Buddha, Jesus, and Door Lock Systems

Update: So we found out what caused the mysterious opening and closing of the lock. They set up our phone system so when you press 18, it opens the lock (so we can ring in people when they knock on the door). Well, that was apparently a phone line, so when comeone called the office, and was connected to oen of our office phones, but that phone call wasn't answered, it woudl be automatically transferred to the next line over. Eventually, when we all ignored our phones, that got moved up to line 18 and triggered the lock. I tested the theory and indeed, if you call our office and press for line 18, you get the lock and it opens for you. Again, this will only work tonight, because we will have the phone company in tomorrow to fix this issue, but still, pretty amusing if you ask me.

This is not the punch-line to a funny joke. We are in an area of the city which really caters to solicitors apparently. We used to get a solicitor every week or so in our old office, but I swear we get a couple a day in our new place. We had a 스님 in asking for money, and no more than 10 minutes later, we had some missionaries trying to convert us. I suppose word got around that we don’t turn people away. So the solution to all the solicitors was to get a door lock system to keep the pesky people out. Only problem is, it keeps malfunctioning and will open several times about every hour or so. The result is, if you wait outside our door, you can just walk right in, day or night, whether we are in the office or not. They are coming to fix the system tomorrow (they had better, the thing cost a hefty $550), but I suppose if you wanted to rob us of all our stuff you could do it tonight. Well, I guess you would have to wait for an hour perhaps until the lock undid itself. Once we get the system fixed, I will then go and press my buttocks up against the glass whenever someone comes soliciting. That will horrify them and they will no longer come. I will be safe from their wrath by virtue of our lock system. Let’s just hope it doesn’t malfunction again at that point.