PostHarvest
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Can anyone suggest how to manage a shared access to a property that has a chance of working because I'm struggling with a system that doesn't work?
I rent a yard and farm building where I keep stock, machinery and fodder. Behind the yard and accessed through it is the village sewage treatment plant. The roadside gate is fastened by a chain with two padlocks, one for the farm staff and the other for the water company. We both need access 24/7.
The water company staff just don't seem to understand that if they use their padlock and we use ours, both of us can get in and out when we need to. Twice already this week water company staff have fixed their padlock across ours, locking us out. A couple of weeks ago, they locked me in. Often they just leave the gate wide open, so we get visits from the white van crowd. Because of that I had my tools stolen twice last year.
Each time the water company locks us out or leaves the gate so it can't be locked, we have to call the water company, describe the situation in words of no more than two syllables then wait for them to spare the time to come back to open or shut their lock. They won't give us a key to their lock as its not their company policy.
I could accuse the water company staff of being malicious, but I don't think they have the brain power.
I rent a yard and farm building where I keep stock, machinery and fodder. Behind the yard and accessed through it is the village sewage treatment plant. The roadside gate is fastened by a chain with two padlocks, one for the farm staff and the other for the water company. We both need access 24/7.
The water company staff just don't seem to understand that if they use their padlock and we use ours, both of us can get in and out when we need to. Twice already this week water company staff have fixed their padlock across ours, locking us out. A couple of weeks ago, they locked me in. Often they just leave the gate wide open, so we get visits from the white van crowd. Because of that I had my tools stolen twice last year.
Each time the water company locks us out or leaves the gate so it can't be locked, we have to call the water company, describe the situation in words of no more than two syllables then wait for them to spare the time to come back to open or shut their lock. They won't give us a key to their lock as its not their company policy.
I could accuse the water company staff of being malicious, but I don't think they have the brain power.