From Not Always Right: With Security Like That, No Wonder Neighbors Are Nervous(
I’m not sure what’s relevant or not to this story, but in case it’s relevant, I am a big guy; I am about 6’6″ and rather muscular. I work outside all day, so while I am white, I’m pretty darkly tanned, so sometimes people mistake me for different ethnicities.
My wife and I recently moved into a new apartment. One Saturday morning, she leaves to go run some errands for a few hours, so I am home alone doing some odds-and-ends chores. I leave my apartment to go downstairs and collect our mail only to find it hasn’t been delivered yet, and when I return, I realize I have locked myself out. I guess the coffee hasn’t kicked in because I didn’t grab my keys, and because I was just going to the mailbox, I have no wallet, phone, or anything else.
I decide to sit down in the hallway and wait for my wife to come back. While I’m sitting there, after about fifteen minutes, the apartment manager from the new management company comes by. I have never met him before.
Manager: “Hey, uh, can I help you?”
Me: “Not really. I locked myself out, so I’m just waiting for my wife to get back.”
Manager: “Well, you sitting in the hallway is making some people uncomfortable.”
Me: “I’m sorry to hear that, but I’m not bothering anyone, and I don’t have any way to contact my wife to meet somewhere, so I’m just waiting here quietly.”
Manager: “Look. We’ve gotten a number of complaints, and I really need you out of the hallway. How about this?”
He goes to unlock the apartment door.
Me: “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you going to unlock the apartment?”
Manager: “Well, yeah. You said you were locked out. This way, you get out of the hallway, and people stop complaining.”
Me: “I haven’t shown you any ID or any records of any kind. Heck, I don’t even have a piece of mail with the address on it. Would you really let anyone into the apartment just because they said they lived there?”
Bark, and it shall be given you; sniff, and you shall find; scratch, and it shall be opened unto you. For every dog that barks receives; the dog that sniffs finds; and to the dog that scratches it shall be opened.
Yakety Sax 28 days ago
From Not Always Right: With Security Like That, No Wonder Neighbors Are Nervous(
I’m not sure what’s relevant or not to this story, but in case it’s relevant, I am a big guy; I am about 6’6″ and rather muscular. I work outside all day, so while I am white, I’m pretty darkly tanned, so sometimes people mistake me for different ethnicities.
My wife and I recently moved into a new apartment. One Saturday morning, she leaves to go run some errands for a few hours, so I am home alone doing some odds-and-ends chores. I leave my apartment to go downstairs and collect our mail only to find it hasn’t been delivered yet, and when I return, I realize I have locked myself out. I guess the coffee hasn’t kicked in because I didn’t grab my keys, and because I was just going to the mailbox, I have no wallet, phone, or anything else.
I decide to sit down in the hallway and wait for my wife to come back. While I’m sitting there, after about fifteen minutes, the apartment manager from the new management company comes by. I have never met him before.
Manager: “Hey, uh, can I help you?”
Me: “Not really. I locked myself out, so I’m just waiting for my wife to get back.”
Manager: “Well, you sitting in the hallway is making some people uncomfortable.”
Me: “I’m sorry to hear that, but I’m not bothering anyone, and I don’t have any way to contact my wife to meet somewhere, so I’m just waiting here quietly.”
Manager: “Look. We’ve gotten a number of complaints, and I really need you out of the hallway. How about this?”
He goes to unlock the apartment door.
Me: “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you going to unlock the apartment?”
Manager: “Well, yeah. You said you were locked out. This way, you get out of the hallway, and people stop complaining.”
Me: “I haven’t shown you any ID or any records of any kind. Heck, I don’t even have a piece of mail with the address on it. Would you really let anyone into the apartment just because they said they lived there?”
(Contd)
sarahbowl1 Premium Member 27 days ago
Often, God’s doors just lead to the same destination. But not always. But whatever…it’ll be better!
Man of the Woods 27 days ago
So Will believes in the invisible man. Now that’s funny.
rockyridge1977 27 days ago
Squeaky wheel syndrome!!!!
The Orange Mailman 27 days ago
Bark, and it shall be given you; sniff, and you shall find; scratch, and it shall be opened unto you. For every dog that barks receives; the dog that sniffs finds; and to the dog that scratches it shall be opened.
ladykat 27 days ago
True.
raybarb44 27 days ago
Actually, in the New Testament, there is a very similar story and message given as an example by Jesus Himself……
cuzinron47 27 days ago
If he was really considerate, he’d have a doggie door.