Roommates & neighborsBench · Juror Wren
Judge me for putting a lock on the hall closet we both pay for?
The hall closet is in the lease as shared. My coats kept migrating to the floor. I bought a $12 hasp and a padlock. I left a key on their pillow with a note: your half is the left hook. They said a lock in a shared apartment is a declaration of war. I said the floor was the declaration.
Their side
They would say a lock is a wall, that coats on the floor are a Tuesday not a crime, and that a key on a pillow is a threat dressed as courtesy.
Ask: Is locking your half of a closet reasonable, or did I turn a hook into a border?
The jury
Tallies wait until you vote, or until ten jurors have spoken.