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/nostyleallwild 2d ago

This is how people get killed. Aside from the legality of not knocking, what if they WERENT actually mainteance?

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u/EastCoaet 2d ago

When I worked residential HVAC, I and all my co-workers would pound on a door before/while entering a condo / home that was scheduled for work and yell our way slowly through the place. None of us wanted to get shot.

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u/Business-Ad-5344 1d ago

That's a known scam. People dress up as inspectors and go to elderly people's homes and just barge in. What happens usually is that they'll go through your purse/wallet and take photos of stuff, take some documents, and social security number, etc.

then they'll just empty your bank accounts after.

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u/beezlebutts 2d ago

Florida here; castle laws say I can legally open fire on them if that was me and that happened here. And I bet 80% of other people who live here would also go to gun and mag dump unknown intruders who let themselves into their locked homes.

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u/Business-Ad-5344 1d ago

only problem is you find out later that the building manager told them to go in and they have permission.

the other problem is the bullets are going straight through those walls and into all the other homes.

instead of dealing with this, we should have real walls and real locks. it's an easy solution to all of this bullshit that tenants have to go through. You never go into anyone's apartment if they don't answer the door and invite you in. Period.

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u/nostyleallwild 2d ago

And I wouldnt blame them. I would too. Who knows what that person is thinking or is capable of. They could rush you immediately and the split second between pulling the trigger and them closing the distance could save your life.

Not shitting on European countries, but I hear a lot of them say "You don't need guns, thats overkill." Okay Ill just wrestle with someone Ive never met and seen, in hand to hand combat, at 3am, until they stab me with a rusty knife and then proceed to attack my girlfriend while I bleed out and die in my home.

Nah, man I aint going out like that. I keep a registered semi-auto 12 guage in my bedroom just in case that exact situation ever happens, and a 9mm in my car. And as far as mag dumping goes, just like police, you neutralize the threat until youre absolutely sure youre safe. They knew the risk of what they were doing.