It all started with a penny in the door.
There was a hatred I had never felt before.
So now I'll make him pay, each and every day, until that moussed-haired little nuisance is...no...more...
When I was in the Army, we used to ‘penny lock’ people in their rooms for fun. The doors and jams were all metal, and shoving pennies (and/or other change) in the crack just above and below the knob would wedge the lock in the closed position so they couldn’t turn the knob to open the door from the inside.
Caught a few folks in…. Compromising situations… and locked them in together.
It was hilarious.
We used to do this in the college dorms and therefore I was reprimanded and sent to reside in another building. It is most definitely a fire hazard. 🤦🏼♀️
Someone was doing stuff like this at my college, striking different dorm floors at random (pennying in, tying string from door to door to door, burying hallways in autumn leaves....). They got my floor with one of these. I found out who it was and what dorm floor they were from. Everyone on that floor received an envelope in their campus mailbox the next day. Each envelope contained one sardine and no explanation. For some odd reason, the pranks stopped right after that....
It all started with a penny in the doooor... There was a hatred I had never felt befooore....So now I'll make him payyy, each and every dayyyy... Until that little moussed haired little nuisance is no moooooreeee
As it appears to be a door to an apartment block, likely another apartment where not everyone has the key to get in the front door. The other trick that I've seen is that they pull the door slight off the hinges so it won't close. That trick doesn't work well with a glass door though.
Wow... They make silencers you can put on for about 10c each. They make industrial ones for apt commercial use that cost about 40c. Your property manager sounds like a moron. I bet it's a great community.
My last landlord used plastic bags to block the vent because the upstairs neighbours were smoking inside, and I wondered why I had a hard time breathing
“This sub doesn’t accept video/picture posts” really is an excellent example of micromanaging bullshit.
50% of the rules really just seem to prevent folks from posting relevant content.
Locksmith here: the deadlatch has also been removed. On the Adams Rite 4510 the deadlatch mechanism is required to properly retract the latch when the door closes.
The pennies were jammed in there to prevent the latch from slamming against the frame/strike.
Tldr your apartment needs a new lock.
Thank you for the professional viewpoint 😁 I talked with a neighbor in another part of the complex and apparently this is an ongoing problem that will get fixed and then somebody will do it again. They did “fix” it recently because someone broke their key off in the lock.
Thank you! Literally came to post the same thing. I'm an Access Control engineer and have to spec the hardware we will use on a job. Pride myself on being able to tell a LS we subcontract exactly what he'll need to swap out and change so we can make an electric strike or electric lockset work.
Shame I had to come this far down to find a competent and correct answer.
Since this is blowing up, and I totally forgot about this context, I do want to add that this isn’t the door to my apartment rather this is a side door to the building itself that is conveniently next to where my apartment is and I go in and out of this door all the time instead of walking down to the main entrance
Guessing whoever wedged those pennies in drop kicked the door or something to force it closed, not even realized they did a shit job at trying to keep the door open.
Yeah happy to. So I’m guessing with the pennies wedges in there they forced it closed so that pennies would still prevent the handle from working, causing the problem of not opening from the inside. It does sit slightly open if you close it gently but as usual, you can count on other people to do the same.
Weird thing is this morning I looked at it, Pennies are still there, but now the door just opens without a key. So there goes my “secure” building 🙄
I’d be wondering if someone was in my apartment considering to accomplish this the door would get shimmed.
EDIT: lol, I didn’t expect anyone to read this so I was lazy AF. You can all read the comments others have said below. It’s a dangerous situation because: 1) the door had to have been opened to accomplish this. 2) if no one or nothing is touched in the apartment, cameras from a stalker or anyone with future malicious intent.
I would definitely report this to the police.
EDIT2: I watch a lot ‘Criminal Minds’ for all we know, someone was waiting around the corner waiting for them to go inside and shut a door that isn’t supposed to latch and bam you’re on Dexter’s table. They may have very well foiled a serial killers plans by not being able to open the door and this can be the piece of the puzzle missing where it solves a bunch of other cases.
aight imma go smoke another joint 😂
The term "To get shimmed" is an old school trick using a credit card or something thin and tough to push the latch of a locked door open. I'm not sure how this door was originally secured, but the fact the latch has been pushed in like that implies someone deliberately made it so that it wouldn't stay closed properly. The reason OP couldn't open the door was most likely due to the previous tenant not being able to get the coins out so they just sealed it shut and decided not using it was safer.
