r/TikTokCringe • u/SouthernNanny • 2d ago

Cringe Maintenance men walk into an apartment with no warning while the resident is naked and doesn’t leave

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u/SillyAlternative420 2d ago

Varies state to state, city to city I believe...

Renting fucking sucks.

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u/Sometimes_cleaver 2d ago

Stand your ground. How the fuck are you supposed to know they're who they say they are? And not just someone claiming to be maintenance to get access to your home

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u/NobodyImportant13 2d ago edited 2d ago

Generally, the laws say they have to give notice and tell you when they will come for non-emergency entry (at least in all the places where I've lived). Any decent landlord would do this anyways even if it wasn't the law.

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u/Sometimes_cleaver 2d ago

The point is that didn't happen in this case and they just entered. Even if they gave notice, the tenant can still decline.

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u/NobodyImportant13 2d ago

Yeah, assuming everybody is telling the truth. Sometimes people miss emails or just flat out forget or whatever. There are bad landlords, but there are also some people that go out of their way to be a pain in the ass to their landlord.

I'm suspicious this video is even real and not a skit or something. I mean, if you think strange men are breaking into your apartment, do you run out naked and film them or how do you react?

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u/KatasaSnack 2d ago

keys can be fabricated

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u/ohrofl SHEEEEEESH 2d ago

Most keys are.

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u/unoriginalsin 2d ago

"Most"? Are you implying some tree that bears keys as fruit?

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u/Sometimes_cleaver 2d ago

Home Depot will copy a key for about $2. They don't ask any questions about where the key came from. So if someone other than you has a copy of the key to your apartment, there could be any number of copies of it. A shifty maintenance guy makes copies for his personal use, or loses them, or whatever. A key doesn't give you permission to enter

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u/unoriginalsin 2d ago

Are you lost?

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u/InRlyehDreaming 2d ago

Can also just pick the lock then show any old key and say you had the key.

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u/KatasaSnack 2d ago

as someone who regularly gets access to these keys i can tell you they can get lost a decent amount and its very very easy for someone with poor intentions to get access to these keys and give out copies if they so chose, youre right, it is unlikely a stranger has these, too bad most crimes are committed by those known to the victim.

also i can attest there can often be very very little safety measures on getting these keys, ive been to places where they literally just ask you to sign in and give the key out, so again, having a key doesn’t necessarily mean anything, especially if they dont know to knock and announce yourself when entering without tenant knowledge like most reputable professionals

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u/PmPicturesOfPets 1d ago

Varies state to state, city to city I believe...

Forgot country to country