I live in an apartment complex with 2 towers connected by a tunnel. One night when I was coming home after shopping, I went to the building that wasn't mine and in the vestibule there were 2 girls trying to call up to another tenant to get in. I unlock the door, and as I'm going though the door I hear the male tenant on the intercom say:"You're not coming up here" So I hurry to close the door behind me so that they cannot piggy-back just as one of the girls is trying to grab the door. So then I'm just trying to get through the tunnel to my building to get away from this situation and as I'm going down the hall, I hear "F$*king rude!" being yelled down to me.
My thoughts were:
When I heard "You're not getting in here" or whatever it was to that effect. I thought they were genuinely just there to bug him and why would I let someone in the building to bother another tenant or possibly do damage? Second, it's not my responsibility to let them in, they're not my guests.
Am I justified?
2007-02-28 00:00:17 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
What you did was actually the best thing to do (most people would be "polite" and let them through however).
If you do not know ONE HUNDRED PERCENT that the people trying to get in actually live there (or if the people trying to get in aren't visiting you), you should not let them in.
Yourself and the people trying to get in are basically *none of each others business* - if I can put it like that!
2007-02-28 00:05:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your call was on the money. It was not rude in any form. Think about what could have happened and what has happened to people because someone allowed entrance to an area.
You did the right thing. Even if you had not over heard the other person say they were not coming up here it is a VERY good practice never to allow anyone to enter with you that you do not know for absolute certainty that they belong there. It is like buzzing someone in just because they buzzed your apartment and you failed to ask who it was to be sure it is for you. By doing it you could be allowing a predator in your safe haven of your home. Also, if you see persons around and get that feeling in the pit of your stomach call security. Again, you did the right thing, simple as that.
2007-02-28 00:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by Nana 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are definately justified. If you let them in and there is a security camera there showing that you did, you could have been held responsible for what they would do in the building. The tenant obviously didn't want them at his place otherwise he would have buzzed them in.
When I lived in secure apartments, I would only let in people that I knew or saw that they had a key.
2007-02-28 00:06:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are totally justified. Buildings are locked for a reason - you are under no obligation to let anyone in that you don't know for sure is a resident. I think you did the right thing, especially considering what you heard over the intercom.
2007-02-28 00:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
you did the right thing, the whole point of security buildings is that unwanted people cant enter, you didnt know these girls and whether you heard the right message or not over the intercom it was not your place to allow them to enter, forget about the profanity and abuse and thank god you live in the other tower away from the rude ignoramous!
2007-02-28 00:20:55 · answer #5 · answered by sydneygal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Firstly, you should never let strange people in a building. Either they have keys, or the person they want to see isn't home. But once you opened the door for them, it was rude to close it in their faces.
2007-02-28 01:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your have a responsibility to help ensure the security of the apartment complex just as other tenants do.
You have NO responsibility to people who are attempting to trespass.
You did the correct thing.
2007-02-28 01:37:47 · answer #7 · answered by castle h 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in my previous position of abode construction there became an unstated rule, if the garments interior the dryer are dry you should placed them correct on the folding table or in the journey that they laft a basket on genuine interior the basket. in the journey that they were moist you left them on my own and both waited for a dryer to be performed or took them residing house and hung all of them over(this got here about extra regularly so i have been given a folding clothing rack for the patio and my clothing were given dried that way. There are those who will be advise and take your moist clothing out , there are worse those which will throw bleach on your hues(got here about to at least one among my acquaintances after a warfare of words about the laundry room) do in simple terms what you imagine is sweet, in case you run into some different person doing laundry ask them what they'd do.
2016-12-05 01:36:23 · answer #8 · answered by abigail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if you hadn't heard that "You're not getting in here", you are not supposed to open for people you are not visiting you. Even if you know that it is someone that you've seen in the complex before. You wouldn't know if they are still welcome there.
You were not wrong by closing the door behind you, I do wish that more people would do what you did. Because criminals come in that way.
2007-02-28 02:03:28 · answer #9 · answered by DolphinLami 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
absolutely, you dont want strangers wandering around your apartment building.... if things were to go missing or trouble were to start you would be responsible as you let the problem in. even if you hadnt heard the man say your not coming in here i wouldnt have let them in unless you recognised them as a tennant or something. You did the right thing, put them out of your mind
2007-02-28 00:12:15 · answer #10 · answered by pinkchampagne 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