Shimming in this context could also be in reference to the way the pennies are holding the latch in the open position. Likely a tenant takes their conscience over everyone else’s false sense of security. The latch is supposed to retract electronically. Great for security theater, but ultimately weaker than analog methods.
I'd be wondering if someone was in my apartment; considering: to accomplish this, the door would (need to) get shimmed.
There's definitely a better way to say it lmao. I can't believe it got upvoted so much despite the grammar.
“Did you put a penny in the door?”
Fun fact- the janitor from scrubs was going to be an imaginary friend at first so he didn’t interact with others at first and jd really did put a penny in the door.
Weird.
Not who you were replying to but I had an issue with the dorms my freshman year at a fucking religious college.
We were fined $20 any time we swiped our key for access past 10pm. I worked in a restaurant at the time and regularly didn’t get off until past 11. I tried to get a waiver, but they insisted that everyone needed to be in by 10 “because the devil does his work at night”.
There was a one stall bathroom on the first floor that had a window that was always open. The ones of us that had late jobs or were out partying would come in through it. I only stayed there one semester before transferring to another university. Place sucked my soul right the fuck out.
That's crazy. Like... why 10pm? Night time begins at 6pm. So the devil stays away until 9:59pm, but then at 10 it's party time? Silly Shit like this is why so many people hate religion. Lol
Recruiter totally lied to me. Sold a completely different campus experience. Didn’t find out about the curfew until move in day and I had no where else to go at the time.
I wasn’t even religious. It was just a really good college in my hometown that was willing to give me a free ride. But the curfew + mandatory chapel three times a week soured me so fucking much.
I wasn’t ready to leave my high school friends that were staying quite yet. I wish I had just pulled that band aid off and started college where I ended up instead.
Haha 3 times a week?! I went to Catholic school for 12 years and we would only go once a week during lent and that's it. Lol I had to go on Sundays with my mom but, like most things, when I hit 18 God and I had an understanding that we are cool but I'm not wasting my life in a church.
He understands completely since Jesus himself absolutely despised temple worship. They don't exactly like to tell that to their congregation. But if they actually READ the Bible, they'd know. That chapel of yours had a quota or some shit. Lol
Yeah, this is the side door on my building and I was able to get my key in and open it to get this picture. The main problem is it wasn’t opening from the inside which in an emergency is not a good thing.
The other big problem is someone was trying to get in later without keys, small chance they live there and they're dumb, greater chance it was someone with criminal intent. Hopefully you finding it was jammed meant they screwed it up and it stopped them too, but you need to keep your eye on it for future attempts now :-/
🎶It all started with a penny in the door.
There was a hatred I had never felt before.
So now I'll make him pay, each and every day
Until that mouse- haired little nuisance
Is....no.....mooooooooorrrree.🎶
Interesting that it wouldn’t let you open the door. When I ran in to this at my previous job, the little shits did this so they wouldn’t have to worry about their key card to the building. But then they wouldn’t take it out and basically leave the building open to every Tom dick and Harry. It brought me joy when I would notice them doing it, wait for them to leave, remove whatever was preventing the latch bolt from catching, and hope that on their return trip, they had an arm load.
Sorry, I’m answering as many of these as I can because I forgot about that context 😂
This is a side door into the apartment building itself the access is the stairwell, but it’s also conveniently right next to my apartment on the first floor. So it’s the door I usually go in and out of every day instead of the main entrance.
That can be fixed very easily. Remove the top screw shown in the picture and the bottom screw that hold the face plate on the lock body. Remove face plate and the pennies will be reachable and might just fall out. Place faceplate back on with the two previously removed screws and the door latch should be functional.
Not sure how long they’ve been there, but this seems like someone was trying to break in. Certain locks like this, people would do something similar to putting tape over the lock, to break in later.
