About a week ago I had a maintenance man in my apartment repairing the bathroom tile. I was at work and used my live video camera and to watch when he entered my apartment. I saw him wash his hands and then say "what the hell" when he saw my reloading bench. He came closer and looked my press/bench over and then went back to work. Fast forward to tonight and I received a phone call from my landlord asking me if I was in the commercial business reloading etc. because her brother-in-law saw my reloading equipment in my apartment (I anticipated this though it took a week to manifest). I let her know that everything I was doing was in compliance with New Hampshire laws and was very curt on details as I personally consider it none of her business. She asked me about gun powder etc. to which I was very offended to even being asked and replied again I was in compliance with NH laws. She also stated it was very unusual for people in her apartment to be engaged in reloading....all red flags, and all offensive. I know many will say why weren't you there or why didn't you cover your equipment, but my thoughts were if I am not doing anything wrong/illegal why should I hide my hobby? If I played hockey should I cover my sticks as they could be perceived as a violent weapon?
Rewind to a week ago when I was at work and my girlfriend (Kenyan - Masai) was leaving my apartment and was questioned as to whether she belonged there or not by the same landlord. My GF replied that she lived here in a defense mechanism to which I quickly got a phone call about from my landlord. My landlord accused me of having a second person in my apartment without getting her approval. I quickly told her I feel like I was being ambushed and I did not have a second person living in my apartment which was completely true. I can only imagine leaving an apartment without the actual person living there present and being interrogated and how I would reply. In short, for two and a half years I have been an ideal tenant without a single maintenance call (i do everything myself) or complaint and all bills paid on time. Yet within the last two weeks I have been called up twice for things that don't seem to be any of my landlords business. Seems like southern NH is being overrun by MA idealogy. I could easily find another place but this doesn't sit right with me and I am not one to easily duck and roll when I feel my rights are being infringed. I am a very private person and frankly I am feeling extremly imposed upon at this moment - which pi@$es me off. I do believe tomorrow morning I will type up an email and let my landlord know how I feel in a very 'documented' sense. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance and please forgive as I am a bit perturbed as I type this,
Kev