It's another story of emotional duress from a resident of the super expensive Plaza Hotel residences! This time, it's not about being lonely, it's about a resident being stuck in the trash room for seven hours.
"Top real estate broker" Joanna Cutler went to throw out her trash on February 20. Thinking she would be gone for a minute and leaving her apartment door open, she went to the garbage room, only for the door close and jam shut. She told the Post she "began shoving and pushing" for hours and even attempted to push out (from under the door) whatever had caused the door to jam, bloodying her fingers.
Cutler was screaming, too, but her neighbors didn't hear her because like many Plaza residents, they are out-of-towners. She was eventually found at 6AM by a building worker starting his shift. The Post adds that Cutler "Broke down and wept believing that rescue from her dank hell was hopeless and fearing that someone would rob her apartment, whose door she had left open." (Her apartment and Fabrege egg were safe, and Cutler poses with it in the Post.)
The culprit? A piece of particle board, according to Cutler's lawyer who "said a 4-foot by 8-foot piece of particle board laid down to protect hallway rugs had been improperly taped down, causing it to shift and jam against the door." Naturally, Cutler's lawyer told Elad Properties, which will be unveiling the Plaza Hotel in two days after a $400 million renovation, she may sue (Elad said they "sincerely regret the discomfort Ms. Cutler experienced" and inspected other areas).
Let this be a lesson: Just because you have a multi-million dollar apartment at the Plaza Hotel doesn't mean you stop taking out your own trash. Actually two lessons: Bring your cellphone when you're throwing out the trash.