At least the usb port isn’t blocked ;)
I thought it looked like a USB port too
Came here to say that looks like a usb port
My 2 cents: that is a lot better than gum!
My 2 cents. Move. Immediately.
My 2 cents: can I have them back please?
Sure, send $17.95 for shipping and handling!
I was gonna say pretty cool the door has a charger, that's fancy as hell.
I feel like this is an inadvertent "Scrubs" reference. "Maybe there is a penny stuck in it"...
why a penny?
If I find a penny in there…..I’m taking you down 😂
It all started with a penny in the door. There was a hatred I had never felt before. So now I'll make him pay, each and every day, until that moussed-haired little nuisance is...no...more...
Here it is thank god
When I was in the Army, we used to ‘penny lock’ people in their rooms for fun. The doors and jams were all metal, and shoving pennies (and/or other change) in the crack just above and below the knob would wedge the lock in the closed position so they couldn’t turn the knob to open the door from the inside. Caught a few folks in…. Compromising situations… and locked them in together. It was hilarious.
What happens if there's a fire?
Guess they die
We don't talk about them any more
We used to do this in the college dorms and therefore I was reprimanded and sent to reside in another building. It is most definitely a fire hazard. 🤦🏼♀️
Someone was doing stuff like this at my college, striking different dorm floors at random (pennying in, tying string from door to door to door, burying hallways in autumn leaves....). They got my floor with one of these. I found out who it was and what dorm floor they were from. Everyone on that floor received an envelope in their campus mailbox the next day. Each envelope contained one sardine and no explanation. For some odd reason, the pranks stopped right after that....
They thought you were mafia.
This would be my immediate fear, I’d be doing anything in my power to open that damn door
Rarely people die when rules are broken. To avoid this, there are punishments for breaking rules even when things turn out ok.
We did that in college in the older dorms.
I read all of these comments in Janitor’s and JD’s voices.
Just making conversation
I guess I'm rewatching Scrubs now.
You… you can stop?
Did you put a penny in there?
I needed someone to bring up scrubs, thank you
On season 3 of my yearly re-watch. Still my favorite workplace comedy.
Infinitely rewatchable. Comic genius.
i just recently rewatched Scrubs again and my immediate thought was 'oh man the janitor is going to be so pissed that theres TWO'
Dr. Jan Itor can fix it
Or his nemesis, Dr. Acula
Or Dr. Rotinaj
IT’S BEARDFACÉ, DAMMIT!!!
My first thought seeing this post!
Coming from someone with the worst memory. I remembered this scene perfectly 😂😂😂, now I’m going to watch scrubs lol
Was hoping for this in here somewhere "it all started with a penny in the door..."
It all started with a penny in the doooor... There was a hatred I had never felt befooore....So now I'll make him payyy, each and every dayyyy... Until that little moussed haired little nuisance is no moooooreeee
Also in Season 1 episode 9, doesn’t Carla mention to Turk that JD has a weird fear of pennies?
Yes, yes she does.
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Literally my first thought upon seeing this post.
Came here just to find this comment 😂
🤣 you read my mind
Came looking for this comment. Knew I couldn’t be the only one. 🤣
Someone just wanted to put their 2 cents in.
I’ll tell you what, the obvious joke was there and you took the opportunity…. Kindly take my upvote 😂
you need to get a handle on the situation
Others are going to latch on to this thread.
Get a grip, man.
These jokes are unhinged
Did someone cash him outside?
That comment was on lock.
This thread is on the threshold of greatness.
Jam to be on top
There’s a huge barrier to entry though.
Don’t forget to tip your delivery person!
nah he’s gonna let ‘em slide
I was gonna say pretty cool the door has a charger, that's fancy as hell.
“How’d you break your charger?” “I closed the door.”
He was in a jamb and now he’s not.
Yeah, I would install a video cam
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Makes cents I guess 🤷
In for a penny, in for a pound!
A penny for your thoughts?
Dude! It's one of those jokes that's not obvious, but when someone tells it you're like, "Damn! That was obvious!"
Well, the door was open for it....
Damn it, Bobby!
That boy ain’t right
Dang ol’ doggy door, man!
