Violence doesn’t solve issues

CARETAKERS of real estate provide upkeep to a property.
They do landscape, cleanup and other maintenance tasks, according to the proprietor’s requests.
However some act as if they own the property and they use violence to sort issues.
On Saturday Jan 4, around 7pm, a group of young men were attacked by a real estate caretaker.
Prior to that, the gentlemen were having a few cold ones and catching up, as they were old Uni buddies and haven’t seen each other for a long time.
They weren’t having much beer, as some of them do not consume alcohol. There wasn’t loud music, nuisance or property being destroyed. There were no neighbours close by as the house was the last one at the end of the premises.
After finishing the beers, the wife of the tenant called the group up to the house for dinner.
While having dinner, the caretaker, who is in his mid-50 or late 40s, barged into the house and called for the tenant.
There wasn’t any explanation or reason but he started throwing punches at our friend, who was very young and active and could have easily knocked the old lad out but kept his cool.
Our friend kept asking why he was being pulled out of his house.
Though no alcohol were allowed in the residence, there were many cases where tenants consumed alcohol and causing a lot of noise, nuisances which sometimes led to drunken brawls.
We have not made any noise, no loud music, no nuisance and no disturbances. Some neighbours can attest to that.
Yet, my friend was dragged down the stairs which was 10 to 15m from the ground with iron steps-in front of his wife and their infant son.
The old man kept on assaulting our friend without stopping.
We tried our best to calm the situation, keeping our cool and not making the situation worse as we might be a victim of a man wielding knife at us.
The old man was joined by his son and a property guard.
The son came and grabbed a bush knife out of a parked vehicle and swung at our friend.
Fortunately, he slashed the branches of a mango tree and fell 40 to 50cm short of reaching my friend.
He could have slashed my friend on the shoulder, neck or head.
My friend has a six-month old son and a young family.
He just started building his life.
He might have been killed for no good reason. The caretaker did not have the courtesy to have a word with us if we had breached any residential contracts.
Our appeal on behalf of all the tenant (past, present, future) to the property owner is to replace the caretaker with someone who is educated and is client friendly.
Otherwise your real estate company will still be losing money and tenants.
Such primitive behaviour could lead to a loss of life for someone who has a lot to contribute to this nation.
The caretaker’s behaviour is also one of the reason former tenants vacated the property.

Archibaba,
POM