Excuse the philosophical rant, as Francis of Assisi’s prayer goes:
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.
You could spend every waking hour noting infractions of the by-laws, sending furious emails to the strata manager and EC and demanding action. But this doesn’t encourage harmonious community living, or take into account that everyone is human. I do things that people don’t like, and there are lots of things others do that annoy me, but by and large you just get on with your life. I have better things to do with mine.
We are currently dealing with someone who is furious because he believes we have been unfair. This person has damaged common property and done a range of things that demonstrate absolutely no consideration for others. We have focused on the major issues and let certain other things slide, but we are insistent that they must rectify the breaches we consider to be significant. In return they send countless emails reporting us for putting washing on our balconies, which is not a breach, and other petty imagined issues. It is very sad, and I wonder why someone like that chose to live in a community situation.