Tenant gets trapped in his apartment when a faulty doorknob jams closed, seeks revenge after getting abandoned for 4 hours by the new leasing agency : ‘Destroy your landlord’

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    "I'm trapped inside my apartment"
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    Posted by u/Manofmanyhats19 Sleeping with my door open Wow, this is crazy. I just had a new leasing agency take over the complex that I live in a couple of month ago. I plan on
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    moving anyway (I already gave notice) for a number of reasons, and I sure am glad I did. I was unloading some boxes from the back of my car, and bringing them into the
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    apartment the door shuts behind me as it normally does since it is an automatic door. When I go to open the door to go back to my car, it won't open. The handle is completely seized
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    up and won't move. I'm trapped inside my apartment, and that is the only exit. So I decide to call the emergency Maintenence number. This was at 6:00pm.
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    Now with the previous leasing company, if you called emergency Maintenence you would get an on call person to speak to, and they would typically be at your apartment within 15 minutes. With the new
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    one, I got a voicemail service. So, I left a voicemail letting them know of the situation. About 15 min later I get a call back. "Yeah you called. What do you want?" I voice on the other Is the end. I explain the situation and
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    am told "uhhhh, let me call my supervisor to see what he wants me to do." It is now 9:37pm. I've yet to get another call back. Thankfully my neighbor noticed my car door
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    was open (from getting the boxes) and came to check on me. The door is open now, but needs to stay propped open otherwise I'll be stuck again. Still no Maintenence.....
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    srtmadison · If it happens again call the fire department, or housing. That is a major safety violation.
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    darkest hour1428 Call the fire marshal. Seriously, let that rough and tough guy (or gal) come and absolutely verbally destroy your landlord.
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    Exotic_Champion Fire department will supersede anything. If the management company won't free you, that's your call. Any windows to crawl out of?
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    rsvihla New leasing agency absolutely BLOOOOOO0000 0000000000000 0000000000000 OWS!!!
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    Manofmanyhats19 OP · 2 days ago Yeah that goes without saying. The new leasing agency absolutely All of my neighbors are looking to move.
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    KiddChade That's straight up against the law lol, if there were a fire you'd be doomed. Definitely get authorities involved if this isn't resolved ASAP.
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    Schmoe20 That's Horrible & real inconsiderate. Glad your neighbor was kind to check on you & help!
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    Jax_77 This is why Im afraid to move. I finally have a place with REALLY good maintenance. And that's the kind of thing you cant really know for sure
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    until you live there for a bit and try it for yourself. It always feels so random, almost a dice roll of what level of quality you can expect moving to a new place.
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    Even if you read reviews or something, they might be outdated or just wrong. Unless there's better or dependable way to know for SURE the place has great maintenance before signing a lease? I feel like I couldn't rely on anything but experiencing it myself.
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    Lemon Poppyseed_60 At the risk of sounding repetitive...lock yourself back in and call the fire department non-emergency line. It will be on record and the LL/PM will be forced to take it seriously.
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    SoggyContribution239 I once worked in the leasing office and a person called in that they couldn't get out of their front door and needed to leave immediately. We called
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    maintenance and he was at another property at least an hour away with how traffic was; he legit told us to break down the door and he would replace it when he got there.
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    He understood the immediate need due to safety as you would hope management companies would. My boss and I, both smaller
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    women then proceeded to kick down a heavy door in our nice office attire and footwear. It was not as easy as it looks in the movies.
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    Bitchinstein The chewing someone would get from me... you're being too nice about this. Give them first thing in the am.
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    fairyelf77. It is a life safety violation to have doors that don't open or close correctly. It's a habitability issue to not be able to secure your door. They dropped the ball here. Report to management immediately

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