> I lived 24 years in an apartment building, no way do you “accidentally” walk into someones apt thinking it’s your own. <
Many years ago I got off the elevator at my apartment building and walked to my apartment. It was late at night, and I was quite tired. To my surprise, my apartment key didn’t work. Then I realized I was on the wrong floor. I was trying to open apartment 504, not my own apartment, 404.
Many years ago I got off the elevator at my apartment building and walked to my apartment. It was late at night, and I was quite tired. To my surprise, my apartment key didn’t work. Then I realized I was on the wrong floor. I was trying to open apartment 504, not my own apartment, 404.
I teach at a university building that has identical floor layouts over four stories. It was about three weeks into the semester and I was supposed to teach at room 408 on the fourth floor. By that time, I never even looked at the room number...I just knew where the room was. Well, I got in the elevator with a bunch of other students and half of them got out on the second floor and the rest got out at the third floor. I just thought I was on the fourth floor because the elevator cleared out. I automatically walked into room 308 without checking the door number and started unpacking my whiteboard pens. Just then the actual teacher for the class walked in. We had a big laugh about it.
Fast forward two years and I was assigned a room on the third floor and a teacher walks in, sees me, then looks at the class with a confused expression. I immediately said to her with a laugh "You're on the wrong floor!"
It happens. I can understand it happening in the apartment complex if the floor layouts were the same. Yeah, a red welcome mat might stick out in the daytime if you're paying attention...but if it's late at night and you're tired from a long shift...who knows?