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.





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