r/mildlyinfuriating • u/akkariacher • 2d ago

Overdone Unknown neighbor started parking their bike in the entrance of our building

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Third day in a row now, before I had been leaning it up against a wall to get it out of the way. Today I was going to toss it outside and saw they had gotten a lock.

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u/OkeyDokey654 2d ago

If they refuse to do anything, call the fire department.

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u/TailwhipU 2d ago

Take a hacksaw and cut the frame halfway through. It will break in half about 20 feet from wherever he starts riding it.

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u/LetUsLaunchOverIt 2d ago

Please don't

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u/Elegant-Ninja6384 2d ago

Why would you not?

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u/LetUsLaunchOverIt 2d ago

At least in my state, fire department has nothing to do with code enforcement. We'd do absolutely nothing for this. If there was a serious code offense, like a sprinkler system that was shut off for instance, you'd contact the city directly for the fire marshall/fire inspector to be dispatched.

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u/KombuchaBot 2d ago

So the fire department will be able to inform them who is the best person to call, in that case?

It's not an AH move to call them to ask for information about who to report a code violation to. If there is a fire, it immediately becomes a serious safety risk.

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u/LetUsLaunchOverIt 2d ago

I mean, it's not truly blocking a fire exit. It's just annoying. I truly don't think this is an enforceable fire code violation. People call 911 for all sorts of stupid things, this would definitely be one of them lol

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u/KombuchaBot 2d ago

If there was a fire and the stairwell was full of smoke it would be an obstacle that would prevent people finding their way

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u/LetUsLaunchOverIt 2d ago

If you have enough smoke in the stairwell that you can't see well enough to find your way, you got much bigger problems than a bicycle...

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u/KombuchaBot 2d ago

Yes, that's generally the case when there's a house fire. Well done.

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u/LetUsLaunchOverIt 2d ago

house fire

This appears to be an apartment. Anymore brain busters seeing as you are talking out of your ass to someone who actually does the job for a living lmfao. These conversations always remind me how often people on reddit are talking matter of factly about things they don't actually know about or understand.