a door handle would be nice

[This is so the “design of everyday things” so I had to cross-post it from flickr] The lock on my apartment door has never felt very secure to me. I always get the feeling that anybody could slide a credit card through it and walk right in. The apartment manager called me up the other day asking how I liked my place and if I had had any other issues with my apartment (I had a never ending list of issues the first month or so when I moved in). I mentioned that I’d like to get a second lock on my door - like a chain lock. She said that they could add an additional lock where my door handle is. I figured what she meant by that was that they’d replace the handle with a handle that actually had a lock in it. I came home last night to find this - they replaced the handle with a second lock - the same type of flimsy lock that I already had. So you now can’t open the door without a key and to close the door you have to slam it shut and hope that it doesn’t bounce back open. AHHHHH!!! I was so mad - I couldn’t believe they did this.

I complained so now I’m back to my old setup - a flimsy lock and a door handle. I’ve never been so happy to have a door handle as I am right now.

I can’t imagine a chain lock is that hard to install. I already have a drill - maybe I’ll get one from a hardware store and install it myself.