I had solved many puzzles which appeared in various examinations I attended but never faced a puzzle in my own life. Yesterday we solved a big puzzle which was troubling us since last 6 months.
We live in Pearl Jaya apartments which has 10 flats . The flats had a staircase running through bisecting the apartments. These flats was aligned such that ground floor and first floor had 4 flats and each floor had 2 flats on either side of the staircase while the terrace had 2 apartments one on either side of the staircase. It had 3 empty and 7 occupied flats. Every flat has its own meter and an electricity card corresponding to it.
Don't panic if someone is getting the feel of the puzzles they have solved in their entrance exams, infosys exam, aptitude tests or higher education. I am not trying to test you but just wanted to make the scenario more clear[becoz I don't like cross questions ; ->]. So here continues.......
When we rented Pearl Jaya flats we were provided with a false electricity card with wrong electricity reading. At the initial days we did not bother about the card until we got our first bill which seemed way ahead of our usage. Reporting this to our owners they always sent back the same card saying that it was the only card that was left and surely that must be yours. We lost interest and said we are not going to pay the bill until we got our exact electricity card. The same scene was iterating every 2 months for the past 6 months. In between the card we were holding had the meter number which was not ours so one flat was suffering from current disconnection every now and then. They were claiming to the electricity board that they have already paid the bill and would regain current in next 24 hours. We were never close to those people, never even uttered Hai!, so we were never told about this was happening becoz of us and they also did not know that we were not paying the bills.
Fed up with all the reporting, I was around 7.30pm yesterday when some of the flat owners united together to resolve this issue. Everyone had their problems regarding electricity bill mismatch. We asked the watchman to get all the electricity cards from everyone to cross check the meter readings and card numbers. Meanwhile we were making jokes/comments of the apartment owner and the watchman. He bought back 6 cards and reported that one house was locked up.
We went ahead exploring each meter switching of and on the main again and again to check first which meter belonged to which house. This may sound simple but took more time to switch off and switch on the lights/fans in house to check whether the meter was working properly first. This tedious process took around 45minutes. We concluded the show when we confirmed and marked each meter against their owner.
As the next step we went ahead checking the electricity card. To our surprise all the cards tallied except two cards which had the same meter number of it. Personally I observed that their card has a number scratched and a rewritten number. Now everyone knew why the other flat people suffered from current disconnection regularly. The house were angry on us for a second. I said them there are two things to observe,
a. Two cards having same number.
b. The number was units before 2 months had already exceeded the present reading.
c. Our number was scratched on your card and you put your own number.
They softly admitted that they were given the same card and they have not scratched anything. Later after a long discussion we didn't find any solution except changing the card numbers and informing it to the electricity board. They said they would do all that relevant for the name to be changed. Hence the problem solved.
This is just one among the very common scene's that people living in flats/apartments face. If anyone want to share their experiences, don't hesitate becoz that can make entry into the checklist of people who are newly renting/owning flats/apartments.
Share links/comments about your experiences!
We live in Pearl Jaya apartments which has 10 flats . The flats had a staircase running through bisecting the apartments. These flats was aligned such that ground floor and first floor had 4 flats and each floor had 2 flats on either side of the staircase while the terrace had 2 apartments one on either side of the staircase. It had 3 empty and 7 occupied flats. Every flat has its own meter and an electricity card corresponding to it.
Don't panic if someone is getting the feel of the puzzles they have solved in their entrance exams, infosys exam, aptitude tests or higher education. I am not trying to test you but just wanted to make the scenario more clear[becoz I don't like cross questions ; ->]. So here continues.......
When we rented Pearl Jaya flats we were provided with a false electricity card with wrong electricity reading. At the initial days we did not bother about the card until we got our first bill which seemed way ahead of our usage. Reporting this to our owners they always sent back the same card saying that it was the only card that was left and surely that must be yours. We lost interest and said we are not going to pay the bill until we got our exact electricity card. The same scene was iterating every 2 months for the past 6 months. In between the card we were holding had the meter number which was not ours so one flat was suffering from current disconnection every now and then. They were claiming to the electricity board that they have already paid the bill and would regain current in next 24 hours. We were never close to those people, never even uttered Hai!, so we were never told about this was happening becoz of us and they also did not know that we were not paying the bills.
Fed up with all the reporting, I was around 7.30pm yesterday when some of the flat owners united together to resolve this issue. Everyone had their problems regarding electricity bill mismatch. We asked the watchman to get all the electricity cards from everyone to cross check the meter readings and card numbers. Meanwhile we were making jokes/comments of the apartment owner and the watchman. He bought back 6 cards and reported that one house was locked up.
We went ahead exploring each meter switching of and on the main again and again to check first which meter belonged to which house. This may sound simple but took more time to switch off and switch on the lights/fans in house to check whether the meter was working properly first. This tedious process took around 45minutes. We concluded the show when we confirmed and marked each meter against their owner.
As the next step we went ahead checking the electricity card. To our surprise all the cards tallied except two cards which had the same meter number of it. Personally I observed that their card has a number scratched and a rewritten number. Now everyone knew why the other flat people suffered from current disconnection regularly. The house were angry on us for a second. I said them there are two things to observe,
a. Two cards having same number.
b. The number was units before 2 months had already exceeded the present reading.
c. Our number was scratched on your card and you put your own number.
They softly admitted that they were given the same card and they have not scratched anything. Later after a long discussion we didn't find any solution except changing the card numbers and informing it to the electricity board. They said they would do all that relevant for the name to be changed. Hence the problem solved.
This is just one among the very common scene's that people living in flats/apartments face. If anyone want to share their experiences, don't hesitate becoz that can make entry into the checklist of people who are newly renting/owning flats/apartments.
Share links/comments about your experiences!
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