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I live in a 'secure' apartment building. When I came rushing in through the back door tonight, there were two mid-teen (I'd guess) girls at the front door, obviously unable to get in. They were waving at me. I kept going, got on the elevator and came up to my floor.
My thoughts:
1) If you don't have your keys, how are you going to get into your apartment?
2) Why don't you 'buzz' somebody in your apartment? (They were half a dozen steps away from the phone.)
3) If you are really stuck, how about buzzing the super, who actually seems to know pretty much everybody in the building? (Of course, he might be out ... also I know teens, despite their bluff, are often really reluctant to do something like that. Particularly girls.)
Another option (although it is raining gently) is that they could walk a few blocks to the nearest They're Everywhere!! doughnut-and-coffee shop and sit there until somebody is around to let them in (I'm assuming they have cellphones, but if not, there's a gas station next door to the doughnut shop that more than likely has a public phone.)
However, now I'm feeling a tad guilty about not letting them in. We do have crime here (including youth crime) but it's a FAR cry from, say, inner city Detroit. I should add that it is unlikely in the extreme they would be in any danger walking to the doughnut shop.
Thoughts? Should I go back downstairs, see if they're still there and if so, open the front door?
My thoughts:
1) If you don't have your keys, how are you going to get into your apartment?
2) Why don't you 'buzz' somebody in your apartment? (They were half a dozen steps away from the phone.)
3) If you are really stuck, how about buzzing the super, who actually seems to know pretty much everybody in the building? (Of course, he might be out ... also I know teens, despite their bluff, are often really reluctant to do something like that. Particularly girls.)
Another option (although it is raining gently) is that they could walk a few blocks to the nearest They're Everywhere!! doughnut-and-coffee shop and sit there until somebody is around to let them in (I'm assuming they have cellphones, but if not, there's a gas station next door to the doughnut shop that more than likely has a public phone.)
However, now I'm feeling a tad guilty about not letting them in. We do have crime here (including youth crime) but it's a FAR cry from, say, inner city Detroit. I should add that it is unlikely in the extreme they would be in any danger walking to the doughnut shop.
Thoughts? Should I go back downstairs, see if they're still there and if so, open the front door?
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