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applegrove

(118,486 posts) Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:30 AM Dec 2016

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Woke up. Opened my front door. Someone put a doormat right at my door. Very

kind but I am easily spooked. I live in a small apartment building.

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Woke up. Opened my front door. Someone put a doormat right at my door. Very (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2016 OP

Sweet! You have a secret admirer. In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #1

I checked to see if I was the only one and it seems I am. Serendipity applegrove Dec 2016 #2

Didn't you do a special-mail-delivery recently? Maybe it was a thank you gift. In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #5

Nope. It appeared before I dropped off a parcel applegrove Dec 2016 #6

Was it a "Merry Christmas" mat, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #3

Nobody rang. It is for snowy winter boots. No words on it. I'm not happy. applegrove Dec 2016 #4

Do you live in a snowy area? cwydro Dec 2016 #17

The management of the building did hang pictures up along the stairs the next day. applegrove Dec 2016 #19

Who's Matt Barry? RandiFan1290 Dec 2016 #7

Our doormat says: "Oh shit! Not you again!" panader0 Dec 2016 #8

I like that! True Dough Dec 2016 #9

I have the second one. Codeine Dec 2016 #10

Trying to steal it??? True Dough Dec 2016 #11

I used to have one that said "GO AWAY." The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #15

My sis has that one. cwydro Dec 2016 #16

Doormats have been know to start wars ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #12

Such a classic. We need more like that. Long live the door buzzard! JudyM Dec 2016 #14

Hahahaha! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2016 #24

Maybe it's like a holiday fruitcake getting passed around Donkees Dec 2016 #13

Beware a knock on your door from a neighbor... pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #18

I left a copy of the key to your front door under it Taitertots Dec 2016 #20

Spookier that would be. applegrove Dec 2016 #21

Did you trip on it or something?!1 If it was "kind" guess not a problem?!1 n/t UTUSN Dec 2016 #22

I don't like serendipity or coincidences anymore. applegrove Dec 2016 #23

My doormat says, "COME BACK WITH A WARRANT" catbyte Dec 2016 #25

. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 #27

I thought I had a secret admirer once.... sort of... Turbineguy Dec 2016 #26

Now management of my building has added a chandelier in front of my apartment. applegrove Dec 2016 #28

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Sweet! You have a secret admirer.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:18 AM

Dec 2016

applegrove

(118,486 posts)

2. I checked to see if I was the only one and it seems I am. Serendipity

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:22 AM

Dec 2016

is not a friend of mine. I'll have to canvas the building to get to the bottom of it.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

5. Didn't you do a special-mail-delivery recently? Maybe it was a thank you gift.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 03:24 AM

Dec 2016

applegrove

(118,486 posts)

6. Nope. It appeared before I dropped off a parcel

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 04:20 AM

Dec 2016

that had erroneously been delivered to my apartment.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,584 posts)

3. Was it a "Merry Christmas" mat,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:29 AM

Dec 2016

and did anyone ring your door buzzard?

applegrove

(118,486 posts)

4. Nobody rang. It is for snowy winter boots. No words on it. I'm not happy.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:40 AM

Dec 2016

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

17. Do you live in a snowy area?

Reply to applegrove (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 03:55 PM

Dec 2016

Maybe it was meant as a kind gesture.

Though it does seem a trifle odd...

applegrove

(118,486 posts)

19. The management of the building did hang pictures up along the stairs the next day.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #17)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 06:14 PM

Dec 2016

Plus they took the price tag off my new doormat. I'm assuming it is all connected. I'm now cool with it.

RandiFan1290

(6,221 posts)

7. Who's Matt Barry?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 09:03 AM

Dec 2016

panader0

(25,816 posts)

8. Our doormat says: "Oh shit! Not you again!"

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 09:58 AM

Dec 2016

True Dough

(17,246 posts)

9. I like that!

Reply to panader0 (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 09:53 PM

Dec 2016

I'd consider buying that one, or one of these:

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

10. I have the second one.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 04:46 AM

Dec 2016

I've caught people attempting to steal it two different times.

True Dough

(17,246 posts)

11. Trying to steal it???

Reply to Codeine (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 04:50 AM

Dec 2016

Those people aren't welcome at all, ever!

Bastards!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,584 posts)

15. I used to have one that said "GO AWAY."

Reply to True Dough (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 10:25 PM

Dec 2016

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

16. My sis has that one.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 03:54 PM

Dec 2016

She means it too.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,321 posts)

12. Doormats have been know to start wars ...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 06:54 AM

Dec 2016

... especially if there is a door buzzard.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027423760

JudyM

(29,187 posts)

14. Such a classic. We need more like that. Long live the door buzzard!

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 10:23 PM

Dec 2016

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,544 posts)

24. Hahahaha!

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 11:14 AM

Dec 2016

Donkees

(31,332 posts)

13. Maybe it's like a holiday fruitcake getting passed around

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 09:10 AM

Dec 2016

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

18. Beware a knock on your door from a neighbor...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:58 PM

Dec 2016

...demanding to know why you stole his doormat.

You may want to re-think that not having a door buzzard thing.

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)

20. I left a copy of the key to your front door under it

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 07:18 PM

Dec 2016

Just in case you get locked out at night.

applegrove

(118,486 posts)

21. Spookier that would be.

Reply to Taitertots (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 07:24 PM

Dec 2016

UTUSN

(70,644 posts)

22. Did you trip on it or something?!1 If it was "kind" guess not a problem?!1 n/t

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:48 PM

Dec 2016

applegrove

(118,486 posts)

23. I don't like serendipity or coincidences anymore.

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #22)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:51 AM

Dec 2016

I have ptsd. But yes it turned out management was just decorating the building in this case.

catbyte

(34,333 posts)

25. My doormat says, "COME BACK WITH A WARRANT"

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:32 PM

Dec 2016

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,818 posts)

27. .

Reply to catbyte (Reply #25)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:07 PM

Dec 2016

Turbineguy

(37,288 posts)

26. I thought I had a secret admirer once.... sort of...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:48 PM

Dec 2016

Just after I graduated from school I got a job as engineer on a ship. I was really not very skilled yet and had to work my ass off just to keep up. I was literally past my elbows in crankcase oil all the time it seemed. Everything was dirty and heavy and had to be fixed. And it was summer and muggy and the engine room was hot.

Three showers a day and changes of clothing. Still, the deodorant wasn't keeping up. At one lunchtime, I came up to my room to shower and change clothes and there were two bars of soap on the bed. Lifebuoy. Smelled good. A hint? I was devastated. I was doing the best I could. I was working so hard. And now this.

Later, I found out everybody got two bars of soap every Friday.....

applegrove

(118,486 posts)

28. Now management of my building has added a chandelier in front of my apartment.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:53 PM

Dec 2016

I could learn to love such surprises.

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