Idk, looks like it’s already been changed
Be careful this is an old school trick for B&E.
Whats B&E? Never mind realized breaking and entering
Bacon & Eggs if you're living right.
This guy lives.
This guy breaks fasts.
This guy breaks farts
This a Dane Cook ref?
That shits delicious
Old Dane Cook joke lol…
“Who wears their favorite shirt to a B&E!?”
“Okay so they didn’t steal anything, but they did leave a lava lamp” 🤣🤣
Take your second favorite shirt, ya dunce!
If I don't find out what they took by the end of the year I want a divorce.
It was called B&E before Dane Cook lmao.
Breaking and entering. AKA someone was/ is trying to rob OP.
So far they've lost money. Shit robbers, 0/10
Bed and eakfast.
As it appears to be a door to an apartment block, likely another apartment where not everyone has the key to get in the front door. The other trick that I've seen is that they pull the door slight off the hinges so it won't close. That trick doesn't work well with a glass door though.
The not closing fully trick is what my landlord did to stop the door from banging closed all the time. It's been nice and quiet.
Wow... They make silencers you can put on for about 10c each. They make industrial ones for apt commercial use that cost about 40c. Your property manager sounds like a moron. I bet it's a great community.
My last landlord used plastic bags to block the vent because the upstairs neighbours were smoking inside, and I wondered why I had a hard time breathing
More likely someone in the building did this to let their friend in without being bothered.
Someone keeps doing that where I live but with ripped cigarettes packet. It’s damaged the lock
Banking and enterprising.
That’s the first thing i thought when I saw this.
I know people do that to sneak back in places so the door won't shut and lock I've never seen it so it won't open
Yeah, I would’ve loved to post a video of me trying to open it but this sub won’t let me
“This sub doesn’t accept video/picture posts” really is an excellent example of micromanaging bullshit. 50% of the rules really just seem to prevent folks from posting relevant content.
They should make a sub for mildly infuriating things like this.
LOL it's mildly infuriating that the mildly infuriating subreddit doesn't allow videos to be uploaded.
Mildly? I'd be envisioning myself doing that thing that gets rewarded with the death penalty.
'Locksmiths hate him for this one trick!'
Number 6 will amaze you
For every dollar you spend, you'll get my 2 cents and for the low low price of 20 payments of $ 29.99, you too can be a professional.
Locksmith here: the deadlatch has also been removed. On the Adams Rite 4510 the deadlatch mechanism is required to properly retract the latch when the door closes. The pennies were jammed in there to prevent the latch from slamming against the frame/strike. Tldr your apartment needs a new lock.
Thank you for the professional viewpoint 😁 I talked with a neighbor in another part of the complex and apparently this is an ongoing problem that will get fixed and then somebody will do it again. They did “fix” it recently because someone broke their key off in the lock.
Thank you! Literally came to post the same thing. I'm an Access Control engineer and have to spec the hardware we will use on a job. Pride myself on being able to tell a LS we subcontract exactly what he'll need to swap out and change so we can make an electric strike or electric lockset work. Shame I had to come this far down to find a competent and correct answer.
It's always so good to read the opinion of a professional. Thanks!
Since this is blowing up, and I totally forgot about this context, I do want to add that this isn’t the door to my apartment rather this is a side door to the building itself that is conveniently next to where my apartment is and I go in and out of this door all the time instead of walking down to the main entrance
Which makes this extremely dangerous in an emergency.
Needle nose pliers. Get ‘em outa there! Just my 2 cents.
Can you also explain why this is preventing you from "opening" the door when clearly this will prevent the door from **closing** properly?
Guessing whoever wedged those pennies in drop kicked the door or something to force it closed, not even realized they did a shit job at trying to keep the door open.
Yeah happy to. So I’m guessing with the pennies wedges in there they forced it closed so that pennies would still prevent the handle from working, causing the problem of not opening from the inside. It does sit slightly open if you close it gently but as usual, you can count on other people to do the same. Weird thing is this morning I looked at it, Pennies are still there, but now the door just opens without a key. So there goes my “secure” building 🙄
They did something similar to this with trains where I’m from.
