Locks

I got home this afternoon to find that:

1. My key was sticking in the small lock. I was able to get it to unlock, finally, but only after a good bit of fiddling.

2. The deadbolt, which my key has never worked in, was mysteriously locked. I can only lock that one from the inside, so how did it get engaged?[1]

Thankfully, I didn’t stop at Target on my way home to pick up laundry detergent, like I’d planned. I had just enough time to get to the leasing office before they closed, and they sent a maintenance guy over. He sprayed graphite in the deadbolt, and his master key worked fine. Mine still refused to budge.

They’re bringing a new set of locks over tomorrow. That means, yet another unplanned day off work and yet another make-up Friday. Hrmf! It’s probably good timing, though, because we’re supposed to have Weather tonight.

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1. I found out from the management folks that my key ought to work in both locks. Who knew?! It’s never worked in the deadbolt.

I also found out that they have no spare keys for my apartment. The lock problem may be a key problem. In fact, it’s likely to be a key problem, since it’s affecting both locks, but since they do not have any other keys for my locks, they’ll have to be replaced.