Interesting times
I don't think I ever expected to find myself standing in my hallway at 5.30 in the morning, ferverently wishing i knew the Polish for
"Stop trying to break my door down, you stupid moron! There's a reason your key isn't working, you don't live here, you must have the wrong building"
But that's exactly what happened to me earlier.
Fortunately, he did not succeed in forcing the door, and of course, typically, he gave up and left just in time for there to be no sign of him when the police arrived, leaving me struggling to describe a guy I'd only seen through my spy hole, which doesn't give a good view at the best of times, early morning halflight and no security lights on not exactly being the best of times! And you know, at the time, I was more concerned about the possibility that this guy ranting at me in Foreign and throwing himself against the door was going to succeed in breaking my door down, or at least permanently damaging my locks, than in paying attention to what he looked like...
*sigh*
I'm really knackered now, it was gone 6 am by the time I got back into bed and by then it was broad daylight and it took me about an hour to get back to sleep, only to wake up again at gone 8 :(
"Stop trying to break my door down, you stupid moron! There's a reason your key isn't working, you don't live here, you must have the wrong building"
But that's exactly what happened to me earlier.
Fortunately, he did not succeed in forcing the door, and of course, typically, he gave up and left just in time for there to be no sign of him when the police arrived, leaving me struggling to describe a guy I'd only seen through my spy hole, which doesn't give a good view at the best of times, early morning halflight and no security lights on not exactly being the best of times! And you know, at the time, I was more concerned about the possibility that this guy ranting at me in Foreign and throwing himself against the door was going to succeed in breaking my door down, or at least permanently damaging my locks, than in paying attention to what he looked like...
*sigh*
I'm really knackered now, it was gone 6 am by the time I got back into bed and by then it was broad daylight and it took me about an hour to get back to sleep, only to wake up again at gone 8 :(