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Something odd and annoying just happened. One of my neighbors decided to yell at the man who delivered our Indian food, apparently for having the temerity to be there at all.
The deliveryman rang our downstairs doorbell, and I pressed the buzzer to open the lobby door. A minute or two later, the apartment doorbell rang. I opened the door to hear my neighbor saying, loudly, "This building has no security" to the deliveryman. So I said "I let him in" (as in, there is security, he rang the bell and we buzzed him in). My neighbor's response was "I'm not talking about you," which suggests he also didn't listen to me. He then closed his door, and the delivery guy said that they'd been in the elevator together, and my neighbor had seemed angry. I apologized, and tipped him a bit extra, because he shouldn't have to put up with that sort of thing.
ETA: This neighbor is the one who will not get in the elevator with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude, rather walking down the stairs if he is waiting for the elevator and Cattitude, or both of us, also go to wait for it. Cattitude says he also sends the elevator to random floors. Avoiding Cattitude might connect: maybe he's uncomfortable being in an elevator with other men, or men taller than he is. If so, maybe the shouting was a reaction to the delivery man getting in after him, and on the way up. But the button-pressing is a different sort of oddity, and understanding—or guessing at—reasons for odd behavior doesn't help deal with it. I'm still left with a neighbor who complained aggressively that someone was buzzed into the building and came upstairs in an entirely ordinary fashion (a lot of people get food delivered, either cooked meals or groceries).
Also, I went to the gym this evening, after two weeks in a row of doing only the Thursday session with Emilie, so I'm pleased even though it wasn't as long as some workouts.
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The deliveryman rang our downstairs doorbell, and I pressed the buzzer to open the lobby door. A minute or two later, the apartment doorbell rang. I opened the door to hear my neighbor saying, loudly, "This building has no security" to the deliveryman. So I said "I let him in" (as in, there is security, he rang the bell and we buzzed him in). My neighbor's response was "I'm not talking about you," which suggests he also didn't listen to me. He then closed his door, and the delivery guy said that they'd been in the elevator together, and my neighbor had seemed angry. I apologized, and tipped him a bit extra, because he shouldn't have to put up with that sort of thing.
ETA: This neighbor is the one who will not get in the elevator with
cattitude, rather walking down the stairs if he is waiting for the elevator and Cattitude, or both of us, also go to wait for it. Cattitude says he also sends the elevator to random floors. Avoiding Cattitude might connect: maybe he's uncomfortable being in an elevator with other men, or men taller than he is. If so, maybe the shouting was a reaction to the delivery man getting in after him, and on the way up. But the button-pressing is a different sort of oddity, and understanding—or guessing at—reasons for odd behavior doesn't help deal with it. I'm still left with a neighbor who complained aggressively that someone was buzzed into the building and came upstairs in an entirely ordinary fashion (a lot of people get food delivered, either cooked meals or groceries).Also, I went to the gym this evening, after two weeks in a row of doing only the Thursday session with Emilie, so I'm pleased even though it wasn't as long as some workouts.
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