I’m 99% sure this is fake or that it wasn’t UPS who delivered the package. I can see virtually the whole box in this image and it’s clear that the package is in pretty decent condition and not covered in mystery stains.
While that was true a number of years ago, I don’t think it is anymore. Amazon has their own shipping network. They’ve been working to replace UPS by shipping the packages themselves. At least that’s how it was last time I worked with them.
And as others have said all my Amazon purchases are delivered directly by Amazon either in a white van or an Amazon branded delivery truck similar to a UPS truck.
I’ve never had that experience but I don’t know about anywhere other than my own area.
That means nothing. Amazon packages are delivered by any and all couriers.
Not FedEx.
Edit: Downvotes from people that don’t realize Amazon had a major falling-out with that carrier years ago
Most levers you can lift up to pull the latch. Especially passage levers like that one.
I think most of these pictures are made up for internet points. This is a pull door. Amazon boxes don’t have incredible structural integrity.
It’s not about stopping the door from swinging, it’s about stopping the handle from turning.
That being said, they could probably have just turned the handle up instead of down.
Of course I know people who would absolutely just try pushing down a couple times, give up, and call maintenance.
With this style of doorhandles up/down movement isn’t transferred through the slab. They both serve the same function of retracting the plunger from the jamb, and don’t require the opposing handle to move AT ALL. Likely due to safety concerns/regulations in high occupancy buildings, I’m comfortable saying all legal apartments have doorhandles that function this way.
If your apartment doesn’t it’s time to call health and safety because your landlord is breaking the law.
This is a fake shitpost for internet clout, same as it was 5 years ago when it was posted.
I would scale a 3 floor building by climbing down balconies before I call maintainence to let me out. Or toss some rope out the window and climb down I guess.
But I think I would even try taking the entire handle off before calling maintenance. Or even straight up texting a family member and waiting a few hours.
My wife, on the other hand, is the “I tried to wiggle it lightly a few times so now I am giving up”. Installed a new light last week, and it takes a split second to actually turn on. In the literal 600-800ms it takes to charge up, she flipped the switch 3 or 4 times, and loudly yelled about how the piece of shit we bought doesn’t work. I simply went over and flipped the switch up and left it there to actually power up.
People like that 100% exist.
Unless this handle is ancient or was originally for an interior door, then this is just for Internet points.
Pretty much all modern exterior door knobs can turn from one side, even if the knob on the other side is being held in place. On older doors or doors made for interiors you can still find a spindle that connects one knob to the other.
However, in modern door knobs each knob is connected to the tumbler cylinder via independent shanks. So blocking one or destroying the outside knob doesn’t trap the occupant inside.
To be fair, the lever handles on my apartment door do not lift up and both handles turn at the same time. For whatever reason :/ so there is reasonable chance this post is real.
How old is your building, and does your handle lock? I would look at getting that replaced, regardless of your awnsers.
Not that old for the area. I’m not too worried about it, as I mentioned in another comment, easy to just remove the handle if this ever happened. There isn’t really any kind of emergency that could happen here where an extra 30 seconds to remove a door handle would be life or death. If it’s that bad, death would be certain.
Almost all of the comments below this are incorrect in assuming how lever handles operate.
In cheaper or lower grade lever handles, both handles operate together and operate the latch. When it’s locked, the lever stays rigid and does not move. It is very easy to stand with your own bodyweight on the lever and break it, therefore getting in.
Only in higher grade lever handles do both handles operate independently while also not engaging the latch, preventing the handle from staying rigid and less likely of being broken.
So assuming this is a shitty or lower grade lever handle, getting locked into your apt this way is 100% plausible.
Not all. The safety doors for roof access at our building only work in one direction, up. I’ve been told you can set any of them up to only work in one direction. Just like some can not be unlocked and require to key to open every time. Same doorknob different setup. But I agree that picture is from the inside.
The outside of those kind of doors pretty much universally, operate from the outside with a key. There may be some edge cases I’m not thinking about but they wouldn’t apply to a living space.
That specific type of lock doesnt use a key, they just have a spring loaded bolt (? sorry, dont know terminology in english) and no real locking mechanism. Thats what the deadbolt on top is for
I seriously don’t understand what you mean by that statement. I agreed with you that the picture was from the inside. All I’ve talked about is how they can be set where they only open if the handle is moved one direction. We have several of every configuration in our building.
Even if you can’t lift the handle up , the door can probably be shimmed from the inside - especially if the latch plate is improperly sized.
Me: Heh, that's pretty funny
Others ITT: *detailed analysis of door handle traps and mechanisms*
Where did you buy the fuckin handle? Temu? I challenge you to find a handle from a major legitimate brand that works this way. Smells like a plea for Internet points.
What? Plenty of door handles turn on both sides. If the handle on one side is stuck, you can’t turn the other handle too.
They are not connected. Both sides can open the door but they’re not connected straight through like some stick doorhandle from the fuckin Flintstones
No, I am literally speaking from experience. I have seen way more door handles where both sides are connected than the opposite.