Quick,

Talcum powder! OMG! LOL!

Had a very bad experience with talcum powder and a church hall.

We were teaching for the local society. They received a letter from the church demanding we stop using talcum powder and fining us $50 for damage to the floor. (This hall has one of the worst floors in the city to start with).

I went into the office to point out that we don't use talcum powder so it had to be someone else. They insisted it had to be us because it didn't start until we started using the hall. They also insisted we were the last to use the hall before the janitor came in.

We checked: We taught Sunday night but the janitor didn't work Mondays. We also checked and there were multiple groups using it Mondays.

I demanded to see the damage. I was told I was not allowed to see the damage. This was hilarious because we had our own key to the hall and were there every Sunday night.

We always try to leave halls cleaner than when we arrived. Over the next few weeks we had our students watch us sweep the floor before locking up.

(We received a second letter. The church claimed they waited for us to leave one night and went in to find a thick layer of talcum powder everywhere. Besides the fact I have a problem with church members acting like thieves in the night this was an out and out lie. Our students watched us clean every night and offered the same to the office).

Soon after that we arrived at the hall and opened the door to find a large note taped to the floor directly as we came in:



I left a note:



On Tuesday (as the office was closed Mondays and the caretaker didn't work) I informed the church that had "Tom" been one of my employees and talked to a client that way I'd have fired him!

As soon as the term ended my wife and I refused to return there and the Society we teach for was glad to be rid of a bad landlord.

As we left, I'm sure they still had the problem as the hall was being used by a break dancing group and as a country dance centre both of whom use powder.

I have yet to receive an apology from Fairfield United Church here in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Powder! LOL!

OB

If you are a club and you wish to be heard officially. Have yourself our one of your others elected as the representative of the club. Then march into one of these situations as an offical. It doesn't matter if you only have a dozen members or hundreds. you are the elected rep. for your club. Announce yourself as such and lay down the law.Try to look like a James Spader
of Boston Legal fame.

Unfortunately I'm more like Denny Crane!

BTW: What happened to the Craig Bierko character? He was my favourite.

OB