Annoying Random Stranger
By Kewkumber
@Ladypeace (2028)
Singapore
March 17, 2016 6:55am CST
Was alone at home this evening when my house intercom phone rang.
Our building has a security gate that has to be unlocked before people can access the residential floors. Guest downstairs who can't unlock the gate can press the intercom button labelled with the unit numbers of various homes to contact residents.
So I picked up the phone and a random stranger spoke. She's Filipino (No offense there my dear Filipino friends, much love for y'all).
Me: Hello. (Background sound for 5 seconds) Hello? (Another 5 seconds) Hello?
Stranger: Please I'm the guest of unit X. I need help getting up but my friends aren't at home. If you don't mind...
Me: (Keeps silent)
Stranger: Hello?
I hung up. My buzzer rung again but I didn't answer the call. This was followed by 10 minutes of yelling "Hey" from downstairs from the stranger. Not sure if her friends went down to get her.
I found the stranger annoying because she was randomly pressing the intercom bell of other units when she could have just rang up her friend's unit and waited for a response.
Am I mean or was she annoying?
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10 responses
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
18 Mar 16
@Ladypeace That's the right thing to do indeed. 
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
18 Mar 16
Yeah, there's other residents living here as well and I couldn't jeopardize their safety by letting her in.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
17 Mar 16
That's reassuring to know. I felt disturbed by her call.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
18 Mar 16
But she did say they were not at home. Could there have been any other way to help her?
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
18 Mar 16
@Ladypeace May be she could have phoned them.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
18 Mar 16
We've just moved to this new place under 2 months ago, so we do not know our neighbors well. I really think she should have contacted her friends to help her and not random residents in the same block.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
22 Mar 16
You are not mean because you are protecting yourself and the other units too. That is rude for her to press intercom for literally anyone who would respond.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
22 Mar 16
@Ladypeace Eventually do you think the lady got up to her friends unit (supposedly). Plus it is hard to trust now a days so you did the right thing!
@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
22 Mar 16
Exactly what I was thinking and feeling inside out! 
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@Letranknight2015 (51969)
• Philippines
18 Mar 16
Is that what most OFW's in singapore do? annoyed people regardless just to get what they want? there hasn't been a rude incident like that since that foolish doctor/nurse rudely discriminated Singaporeans in relation to work. No wonder we don't get the respect we deserve, they're doing it abroad
and i bet many more are doing even worse than that.
Maybe you should call the authorities next tme. I mean, why can't she just text or call them?! I personally think she's one of those really uneducated ones who just made it there..talk about bad representation of my country men.
and i bet many more are doing even worse than that.
Maybe you should call the authorities next tme. I mean, why can't she just text or call them?! I personally think she's one of those really uneducated ones who just made it there..talk about bad representation of my country men.1 person likes this
@Letranknight2015 (51969)
• Philippines
18 Mar 16
@Ladypeace You should have called the cops and report her for public disturbance
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
18 Mar 16
She sounded and behaved dodgy - that was what detracted people from going to her aid. Anyone else in that situation with the right mind would have just contacted her friends unless it was an emergency. Anyway I wasn't taking any chances because of numerous reports of dangerous figures entering residential compounds.
I do not believe in generalizations. She was just an annoying individual in that particular situation.
@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Mar 16
@Ladypeace I can understand that you'd need to be very careful letting anyone up that you didn't know.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
17 Mar 16
I didn't let her up because it would endanger other residents if I did. It's safer if her friends let her up themselves.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
18 Mar 16
That's comforting to know, I can't feel otherwise.
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@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
17 Mar 16
I would be skeptical and wonder whether or not she was being truthful. It can happen that you are staying with someone or going to someone's home, and they say that if they are not home, then you can let yourself in. However, since there is a security gate on your building, I would think that they would also let her know how to get in there as well. Otherwise, it seems like she might be up to something not good.
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@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
17 Mar 16
@Ladypeace Well she said that her friends were not home, so pressing their buzzer would be useless. However, it certainly seems strange that she would try random people to let her in if her friends were not even home. It is even stranger that she would shout at you when you did not let her in.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
17 Mar 16
I was suspicious of her motives because no one in their right mind would holler from downstairs for a good 10 minutes. Anyone with common sense would press the buzzer of their friends' home and not the ones of strangers to let them into the estate. Her voice also sounded dodgy. If I let her in and her friends are not around, she'd be loitering outside our residential area which is unsafe.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
17 Mar 16
Perhaps her friends were doing something where they couldn't hear their buzzer ringing. She should have waited patiently instead of randomly pressing the buzzer to other homes.
@rina110383 (24492)
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17 Mar 16
You did the right thing. She was mean and annoying. Never trust strangers, you will not only endanger your life/property but also of others. Besides, it's not your obligation/responsibility to let her in. She was a nuisance!
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
18 Mar 16
Haha, thank you. You've summed out how I felt about that stranger. 
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