Homeless Guy In My Lobby

[Bubonic]

You guys are hilarious!

Oh and I did ask why he was sleeping in my lobby if he had connections. Then he mumbled to himself and started playing with a cellphone he had for some reason.

I just wanted to make it clear that even though it isn't the nicest of apartment buildings I'm not going to accept people sleeping in my lobby. Where does it stop? Turning a blind eye to people free basing in the laundry room and sleeping in some of the rooms being renovated.

Once they are in, what keeps them from crawling up to apartments while people are working or at school? I was also thinking about how creepy it must have been for some of the single girls living here.

 

[Mike_D202]

Just call the Police next time.

 

[Bubonic]

Just call the Police next time.

Definitely the best line of action, I actually went out of my apartment and walked down our main street which is quite busy on Saturday nights- Strolled down to see if there were any Police that weren't busy so I could asked their advice on this. I just don't like calling 911 unless there is an actual emergency.

I'm happy things didn't escalate, because people with nothing to lose can definitely lash out. I was primed for battle! But really I tried to be nice at first which probably worked against me, since it gave him the impression I was soft or something.
I did get in his face when he made his little ambiguous comments to see if he'd have the balls to elaborate upon them.

 

[xisaacx]

You guys are hilarious!

Oh and I did ask why he was sleeping in my lobby if he had connections. Then he mumbled to himself and started playing with a cellphone he had for some reason.

I just wanted to make it clear that even though it isn't the nicest of apartment buildings I'm not going to accept people sleeping in my lobby. Where does it stop? Turning a blind eye to people free basing in the laundry room and sleeping in some of the rooms being renovated.

Once they are in, what keeps them from crawling up to apartments while people are working or at school? I was also thinking about how creepy it must have been for some of the single girls living here.

There is a big difference between staying in a lobby to free base and than staying there cause you need a warm place to stay considering its really cold out. Not every homeless person freebases or breaks into apartments, good job being judgmental.

 

[Bubonic]

There is a big difference between staying in a lobby to free base and than staying there cause you need a warm place to stay considering its really cold out. Not every homeless person freebases or breaks into apartments, good job being judgmental.

Whatever, open a homeless shelter or ****.
The guy is cracked in the head and I'm not having him live in my ****ing lobby.

 

[xisaacx]

Whatever, open a homeless shelter or ****.
The guy is cracked in the head and I'm not having him live in my ****ing lobby.

Call your super or landlord if you have a problem, you pay to rent the apartment or whatever. You don't own the building, so ****.

 

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[hammy]

Bubonic, you don't have to call 911, just call the local number and explain what happened. They'll either send someone out to check or maybe step up patrols. You should tell them about his veiled threats, too.

But you should also alert your building super, landlord, whoever. The guy may be completely harmless, but you don't know that and as you said, it is especially scary for single women.

 

[Bubonic]

Damn, can't believe I'm being flamed on the basis of karma here.
I'm definitely calling the owners tomorrow.

 

[Showtime]

He's not homeless. He lives in the lobby.

 

[Bubonic]

lol well hope he found another lobby.
hell, i even told him how to get to the homeless shelter, that's what these ****ing places are there for. not my lobby.

Oh and karma is such dogmatic ********.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Spray that bum in the face with mace.

 

[Bubonic]

Although I'm sure abusing homeless people is fun, I'll avoid it unless necessary.

 

[Shemtov]

tell him about this awesome forum called 'hype' and go on a rant telling him to join.
then say "oh right, ur homeless u dont have a computer" laugh in his face and walk, do not run, away.

 

[enterthemadness]

What should I do?

It's the second or third night I seem him sleeping in my lobby area, first times I ignored it as an act of good grace, but now I'm pissed the **** off.

He's a white guy heading into his thirties wearing gangster apparel like wu-tang clan crap and I don't like that he is sleeping there when my girlfriend(technically my ex) is out drinking and going to come back with this guy there.

I just warned him now, told him to leave, find another place, go to a shelter, et cetera. Then he said some sketchy **** about the sun not rising for me tomorrow... I ask him if that is a death threat and he says it is some ****ing song lyric.

He gets out of the lobby strutting and acting hard, mumbles something about the people he knows and he lingers in front of my apartment telling me to get lost.

I feel calling the police is maybe over reactive, and then again I felt like punching his face off for the ambiguous threats.

Any ideas?

Hell, not even sure if he is down there anymore, although he did eluded to the fact he'd be back in my ****ing lobby again soon as I was gone.

Give him booze to pay him off. Or used him to annoy other people. Or to piss of ur ex for kicks and giggles.

 

[Bubonic]

Oh, he left after my initial talk.
I started this thread for advice on what to do if he was still there once I went back to check.

 

[Lobo]

Just call the Police next time.

 

[enterthemadness]

Oh, he left after my initial talk.
I started this thread for advice on what to do if he was still there once I went back to check.

Damn. Wait, can I say that since the hype pulled a FOX?

 

[Bubonic]

^this was the most obvious and best advice.
Just figured it be better to talk to him first and not get the law involved, if I'd known he'd have such an attitude I'd of gone that route.

Getting him drunk and having him do things would have also been an option, anyone ever see the Bum Fights movies? Pretty awful.

 

[enterthemadness]

^this was the most obvious and best advice.
Just figured it be better to talk to him first and not get the law involved, if I'd known he'd have such an attitude I'd of gone that route.

Getting him drunk and having him do things would have also been an option, anyone ever see the Bum Fights movies? Pretty awful.

Heard bout them.

 

[Bubonic]

^see, stuff like that is amoral. Me moving a bum along from my lobby isn't, even if some imply I'm a heartless jerk.

 

[enterthemadness]

^see, stuff like that is amoral. Me moving a bum along from my lobby isn't, even if some imply I'm a heartless jerk.

I was half-joking btw bout them things...but bum fights is bad.

 

[Bubonic]

I'm actually supposed to do fieldwork on homelessness sometime soon... Proposal is due December 1st!

And I'm not judging you madness, not too concerned with these things lol.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

You should interview that homeless guy.

 

[Bubonic]

Nah, going to focus on the young punk ones, they seem to have more unity then randomized homeless guys.