u/No-Leopard639

Our building’s only elevator has been out since September 9, and management just told tenants that the failed Schindler component is being rebuilt. They said they still don’t have an ETA and that the repair could potentially take up to six weeks.

Management says the elevator is proprietary to Schindler and that they essentially have no choice but to wait for Schindler to rebuild the part. They also said the City told them that Schindler has a lot of complaints about this type of issue.

I’m planning to contact Schindler directly and possibly 311, but I’m curious whether anyone in Chicago has dealt with a similar situation.

Is a several-week outage while waiting for a proprietary part normal? And is there anything tenants should be doing or requesting from the landlord during a prolonged elevator outage?

I went into a local coin shop and honestly felt like they did not think I knew what I was doing at all.

I know enough about coins to know what I’m looking at and what I’m interested in, but the employees kept over explaining really basic things to me. They also wouldn’t show me certain things I asked about, and I kept getting the feeling that they were assuming I was just some random woman who walked in and didn’t know anything.

It was just frustrating because I don’t think they would have treated a guy the same way. I wasn’t asking stupid questions or acting like I was an expert. I just wanted to look at some coins and actually be taken seriously as a customer.

Has anyone else experienced this? Especially other women who collect? Is this just a thing with some local coin shops?

Edit: thanks for all the supportive comments and telling me how you all feel in some LCS. I feel a lot better. I felt like it was just me. Thanks all!!

Another Edit: TBH I make my avatar on here to look like a man to get taken more seriously in PMs for sale, silver bugs, etc. But I do know many of you support me regardless if im a lady! I love this community. Be well!

Wondering if this has happened to anybody else. Only the bottom backseat got wet. Nothing else is wet in the car.

I just had to confront my landlord because he said that I was number one on the parking list to have a spot. I was told by a resident who just moved in that they’re getting a parking space. I noticed that there were new cars in parking spots and decided not to keep pressing my landlord because I didn’t want to be pushy. Turns out he was just lying to me. Be pushy, annoy your landlord they will lie through their teeth. He replied back to my message, saying he’ll contact me in a day or two and he has a spot for me.

Hey everyone!

Tomorrow is my birthday. It feels heavy this year, for a reason that is hard to explain to others. I feel very very healthy, like my brain is finally healing and the fog has lifted.

Early after my transplant I felt like I couldn’t access my brain, memories. I had been suffering from severe chronic hepatic encephalopathy for years before my transplant. I was better but my brain still felt broken, mix that with the cocktail of meds, medical trauma, and suddenly being healthy ( for the first time in my life) I felt so lost. I felt like I acted impulsively, couldn’t access my past, and become someone I didn’t recognize.

Fast forward to know I feel like myself, before I got so sick and I’m the version of myself I want and need. I’m wondering if anyone can relate? I thought I’d just wake up healed; body, brain, spirit. But it was a really bumpy road. And I feel shame about that, nobody really gets it when I try to explain it to them.

Long story short when I was a teenager I sold the 1oz gold krugerand my grandmother gave me. Now that I'm older and collect I'd like to buy another one. I'm trying to get the date she gave me before, I think it was in the 90s. But I can't find anyone selling anything but random dates. Any advice to find an exact date?

Hey Folks. So greatful for everyone who commented and took this seriously. It's continued on and when contact my landlord to try to get intouch with the management company, turns out its them. He was very dismissive and declined to disable or remove it. I need your help. Please contact the alderman's office (the 1st ward) and complain about this device. Its on the side of 1152. W. Milwaukee on W. Haddon street, or make a 311 complaint. It's so loud, it goes on and off at all hours of the day. I'm attaching my landlords dismissive messages and another video inside my apartment.

Script: "I am reporting a severe noise disturbance from a device installed on the exterior wall of 1152 W. Milwaukee Ave, on the W. Haddon Street side. The device emits a very loud sound that can be clearly heard inside my apartment and runs at various hours, including nighttime. I am requesting an investigation into the noise level and whether the device is compliant with city noise regulations".

This isn’t really a post about pay, although compensation is part of the situation.

I’ve been fighting tooth and nail at a 1099 contract job to either increase my compensation or get more protected administrative time because of the complexity and acuity of the patients I’m seeing. When I asked for more protected time, the response was offering me a 40% split. The problem is that the split would essentially equal what I’m already making hourly, but with significantly more risk shifted onto me.

This practice sends me very high-acuity referrals (many through Zocdoc). The medical director is virtual, does not live in the state, and does not work clinically at the practice. The practice opened in 2023, so many systems and processes are still being built out.

I know no job is perfect, and I’ve looked around, but I haven’t found something clearly better. I’m just feeling exhausted from constantly having to advocate for my value.

For context, I previously started my own practice and ultimately moved away from that model. I don’t want to be a practice owner again.I want to provide good clinical care without having to carry the entire burden of running a business. I understand you'll get a bit taken advantage of working for someone else but things are egregious lately.

Why does it feel so difficult for PMHNPs to get compensated fairly for the complexity of the work we do? Has anyone else dealt with this constant fight to be valued?

Signs by wicker park.

Hi all! I moved to the area from a different part of town. I’ve noticed many trees in front of residences on the side walk have fencing around it. I’m a bit confused why, if it’s allowed in Chicago, and who manages/ approves it.

I might get slack for this but in this concrete jungle I’m a bit annoyed my dog can’t sniff some dirt and trees when I walk them around the block.

Unslabed please!