Do you open the lobby door for strangers? (apartments, lease, tenant)
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Would you open the main door/lobby door for strangers?
Today as I was passing by the main door coming from the basement (which is the laundry room) I noticed a guy standing out on the stoop talking on the phone, now I'm halfway up the stairs when I hear knocking on the glass door and he's pointing at the door for me to open for him. I'll admit it was a b***h move but I just stared at him from halfway up the steps and shook my head and went up.
Now if I had seen him before and knew he lived in the building, I would've had no problem opening the door but I have never seen this person before. I figured if he lives in the building, he should have the key, if not buzz whoever you're visiting.
I felt bad ignoring his request to be let in... But I rather not let strangers into the building.
To all the renters out in city data, do you open doors for strangers? Or am I the only one who doesn't?
If I don't know you it's not my responcibity. It's whoever has invited you in to their spaces responsibility to allow you in as you are their responsibility while in the building.
I may ask where you are trying to go and escort you to that apartment based on the scenario.
But I won't blindly allow people in to walk freely throughout the building.
Heck no and I've been threatened with my baby at the time for not opening the door . If they live there they should have a key , or if a visitor, whomever they came to see can let them in.
Agree that you are under no obligation to open the door for a stranger. That's the whole point of having a locked entrance door with a buzzer system! If they are there to see someone, that person needs to buzz them in, and if they aren't answering the doorbell, I would assume they are either not home or don't want to let them in. Either way, the person doesn't belong inside the building.
I never did so and had to prevent someone from entering too. I unlocked it and she held the door open behind me. I turned around and said, "Sorry, you have to be buzzed in." and reached for the door. She said they weren't answering their buzzer. I said, "Well then, it saves you a trip upstairs. They aren't home." And closed the door. She was pissed but I like you wouldn't let strangers in.
It is a security locked building for a reason. To keep strangers, solicitors, loonies, etc., out and to protect the safety/orivacy of residents. Why would anyone think that letting any of the aforementioned into a building be a smart or wise thing to do if they don't know them? There are buzzers for that reason or they have phones to call whomever they are trying to get in to see. And, if the tenant is not home then they shouldn't be allowed in anyway whether to wait or not.
I just don't understand where some people's heads are at sometimes. I have lived in buildings before that tenants have left the door propped open with a rug or some other means just to let their friends in when they arrive . Or they forget to take the rug or whatever other means out of the door once they unloaded/carried all their groceries in. It is so irritating to know the lack of smarts, common sense or consideration that many people have.
I had someone knock on my door one night after 10pm. Knowing my building is security locked and thinking it had to be one of my 3 neighbors who I knew very well, I just opened the door right up and BAM, there was a total stranger in my face! The person was drunk off their butt and was looking for someone who lived a few buildings down from me. I asked how they got into the building and they said they just opened the door and walked in. My apt door is right next to the entry door to the building and I looked and saw the rug propping the door open. I thank my lucky stars to this day that the person wasn't a psycho there to attack me and that I was able to get the person out of the building unscathed.
I have also had people ring my buzzer to get into the building when the tenant they are there for doesn't answer there buzzer. And no, I will never let them in no matter what. Not unless I knew them really well but even then, what are they going to do once they get in? Sit on the stairs or by the tenant's doorway to wait? Hell no, let them sit in their car or outside somewhere and wait. If they are not a tenant or have a lease to rent in the building then there is no reason to let them in. If the tenant wants to allow them access by giving them a key or an access code then it is that tenant's responsibility if anything were to happen, not mine.
It is a security locked building for a reason. To keep strangers, solicitors, loonies, etc., out and to protect the safety/orivacy of residents. Why would anyone think that letting any of the aforementioned into a building be a smart or wise thing to do if they don't know them? There are buzzers for that reason or they have phones to call whomever they are trying to get in to see. And, if the tenant is not home then they shouldn't be allowed in anyway whether to wait or not.
I just don't understand where some people's heads are at sometimes. I have lived in buildings before that tenants have left the door propped open with a rug or some other means just to let their friends in when they arrive . Or they forget to take the rug or whatever other means out of the door once they unloaded/carried all their groceries in. It is so irritating to know the lack of smarts, common sense or consideration that many people have.
I had someone knock on my door one night after 10pm. Knowing my building is security locked and thinking it had to be one of my 3 neighbors who I knew very well, I just opened the door right up and BAM, there was a total stranger in my face! The person was drunk off their butt and was looking for someone who lived a few buildings down from me. I asked how they got into the building and they said they just opened the door and walked in. My apt door is right next to the entry door to the building and I looked and saw the rug propping the door open. I thank my lucky stars to this day that the person wasn't a psycho there to attack me and that I was able to get the person out of the building unscathed.
I have also had people ring my buzzer to get into the building when the tenant they are there for doesn't answer there buzzer. And no, I will never let them in no matter what. Not unless I knew them really well but even then, what are they going to do once they get in? Sit on the stairs or by the tenant's doorway to wait? Hell no, let them sit in their car or outside somewhere and wait. If they are not a tenant or have a lease to rent in the building then there is no reason to let them in. If the tenant wants to allow them access by giving them a key or an access code then it is that tenant's responsibility if anything were to happen, not mine.
Yes , last year in Brooklyn some idiot kept propping the front door with the rug , overnight during the day it didn't matter . I would always remove it and close the door , they then started using a piece of rock to keep the door open . I'm Assuming a tenant who lost their key. This was almost everyday! So stupid and inconsiderate . The buzzer thing , if I'm not expecting anyone, I ignore it , but Nypd has been known to buzz multiple apartments to get into the building
Live in a condo building, but one of their main points is the security system and not letting people in who shouldn't be there unless someone buzzes them in.
Granted, 99% of the people coming in prob do have a legit reason to be there. If it's someone I regularly see there and know they belong there, I will.
But I've gone to get the mail at 2AM (after coming home) and have seen strangers in the lobby asking to be let in. I just tell them they gotta be buzzed in and walk off. I've gotten some angry reactions but I don't really care.
No I don't, in fact if I was leaving I would get out and close the door behind me so that they couldn't get in.
I feel awkward doing this - if I am walking up to the door from the outside, I've sometimes walked around the block or go back to my car to get something I "forgot" to avoid having to confront someone standing there clearly trying to get in but no one is buzzing them in.
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. Or they forget to take the rug or whatever other means out of the door once they unloaded/carried all their groceries in. It is so irritating to know the lack of smarts, common sense or consideration that many people have.
And no, I will never let them in no matter what. Not unless I knew them really well but even then, what are they going to do once they get in? Sit on the stairs or by the tenant's doorway to wait? Hell no, let them sit in their car or outside somewhere and wait. If they are not a tenant or have a lease to rent in the building then there is no reason to let them in. If the tenant wants to allow them access by giving them a key or an access code then it is that tenant's responsibility if anything were to happen, not mine.