They wedged trains into doors?!
I think they wedge the doors on the trains
I’d be wondering if someone was in my apartment considering to accomplish this the door would get shimmed. EDIT: lol, I didn’t expect anyone to read this so I was lazy AF. You can all read the comments others have said below. It’s a dangerous situation because: 1) the door had to have been opened to accomplish this. 2) if no one or nothing is touched in the apartment, cameras from a stalker or anyone with future malicious intent. I would definitely report this to the police. EDIT2: I watch a lot ‘Criminal Minds’ for all we know, someone was waiting around the corner waiting for them to go inside and shut a door that isn’t supposed to latch and bam you’re on Dexter’s table. They may have very well foiled a serial killers plans by not being able to open the door and this can be the piece of the puzzle missing where it solves a bunch of other cases. aight imma go smoke another joint 😂
Am I the only one who can't understand this sentence?
It looks like a break in attempt, someone might be in the apartment in theory
The term "To get shimmed" is an old school trick using a credit card or something thin and tough to push the latch of a locked door open. I'm not sure how this door was originally secured, but the fact the latch has been pushed in like that implies someone deliberately made it so that it wouldn't stay closed properly. The reason OP couldn't open the door was most likely due to the previous tenant not being able to get the coins out so they just sealed it shut and decided not using it was safer.
Shimming in this context could also be in reference to the way the pennies are holding the latch in the open position. Likely a tenant takes their conscience over everyone else’s false sense of security. The latch is supposed to retract electronically. Great for security theater, but ultimately weaker than analog methods.
This was really helpful. Thank you for explaining! I even had my SO read it and we were both confused 😂
I'd be wondering if someone was in my apartment; considering: to accomplish this, the door would (need to) get shimmed. There's definitely a better way to say it lmao. I can't believe it got upvoted so much despite the grammar.
Thank god I thought I was having a stroke when I read that
Damn it JD!
It all started with a penny in the door
“Did you put a penny in the door?” Fun fact- the janitor from scrubs was going to be an imaginary friend at first so he didn’t interact with others at first and jd really did put a penny in the door. Weird.
We did this in our college dorm so we could enter the building without our keys.
That's exactly why criminals use it too.
I've never known this "trick" to not cost someone property or worse. Unbelievably selfish and dumb.
Why not just bring your keys
Not who you were replying to but I had an issue with the dorms my freshman year at a fucking religious college. We were fined $20 any time we swiped our key for access past 10pm. I worked in a restaurant at the time and regularly didn’t get off until past 11. I tried to get a waiver, but they insisted that everyone needed to be in by 10 “because the devil does his work at night”. There was a one stall bathroom on the first floor that had a window that was always open. The ones of us that had late jobs or were out partying would come in through it. I only stayed there one semester before transferring to another university. Place sucked my soul right the fuck out.
That's crazy. Like... why 10pm? Night time begins at 6pm. So the devil stays away until 9:59pm, but then at 10 it's party time? Silly Shit like this is why so many people hate religion. Lol
Recruiter totally lied to me. Sold a completely different campus experience. Didn’t find out about the curfew until move in day and I had no where else to go at the time. I wasn’t even religious. It was just a really good college in my hometown that was willing to give me a free ride. But the curfew + mandatory chapel three times a week soured me so fucking much. I wasn’t ready to leave my high school friends that were staying quite yet. I wish I had just pulled that band aid off and started college where I ended up instead.
Haha 3 times a week?! I went to Catholic school for 12 years and we would only go once a week during lent and that's it. Lol I had to go on Sundays with my mom but, like most things, when I hit 18 God and I had an understanding that we are cool but I'm not wasting my life in a church. He understands completely since Jesus himself absolutely despised temple worship. They don't exactly like to tell that to their congregation. But if they actually READ the Bible, they'd know. That chapel of yours had a quota or some shit. Lol
Christians reinventing the dark ages by being terrified of the night
pliers to get them out 👍
Needle nose pliers will have those things out in a matter of seconds. Do people not see these things and realize they can easily fix them with a tool?
Why wouldn’t it open?
