So shit hit the fan yesterday afternoon. This person had two other women come visit her and the three women ended up physically assaulting each other. The police were called and the member was arrested. She clearly was way more unstable than we thought. She resisted arrest, biting and assaulting the officers, so much so that she had to be hog tied and carried out by several officers. She had an air mattress in her office, drugs and alcohol, the office is a complete mess and she was obviously living out of it.
So many lessons here! Thank you so much for the supportive messages and this community for being here so we all have a place to talk about the joys and challenges of running these spaces. We have always operated in an open, trusting way and will continue to do so. This is our first issue in 4.5 years and our community of members is generally amazing and respectful of our space. If anyone has some good wording for our handbook regarding what defines living out of an office and being able to terminate a membership at any time I'd love to see it. I think I do need to make some adjustments to how things are written in our handbook just to cover bases and make things extra super clear! On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 10:25:27 AM UTC-8, Aloma Loren wrote: > > We have a member, we'll call this member X. > > X moved into a private office a couple months ago. > X gave 30 days notice that they will be out by the end of November, > however, they want to continue their membership as a Flex Desk member so > would still have 24/7 access to the space. > > It is clear from our security cameras X is here 24/7. Walks around the > space in their socks, is always in the same clothes, looks like they don't > shower... Hung a towel over the inside of the door to block any little > space between the blinds. > The other night the cameras showed the police here at 4:30am walking > through the space with flashlights. X says they had a friend in here that > got violent and they had to call the police. > > X refuses to let us show the office to new members. They claim they are on > the phone and busy all day. They literally slammed the door in my office > manager's face when she was trying to talk to her very kindly about this. > > Anyone dealt with this kind of situation before? > > I can handle not showing the office. I have a feeling it would not show > well anyway. > I do not feel comfortable with X still having access to the space after > they move out of their office. > Have you had to cancel a membership/refuse someone before? > How do you word it? > > Any advice or just sharing of stories welcome. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
