Plumbing work in our building usually means shutting off the water to an entire column of units for a couple of hours. To give residents a heads-up, management posts a notice in the elevators. It's a minor inconvenience and generally not a big deal.

Today, however, things took an unexpected turn.  Someone took offense to the notice and tore it down. That prompted a sharp handwritten response, followed by another comment that was largely illegible.

My first thought was that a resident in the affected stack of condos was upset about losing water for a few hours.

Not even close.

As it turns out, one owner wasn't angry about the water shutoff at all. She was upset about the appearance of the notice. According to the super, she complained that these signs "should be printed on a computer with a gold border."

Hey, I'm all for a style guide, but demanding branding for a plumbing notice may be taking condo living a bit too far.