Eagtac P200LR to inspect the outer freight doors into the building, at my 3rd Shift job. Previous shift, I noticed that door was stuck closed. No way to open it. I tried. Something wrong with the lock. Made note of it. Come back the next night, I'm doing my outdoor patrol of the property, when I spot something that looks odd. Normally the rotating door handle is in the 8 o'clock position. But this night it didn't look right. Walk up to the door, shine my Eagtac on it. Definitely in the nearly 6 o'clock position.
I reach for it, and it practically fell into my hand as it came off the door. The innards of the lock bent upwards. It was rather obvious what happened. Some guy (and no I'm not going to pretend it was a woman. There is literally no woman who works in the building who can physically match any of the men, when it comes to strength). So, some guy wanted to get in. Obviously works there. Usually uses that door to get in because the freight elevator is a few feet away from that door, on the inside of it. Elevator stops upstairs directly in front of one suite. Those occupants use that entrance all the time. Keep in mind the main doors into the building, which is always left unlocked, is 15 yards to the right of the Freight entrance door. Again, ALWAYS unlocked!
Dude realized the door wouldn't budge. Probably tried a couple of more times pulling on it. Clearly has anger-control issues because in his final attempt, he sheared the handle and lock out of the door. Bending and destroying the lock. Then, sheepishly, stuck the handle back into the hole he created in the door. Thing is, there's an outside camera there. Also, like I said, only one suite by that particular elevator. So, a U.S. Air Marshall is going to be getting a bill for the repair. Right after the building's owner contacts his supervisor. Literally no one else goes in through the Freight door entrance except those who are making deliveries. And, those guys get let in by building maintenance from the inside. So, if one of them ripped the lock and handle off, Management would INSTANTLY know about it. That didn't happen.
Someone in maintenance did eventually manage to get the door unstuck/unlocked. Funny part is, they had to do something because the outside door had no handle for getting in. One of the guys in maintenance came up with the genuinely brilliant idea that since that door will be left unlocked for the very near future, why not just use one of the extra handles they have for the interior doors used to exit the rest-rooms. Not the stalls, the actual rest-rooms. The handles are integrated stainless steel onto a long rectangular stainless steel plate that is bolted with six bolts onto a door. It's functional. But looks ridiculous on that outside freight entrance door. By the way, since it wasn't in the way, they left the hole beneath the new handle. Hopefully no one mistakes that hole for one specifically created to be "glorious."