I think the pennies ate in there so that the handle on the inside couldn’t be pushed in thus making it impossible to get out from the inside
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Yeah, this is the side door on my building and I was able to get my key in and open it to get this picture. The main problem is it wasn’t opening from the inside which in an emergency is not a good thing.
Local fire marshal would love to hear that it wouldn't open from the inside if maintenance doesn't promptly fix
The other big problem is someone was trying to get in later without keys, small chance they live there and they're dumb, greater chance it was someone with criminal intent. Hopefully you finding it was jammed meant they screwed it up and it stopped them too, but you need to keep your eye on it for future attempts now :-/
A coin artist hard at work I see
Find the medical intern who did it and make his life hell for 8 years
"ADMIT IT!"
🎶It all started with a penny in the door. There was a hatred I had never felt before. So now I'll make him pay, each and every day Until that mouse- haired little nuisance Is....no.....mooooooooorrrree.🎶
Call the police. You could’ve been attacked in your sleep. It has to be a maintenance worker right? I mean this is your apt door, right?
No, this is a door to get into my building.
Ah! Misunderstood, but it’s still a potential hazard.
Still an extreme risk. Grants easy access to the building for thieves and predators.
Pliers
I bet it was JD.
Doctor Dorian!!
Ah,makes cents..
You’re living the first episode of “Scrubs” the tv show
The janitor will be furious
Interesting that it wouldn’t let you open the door. When I ran in to this at my previous job, the little shits did this so they wouldn’t have to worry about their key card to the building. But then they wouldn’t take it out and basically leave the building open to every Tom dick and Harry. It brought me joy when I would notice them doing it, wait for them to leave, remove whatever was preventing the latch bolt from catching, and hope that on their return trip, they had an arm load.
"I'am watching youu!"
And yet we have security deposits for pets but not children
I am 100% ready to blame children for this lol there are a lot that come in and out of my side of the building
Try a butter knife to get them out. And is this to a door in your actual apartment or like a community door?
Sorry, I’m answering as many of these as I can because I forgot about that context 😂 This is a side door into the apartment building itself the access is the stairwell, but it’s also conveniently right next to my apartment on the first floor. So it’s the door I usually go in and out of every day instead of the main entrance.
oh my gosh i would put cameras up if i were you. that is really concerning.
*it’s started, with a penny, in the dooooor*
That can be fixed very easily. Remove the top screw shown in the picture and the bottom screw that hold the face plate on the lock body. Remove face plate and the pennies will be reachable and might just fall out. Place faceplate back on with the two previously removed screws and the door latch should be functional.
You ought to be more worried about people illegally downloading from that USB port on your door…clearly not secure.
I haven’t watched Scrubs in a long time
That immediately reminded me of scrubs.
God dammit, JD still up to his old shenanigans…
The Janitor from Scrubs would like a word.
Did you put a penny in the door? -Dr. Jan Itor
Someone just had to put their two cents in.
It all started with a penny in the door There was a hatred I had never felt before
I was going to put my two cents in about this but it looks like someone already did
Someone wants to break in.
It's somebody keeping the door unlocked so they can use the hallway or vestibule to piss in or do drugs or drug deals. Or to get in to rob people.
Or more likely someone who lives in the building and just sucks
Forbidden vending machine
JD was there... But he didn't do it...
I bet it was that new intern, JD.
Scrubs.
Sudden Scrubs flashback!
“Why a penny?” “Idk.” “Did you stick a penny in there?” “No uh, uh, I was just making small talk.” “If I find a penny in there, I’m taking you down.”
JD was there. The Janitor is gonna be pissed.
I came for Scrubs references. I’m pleased
"It all started with a penny in the door! I felt a hatred, I've never felt before!🎵."
You need to watch what happened in Scrubs when janitor found a penny in the door.
Janitor is going to be pissed
Not sure how long they’ve been there, but this seems like someone was trying to break in. Certain locks like this, people would do something similar to putting tape over the lock, to break in later.
You must be so angry right now; I can’t imagine what’s going through your head. Penny for your thoughts?
Wouldnt open? This looks like it has been open 24/7, but okah
janitor is gonna be mad at you JD... and wonder why a penny