week or so ago. “Join us for a Cinco de Mayo celebration”. It was to be an outdoor movie and snacks in the front recreational area of our building. There are signs at the mailbox area as well. There was even a sandwich board placed at the buildings entrance. The festivities were to begin at 5:30. It was 5 o’clock when I returned from picking Erica up from work yesterday and I noted there was no activity in said recreational area. At about 5:30 we got an email from the overlords saying “Join us at the pool for the Cinco de Mayo celebration”. We walked onto the balcony and could see a large inflatable video screen and people milling about. I convinced Erica to go down and check it out. We got there, grabbed a couple tacos and Coronas (free tacos and beer! You can’t beat that with a stick!) When our leasing agent walked past us I asked what was considered to be the 'front recreational area'. Was it where the tennis courts were back in the early 2000s? She confirmed I was correct. I asked why then the celebration was moved to the pool area. She responded that when they went out to the front area to set up they realized there were no power outlets.

Maybe I live in a fantasy world but I am of the belief that if you are going to advertise an event you should make sure the space is capable of holding the event PRIOR to the event itself. It makes me laugh that they put flyers up 10 days ago but it wasn’t until showtime before somebody thought to themselves “Hmmmm. Where are we going to plug this shit in?”

But we got free tacos and beer. Can’t complain about that.