Germany Schließzylinder Kaputt 11 June 2024 I've just had a rather amusing incident which I feel compelled to share immediately. After moving into a new flat, I noted how tricky it was to enter the building: the first time, it took me a good minute or two to figure out how to open the front door. A neighbour, whom I hadn't yet met, noticed me struggling at the entrance and helped me get inside. "The lock is broken," he chuckled at the time. Eventually, I mastered the art of unlocking it in a flash, but initially, it was a challenge. Today, after finishing my workday (I should mention I work remotely), I decided to stroll to Penny, just a minute's walk from home, to pick up some meat for dinner. Upon returning, I was greeted by a surprise: a freshly printed notice on the front door which practically screamed at me: "Achtung! In Ihrer Haustür wurde im Auftrag der WBG ein neuer Schließzylinder eingebaut." Below was a small handwritten addition in Ukrainian, presumably from my neighbour, assuming I'm from Ukraine. I didn't pay much attention to this "Achtung!" except for a couple of simple thoughts that crossed my mind about the note added that "new keys are in your mailbox." Absorbed in my thoughts, I reached into my pocket, took out a key, and tried the door. It wouldn't open. Thinking, "Blast, wrong key," I tried another. That's when the penny dropped: the right key no longer fit the lock. It then dawned on me what had happened. The management company had changed the lock on the main door and left new keys for the residents in their mailboxes. The solution was quite outlandish: the new key lay inside the mailbox, but to retrieve it, I needed to get inside the building. Quite the puzzle! Fortunately, by a stroke of luck, I had recently made the acquaintance of a neighbour living one floor down, so I simply called her flat, and she opened the building door for me. After that, I successfully retrieved my keys from my mailbox, which, by the way, were not immediately visible as they had gotten stuck halfway down. Just another day full of adventures. Copyright (c) 2024 contact@renecoignard.com Powered by Weblog v1.18.4