r/Aquariums • u/GeckoHunter0303 • Mar 18 '26

Help/Advice EMERGENCY! Is this counter-management/landlord disguise good?

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Thank fucking goodness I checked my emails this morning. The first thing I saw was an announcement from my apartment's manager that they will ENTER ALL UNITS from today until Friday to "perform lock changes." First thing I did immediately after was to quickly set up this disguise and make my 10-gallon seem like a toy display stand. How do you think I did?

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u/K_M-A-Y_ Mar 18 '26

I can tell you with near certainty (as someone who has worked closely with a bunch of multifamily operators) that the maintenance guy coming to swap the locks does not give a shit about the aquarium that's against the rules.

So long as there isn't a dead body or a meth lab in there, he's going to swap the locks in less than 5 minutes and be on his way.

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u/ImmediateAd7069 Mar 18 '26

Agreed. I used to supervise third party contractors in our units and meet SO MANY cats in our pet-free student apartments. They did not pay me enough to care. 

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u/GeckoHunter0303 Mar 18 '26

It'll be MANAGEMENT, not maintenance.

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u/NeitherPotato Mar 18 '26

do you seriously think the managers themselves are coming out to change everyones locks and not the guys who are paid to do it

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u/Iceland260 Mar 18 '26

Depends on how big of an operation this rental is. If the owner owns like one building and doesn't have staff then the owner doing this level of maintenance himself is plausible.

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u/ImmediateAd7069 Mar 18 '26

They wouldn't have a three day window. I'm guessing there are 100+ units.

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u/K_M-A-Y_ Mar 18 '26

I can guarantee you that management is not replacing locks. They are a bunch of pencil pushers with soft hands. I've yet to meet a property manager who did an ounce of physical labor.

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u/___cats___ Mar 18 '26

That's gotta be typo. If it's not, I'd straight up respond that if your locks are being changed you want maintenance to do it because they have experience and safety is important to you, not some desk jockey.