Lately I've been trying to save money, which means a lot of boring nights at home not doing much of anything. I got the chance to go Frisbee golfing today though, and then afterwards was able to do a little Christmas shopping. I'm actually almost done and it's not even officially December yet! When I got home I ate dinner and then a wave of exhaustion hit me like a dump truck. Next thing I know I'm laying down on my couch watching a movie that eventually lulled me to sleep. I won't say which one, it was a documentary, but the talking in documentaries, tone of voice and everything, helps me relax sometimes.
I woke to the sounds of children playing in the hallway. This isn't abnormal noise for my apartment, but since it was so late I was confused as to what was going on. My neighbor must have moved out, and a new one must have moved in (I didn't recognize either person in the hallway), because there was furniture all throughout the hallway. After a little while, I heard this exchange:
Tenant 1: Hey! You! Do you have keys for the storage room?
Tenant 2: What?
Tenant 1: We need to get into the storage room upstairs...
Tenant 1's kid: Yea, our keys are locked in there
Tenant 2: Well, no, my keys don't get me in there, you should have separate keys for your apartment though.
Tenant 1: Yea, I do, they are on the floor in there, we were putting stuff in there and I accidentally left my keys on the floor of the storage room.
Tenant 2: I don't have a key, you should try calling management, that would probably be best. Or a locksmith
Tenant 1: We did, they want to charge us $60 for a new key. $60!
Tenant 2: Well there probably are others that have a key, but I don't
Tenant 1: There are! Every locker in that storage room had a lock on it. We just can't find anyone with a key.
I was sitting on my couch, fairly far away from my door when this exchange happened. Further proof that the walls in this apartment are made of paper mache. You would think someone with a key would have heard them and wanted to help out. If I would have had a key I probably would have. I decided to go to the grocery store, since I was out of ginger ale and my stomach has been bothering me a lot lately. As I was leaving one of the kids apologized for the noise. I've noticed that the kids in this apartment building have pretty good manners.
When I got back a truck was pulling up with a trailer attached. In the trailer was a man standing up, just standing there while the truck rolled into the parking lot. Just when I thought my night couldn't get any more surreal. I looked towards one of the doors and there was furniture strewn all the way out the door. They started loading up the furniture, which I thought was kind of weird, since if they were moving out they would have had to be out by noon. This means their furniture was sitting outside their door for almost twelve hours.
Disclaimer: I did not have all the facts, but I can only deduce from what I heard and saw that this person was trying to move out, and had to sit with her furniture while waiting for a moving truck/trailer to show up. At first I thought maybe she locked herself out of her apartment too, but that would be pretty hard to do since you need a key to lock the apartment. Plus, I saw the kid going in there shortly before I left. And even if they lost their keys, they could always lock the door from the inside. Oh well, just another crazy Saturday night over here. Nothing special. The only thing that made it different was that there were no cops.
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