FORGOT TO TELL YOU I GOT SUED.
TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT WHEN T AND LAURENT AND I FOUND THAT HOUSE, I MOVED IN ON JULY 7TH AND PAID FOR MY 5 DAYS SEPARATELY AND THEY MOVED IN THE 12TH. SO WE HAD THE HOUSE FROM THE 12TH OF JULY TO THE 12TH OF SEPT. I LEFT MY CREDIT CARD # INSTEAD OF A CASH SECURITY DEPOSIT. AT SOME POINT THEY TOLD US THAT WE NEEDED TO BE OUT BY SEPT 7TH. WHICH WAS FINE BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE DAYS WE WEREN'T THERE. I WENT INTO THE OFFICE ON AUG 12TH AND ASKED THE SECRETARY HOW MUCH WE OWED SINCE IT WASN'T A FULL MONTH. SHE SAID SHE WOULD GET BACK TO ME SO THE NEXT DAY LAURENT WENT IN AND SHE SAID WE COULDN'T GET A "DISCOUNT" SO WE WERE LIKE WHATEVER, WE WILL GIVE THEM WHAT WE THINK IS FAIR FOR THE MONTH ND THEY HAVE TO DEAL. LAURENT GOES IN 4 DAYS PAST THE DUE DATE AND THEY HAD CHARGED MY CREDIT CARD WITH 19% TAX AND SERVICE CHARGES. I TRIED TO CANCEL THE TRANSACTION BUT I CAN'T CALL 1-800 NUMBERS FROM HERE. SO WE WERE LIKE OKAY WHATEVER. I DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE ANYMORE, IM JUST GLAD I DONT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM. SO T AND LAURENT ONLY HAVE 2 WEEKS LEFT AND THE LANDLORD GOES BY AND TELLS THEM HE WANTS A $750 DEPOSIT SINCE HE CHARGED MY CARD HE HAS NO DEPOSIT. WELL, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO HIM BECAUSE HE ALREADY SCREWED US OVER WITH NO WARNING AND THEY WEREN'T ABOUT TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. MEANWHILE WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT HIM AND HIS FAMILY WHICH IS WHO OWNS THE LAND OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE REALLY AWFUL PEOPLE. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY NAME WAS ON THE PAPERWORK IN THE OFFICE, WE GOT SERVED WITH PAPERS SAYING WE WERE BEING SUED FOR THE $750 SECURITY DEPOSIT. THE COURT PAPERS WERE SUCH CRAP, THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE OUR LAST NAMES ON THEM. ANYWAYS, THE 3 OF US WENT TO THE COURT HOUSE FRIDAY, WE HAD TO SIT IN A ROOM WITH A MEDIATOR, THE JERK GUY, THE SECRETARY, AND THEIR LAWYER. MOST OF IT WAS IN SPANISH, THANK GOD LAURENT SPEAKS SPANISH. SO WE SIT AND ARGUE FOR ABOUT AND HOUR AND DECIDE TO LET HIM GIVE US $300 DOLLARS AND THEY WOULD MOVE OUT THAT DAY. I THINK HE HAD SOMEONE ELSE HE WANTED TO MOVE IN AND HE IS AN EVIL UNHAPPY PERSON. SO WE GO OUT TO THE DESK AND THE LEGAL SECRETARY IS WRITING DOWN OUR AGREEMENT AND HE THROWS IN THAT WE CAN'T STEP FOOT IN SUNSET VILLAS. THIS IS WHERE JESSI LIVES. WE FREAK OUT AND ARE LIKE NO, WE WONT SIGN THESE THEN, OUR BEST FRIENDS LIVE THERE AND HE WAS LIKE WELL, WE WILL BE BACK HERE IN 2 WEEKS THEN. SO I START GETTING UPSET BECAUSE HE DOESN'T EVEN OWN JESSI'S PLACE BUT HE OWNS THE LAND I GUESS. I LOOK AT HIM AND SAY, WHAT DID I DO THAT WAS SO BAD THAT YOU WONT LET ME ON YOUR PROPERTY? AND HE SAYS YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT I DONT EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I START GETTING PISSED AND THE SECRETARY WHO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS BUT SOMEHOW KNOWS ALL THE DETAILS, WHICH IS HOW I KNOW HE PAID HER OFF, THAT'S HOW YOU GET ANYTHING YOU WANT AROUND HERE, STARTS YELLING AT ME TELLING ME, YOU'RE IN HONDURAS! YOU NEED TO RESPECT THAT {THIS LAND OWNER ISN'T EVEN A LOCAL} AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD CALL IMMIGRATION ON ME AND HAVE ME SENT HOME, WHICH SHE COULDN'T DO BUT WHATEVER.
IT WAS A MESS AND I START CRYING BECAUSE I WAS SO MAD AND THE DEVIL MAN STARTS SMILING. AGHHH. I WANTED TO KILL HIM. HE WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ME UPSET AND I ACTUALLY FEEL SORRY FOR HIM THAT HE IS SO UNHAPPY IN HIS LIFE THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE EVERYONE ELSE MISERABLE. HE EVEN ESCORTED T AND LAURENT OFF AND SHOWED THE GUARDS THAT THEY WEREN'T ALOUD BACK. WELL, ITS OVER AND I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW ABOUT WHAT A SNAKE THIS GUY IS. DONT WORRY MOM, I AM FINE AND EVEN THOUGH IT SUCKED FOR A DAY OR TWO HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY GOT SUED IN ROATAN????
I CAN STILL HAVE A BAD DAY HERE BUT SOMEHOW NOTHING REALLY SEEMS THAT BAD WHEN IM SITTING IN AN INTERNET CAFE IN PARADISE WATCHING THE SUNSET OVER THE CARRIBEAN.
An Update
15 years ago

4 comments:
I miss you. Come home. You are missing out on the DC summer weather. I bet it is not half as humid in Roatan as it is in DC. Have fun with Lauren. I wish I could come but you know..."the business."
No, we are working on that now but I have plans to build her a canvas-seat-complete-with-inflight-beer-system-zip-line if Plan A falls through.
Jessi
Go type on your own blog Pfeltz. It's been awhile. Stop riding on Sarah's blog. i miss you too! Why don't you both come home?
I hope you plan on writing a book someday. Christopher shared your blog page with me and I am enjoying reading about your adventures. What is it about former roomates of mine and their need to live at the beach? Enjoy!
Christy
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