Experienced movers are absolutely amazing in their ability to fit over sized furniture through small narrow hallway entries.  Never in a million years did it occur to me that someone could angle and maneuver furniture through narrow spaces, without damages the furniture or walls.  When moving out of your storage unit, into your new place, no matter what year the home was built, call on the services of an experienced mover to assist you.  You will be glad you did.  

The last person wanting storage told me she and her husband were moving to Disneyland and applying for jobs.  A native Canadian and Californian from Redondo Beach in their sixties down on their luck due to the economic downturn.  This retired real estate agent had a great sense of humor that is in fact, her self proclaimed saving grace.  Real estate and storage prices are less expensive near Anaheim according to her research, so they are sleeping over with friends, indefinitely and consolidating their worldly goods from their condo and two storage units, and starting all over again.  Cheers and good health to those making lemonade out of lemons.

Fielding agitated customer complaints third party over the phone can be a very rewarding or a very trying conversation. For most people, when they are confronted with a perceived injustice or lack of expected service by a company, a referral to the manager and explanation of the reality of what you can do for them is sufficient. Most customers are appreciative to know someone is available to handle their situation, even when the storage facility is closed.  But there are those customers whom react quite inappropriately when agitated. They are so upset by other things in their lives that when they are confronted with a perceived injustice or lack of expected service, they become irrationally demanding, loud and litigious. Instead of hearing we can facilitate getting your situation resolved by following these steps, they hear, you mean you can not fix this for me right now.

So many people are utilizing storage facilities these days. It is about the only space a lot of people can afford.  Some unfortunate situations have people half jokingly asking if they can move into the storage unit with their belongings. The days of super sizing are over for the most part, unless you are over indulging in cheap fast food and distilled in formaldehyde wine. We are now cresting the wave on the down sizing trend. Not only are the automobiles getting smaller, packaging at the grocery stores is getting smaller, and the space in which people can afford to live is also getting smaller. Give us a generation or two, and caskets will be getting smaller also to accommodate the down sizing of the American people as a whole.