Passing along this reminder from Georgi May. (Thank you, Georgi!) I hope this was merely the result of someone overdoing it for St. Patrick’s Day, but checking the locks on the fire doors is good advice.

At 3:10 this morning someone tried to enter my unit through the 2nd floor egress door.

Since the hallway doors at each end of the egress corridor are locked from the outside, this had to have been someone who lives in or was visiting one of the 4th floor units.

There MAY have been alcohol involved because I asked them to identify themselves and all I got was a grunt. But whoever it was kept trying to get in by jiggling the handle and, when I checked my door this evening, there is a gouge mark where they tried to use something to somehow get the door open.

I just want to remind residents that they are TWO locks on those doors: the one that you turn to lock the door knob; and the deadbolt that should stay locked at all times.