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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/OwnEstablishment7973 on 2023-09-25 01:58:26.
For context, myself (23F) and my fiancé (29M) have lived in a new city for about 8 months. We were warned that the city is sort of “rough” so we took extra precautions in finding a nice and safe apartment complex. So far, everything here was nice and quiet, besides the occasional bickering and loud cars.
Yesterday while taking a nap, my fiancé noticed that someone was walking around outside in the hallway jiggling other peoples door knobs, mumbling to himself, and seemingly calling out for someone. Eventually the man tried to open our door as well, before going back inside to the apartment next door to us.
We’ve rarely seen who are neighbors are despite one encounter a few weeks ago where they were going out as we were coming home, and we just nodded and said hello. They all seemed nice.
Flash forward to today, 9 AM, jiggling on door starts. My fiancé wakes me up in a panic and we both stare in horror as the doorknob twists back and forth. He decides to look out through the peephole, and sees the same man from yesterday. The strange man goes back into his apartment afterwards.
This happened about two more times today. So my issue is, what the heck do we do? My fiancé is hesitant to call the police since the police here suck and he doesn’t want to piss off our neighbors since we plan to live here a while. After the 4th time he attempted to open the door, I told my fiancé if it happens again I’ll be calling the peace officer that lives in our neighborhood.
I’m okay for now, just shaken up and wish I was able to do more without making a big scene.
EDIT: would like to add I have informed the apartment management and hopefully I’ll receive a response tomorrow morning.