Maintenance's placement of nonslip strips

I have been asking since January if maintenance could put some nonslip strips on the floor beside the bed. I thought having that material on the floor might make the aides feel more secure because I will not slip. The maintenance man came in last week to put the strips down. I was at my desktop PC and he said he would wait till I was out of the room. I didn't question why he was going to put them on the floor so close to my desktop PC. But, I thought he wanted extra space in order not to feel cramped. So, I let it go.

This morning the maintenance man was standing outside my door. I should have asked what he was going to do in my room. But I didn't.

When I returned from breakfast the nonslip strips were down. But they were eighteen inches away from where my bed is normally positioned. I asked the aides why he put them there. One of them must've asked him. He told them my bed was not in the correct position, and that he put the strips on the floor based on where my bed should be.

So I'm being told that I am encroaching on my roommate's side of the room. One of the aides said the facility could be cited for that by the state. I wonder if they have been talking among themselves about my bed positioning problem.

Today I got an email from the maintenance man. It referenced an email I sent him last week when I was told by the fire prevention specialist that I had to have a "patient care area" power strip for my desktop PC. The fire prevention consultant also said my desktop PC must be six feet away from the bed. In the maintenance man's email he restated that my lines surge protector is compliant – as long as – it's six feet away from the bed.

My printer sits on my metal filing cabinet. The aides have been really rough on that filing cabinet.. I bought it in 2011 and my sister bought me a new one in 2013. At the end of last summer the casters have fell off of it. So, there's no way to easily move it. In order to keep his table there is a 2 x 4 under it. Housekeeping slides it on a 2 x 4 when they cleaning. I wonder if they want that filing cabinet gone so they can push my bed closer to the door.

I don't know what they want me to do now that they are telling me my bed is positioned in the wrong spot. I need this set up for my desktop PC. I know they want me to get rid of extra stuff. But they also bring me too many supplies and I have nowhere to put them which is out of sight.

In the meantime, I'm trying to find a solution to the nonslip strip problem. They do make portable pieces of gripping material. It could be put anywhere on the the floor and I could stand without slipping.

That might be the solution I need.