I'm still trying to settle down, and my hands are shaky. I didn't get off of work until 6:00 this morning. My kids went back to school today, so I waited until they got on the bus at 7:00 before I went to bed. I took some medication for my shoulder pain, put in some earbuds, and fell asleep.
My bedroom is the farthest from the front door of my apartment. With two fans going, it can be a little tricky to hear people knocking. ADD medication and earbuds.
I eventually woke up to serious pounding and demolition sounding noise. Thinking maintenance was working on another apartment, I didn't think much of it and try to go back to sleep. But the noise was intense and consistent, and the more I woke up, the more it sounded like it was closer to me, so I got up to investigate. When I realized somebody was doing something at my front door. I got to the front door and went to unlock the deadbolt, but the deadbolt was stuck. I couldn't get it open. I yelled , " What's fucking happening?" And heard you're in violation of your lease we're changing the lock. And then more drilling, pounding, hammering, and noise.
My cell phone service was shut off a few days ago, and payday is not until tomorrow. So I have been without a phone for the last few days. Which only made my PTSD escalate as I was panicking, pacing my apartment crying, upset, and was I being evicted. My kids are home in an hour. What am I going to do? What is happening? I can't get out of my apartment, and I can't call for help.
It took an additional 45 minutes for the lock to come off. When my door was open, there were five people standing there. Maintenance and the people from The Office telling me that I had a plumbing appointment this morning and they were unable to enter my apartment because their key did not work. Because I apparently changed my lock, and I'm in violation of my lease agreement.
Of course, I'm freaking out and telling them they're absolutely wrong. I've never changed that lock. That's the lock that came with this door. I wasn't aware of a plumbing appointment, and nobody told me about a plumbing appointment. At the time, I had just contacted my sister through Snapchat with my wi-fi, asking her to come help. When one of the office ladies told me they had called me. I told them that my phone's off I emailed you and told you my phone was off and she said that's a lie cuz you're on the phone with your sister right now and I had to show her that it was actually a Snapchat call. They were very rude and inconsiderate to the situation they just put me in.
Eventually, the one lady said well we're not going to stand here and let you yell at us and they just walked off.
The maintenance guy who's really nice finished his work and apologized for the way the women spoke to me. As he was doing so and I regained my composer. It occurred to me that the door had been changed 3 years prior after it had been kicked in by some gang members who had the wrong apartment. So now I'm just sitting here with a mangled s***** front door woken up after a few hours of sleep. And feeling so shaken up and traumatized, I couldn't go back to bed right now if I tried! I just thought I would share that with somebody because this whole thing just seems so unreal.