Someone there clearly needs to learn about conflict resolution…read more
Last night (5/09/20), I went in at about 10:30pm to pick up an item from my unit. On my way out, I'm blocked by two other guys in trucks and I think little of it so I choose a different route to the gate. Next thing I know, I'm blocked in front and in back. I manage to get around the guy in front of me and head to work. I probably could have stayed and asked what was going on, but that late at night and being blocked in by two people? Shady as hell, and I didn't want to be late to work anyways.
Next thing I know, I'm getting a call from the lady working there at the time, nearly screaming at me to "come down here and resolve this" and LITERALLY NO OTHER DETAILS provided. I asked what it was that I did wrong as all I did was pick up my drain snake only to have her say along the lines of "don't play dumb, we know what you did, we have you on camera". No matter how many times I try to tell her that all I did was get one item from my unit and go, she kept to her guns, accusing me of SOMETHING, but absolutely refusing to tell me what it was. She threatened me originally with saying I had 7 days to get my stuff out, only to have her escalate that to having up to Monday; I was keeping my cool, I didn't badmouth her or anyone so in my opinion, there was no need to take that so heavy-handed. I told her I was on my way back and would like to view the camera footage to see what it was I did and she said she wouldn't review it with me. At this point, I asked if I needed to get the police involved and if this was some sort of extortion, she said go ahead and quickly hung up on me.
I get there and of course the lights are off. One of the guys who tried blocking me was nearby so I talked to him. Turns out to be a big misunderstanding with him having some of his stuff stolen by someone he shared his unit with and thinking I was the getaway driver, which wouldn't make sense since the person he was victimized by would have been seen in my truck, right? Right. But hey, accidents happen and he was cool. He agreed to help me clear things up with the lady so I don't have to move out. I tried calling her back and she hangs up immediately before I could even say hi. I try again as he rings the doorbell, I get to her and explain that he and I are out there and would like to clarify things with her but she initially refused to come to the door as she felt unsafe in doing so (for the mess that she was the main contributor in). I get her on speakerphone and the guy managed to get her to come out so we can explain that I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. But because of this mess, I was 15 minutes late to work, when normally I'm a good 20 minutes early. To add to this, I'm given a weak apology and a "you can badmouth me all you want but please don't do it in front of others!" I honestly wasn't considering it at first, but here we are now.
Guy, if you're out there, you're cool in my book. But Melissa? Melinda? I forget, but I think it was an "M" name though and my phone didn't record that call- if you're going to accuse someone of something, at least bring something solid to the table to accuse them of, and FFS, actually review the cameras and don't threaten the customers with eviction (for lack of better word) over something YOU CLEARLY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON.
Other than that, I think the service is fair and the grounds are clean. Everyone else I've talked to (what few I have, anyways) have been great.
Side note: I actually do live in Caldwell, ID, not San Francisco, CA like the profile says, fwiw.