| You're Locked Out of Your House. Here's How to Break In.
This unfortunate turn of events actually happened to me last night. If your problem happens outside of normal business hours, though, (like it's 3 am and you're getting home from a bar) do not call them, especially if you have your landlord's cell contact number. As a last resort, you get sloppy and break into your own house. Let me preface this by saying that I'd never recommend anyone break into someone else's house; for the sake of this advice, you ought to assume that ever single house that isn't yours contains a battle ready ninja instructed to kill intruders hiding between couch cushions. Here at some point, the house keys were removed from the giant janitor key chain that I normally carry in my purse, and they stayed in the apartment as we all left to go gallivanting somewhere. Then they all went to a bar without me. Here's what you can do to keep this from happening to you. If you live in a suburban or rural area, you can hide an extra key someplace findable to you, but not findable to villains such as the guys in stocking masks who wander around neighborhoods in Brinks Home Security commercials looking for women running on treadmills in front of bay windows after dark. You may incur all in addition costs with your landlord if the locksmith you call ends up damaging the door or lock, too. If you're locked out during normal firm hours, just call your landlord. You may want to try to find alternate lodging for the time being and try calling when they're available to let you in. Let's say it's outside of normal company hours and you've absolutely, positively got to get into your apartment so you can make sure your dog didn't eat all of the garbage and then barf it back up and then eat the barf. But let's say you're locked out and you roommate's not around and whoever has spare keys is MIA or never existed in the first place. Your dumbassery is not their emergency. If they're not in the building when you call and can't let you in themselves, they'll be able to refer you to a locksmith. By the time I was back in my apartment three hours later, I'd eaten four of the macarons myself and my family had given up and just booked a hotel room because I'm such a dumbass. Plus, some locksmiths refuse to service shared entrances, so if you live in a building without a doorman and you've locked yourself out of the building, they may not be able to let you in. |
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
You're Locked Out of Your House. Here's How to Break In.
