I'm 99% sure this is fake or that it wasn't UPS who delivered the package. I can see virtually the whole box in this image and it's clear that the package is in pretty decent condition and not covered in mystery stains.
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They said UPS, not FedEx.
That, and it's in the side of the door with the deadbolt knob, aka, the inside.
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Most levers you can lift up to pull the latch. Especially passage levers like that one.
I think most of these pictures are made up for internet points. This is a pull door. Amazon boxes don't have incredible structural integrity.
It's not about stopping the door from swinging, it's about stopping the handle from turning.
That being said, they could probably have just turned the handle up instead of down.
Of course I know people who would absolutely just try pushing down a couple times, give up, and call maintenance.
With this style of doorhandles up/down movement isn't transferred through the slab. They both serve the same function of retracting the plunger from the jamb, and don't require the opposing handle to move AT ALL. Likely due to safety concerns/regulations in high occupancy buildings, I'm comfortable saying all legal apartments have doorhandles that function this way.
If your apartment doesn't it's time to call health and safety because your landlord is breaking the law.
This is a fake shitpost for internet clout, same as it was 5 years ago when it was posted.
My house came with door handle on my outside gate that has both handles directly connected and only turns downward and not upward.
They definitely exist and are still in use some places.
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I would scale a 3 floor building by climbing down balconies before I call maintainence to let me out. Or toss some rope out the window and climb down I guess.
But I think I would even try taking the entire handle off before calling maintenance. Or even straight up texting a family member and waiting a few hours.
My wife, on the other hand, is the "I tried to wiggle it lightly a few times so now I am giving up". Installed a new light last week, and it takes a split second to actually turn on. In the literal 600-800ms it takes to charge up, she flipped the switch 3 or 4 times, and loudly yelled about how the piece of shit we bought doesn't work. I simply went over and flipped the switch up and left it there to actually power up.
People like that 100% exist.
tbf I would definitely consider an 800ms delay on a light bulb as that light bulb not working and needing to be replaced
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To be fair, the lever handles on my apartment door do not lift up and both handles turn at the same time. For whatever reason :/ so there is reasonable chance this post is real.
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Almost all of the comments below this are incorrect in assuming how lever handles operate.
In cheaper or lower grade lever handles, both handles operate together and operate the latch. When it's locked, the lever stays rigid and does not move. It is very easy to stand with your own bodyweight on the lever and break it, therefore getting in.
Only in higher grade lever handles do both handles operate independently while also not engaging the latch, preventing the handle from staying rigid and less likely of being broken.
So assuming this is a shitty or lower grade lever handle, getting locked into your apt this way is 100% plausible.
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Even if you can't lift the handle up , the door can probably be shimmed from the inside - especially if the latch plate is improperly sized.
this guy opsecs
Me: Heh, that's pretty funny
Others ITT: *detailed analysis of door handle traps and mechanisms*Where did you buy the fuckin handle? Temu? I challenge you to find a handle from a major legitimate brand that works this way. Smells like a plea for Internet points.
What? Plenty of door handles turn on both sides. If the handle on one side is stuck, you can't turn the other handle too.
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what? I've never seen a handle that doesnt...
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Deadbolt locking mechanism is in the picture. This looks like it was taken from the interior not exterior. Especially with the door being a push to open.
that's definitely the physical master at the bottom of a keypad. this is the outside of a door.
Looks like a reader or keypad above. Many of the electronic locks look like this, you can put the key in or electronically unlock and turn from the outside. My in-laws have a similar one, if you don't enter the code that part just spins.
Yep, I had an extremely similar one on a previous apartment. Looks like you're right to me.
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I think that's the keyway? I bet there's a number pad above. I have a deadbolt on my garage that looks very similar from the outside
Guessing they recreated the pic after they were released from their house arrest
Somebody hates their job.
Common sense here checking in: thats now how that works
Nobody asking the important question: if you were trapped inside, how did you take this photo? Schrödinger's package.
Here's how it went down:
- Ups leaves package as shown in photo.
- Open door, handle stuck
- Call maintenance
- Maintenance removes package, let's you out
- Maintenance explains to you why you couldn't open the door
- Maintenance leaves
- Now, outside your apartment, you put the package into the position as maintenance explained it was
- You take photo and post it on the internet
- You remove the package and enter your apartment
Why do you have handles on the outside of the apartment? Weird design choice.
Huh? How else would you open the door?
Edit: although this photo is definitely the interior of a front door.
With the key. You turn it in the lock to release the latch, then push it inwards.
That makes sense if the door opens inwards, I only just realised that the apartments I've lived in are adapted so I probably haven't had a normal apartment door before and never really paid attention, this has been fascinating.
(I have palsies so I can't turn a key anyway without a tool, which I've locked inside my house on too many occasions in my youth so I've always had my front door locks replaced with lever handles if they initially came with knobs or deadlock dials/latches)
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Exterior doors swing inward so firemen can break them more easily. This is a metal door that swings in; pictured from the outside. I assume this is a door to a dorm/apartment.
In the second photo you can see the bottom dial for an electronic lock. That portion is the exterior piece. It free spins unless you press the correct combination prior.
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It’s a matter of safety. Their apartment has the only fire escape in the building.
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