# It finally happened...a repair guy saw me naked... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137 "2002-08-22T21:59:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/1 "2002-08-22T21:59:21Z")
I’m not embarrassed so much as nervous. Now bear with me on this. I’m a writer, and I stay up till six or seven a.m., then sleep till two p.m. As long as my waking hours are productive, it’s okay. Just as I was rousing myself, I hear this pounding on the front door, augmented by “Hellooooooooooooooo?” WTF? I thought. Uncharacteristically, I was naked: Mr. Rilch took a moment to ravish me before he left for work, and I figured, why get dressed just to go back to sleep? So I ducked into the bathroom to fetch my robe before telling them they had the wrong apartment, whoever they were. The bathroom doorway is at the top of the stairs. I’ve long predicted this moment, but I always naively thought that it would happen with one of Mr. Rilch’s friends or work mates. They can be gentlemanly when the situation calls for it, and he gives off enough alpha possessiveness to prevent any, “Hey, I saw JTL’s wife comin’ out of the shower and…” So I’m **just** in the doorway when the door to the outside opens. I don’t remember what I said; it wasn’t a scream, but it was a definite signal to back off. “Oh, I’m sorry!” says whoever it is. Oh god. Oh god. I pull the robe on and go downstairs to see if they’ve gone away. I was still assuming that it had something to do with the new tenants next door, who are still in the slow process of moving in. But how the fuck does this person have a key? He’s still there. How he knew I was looking through the spyhole, I don’t know, but he claims to be here to fix the faucet. I tell him to hold on while I call Mr. Rilch. No answer. He usually turns his phone off while working. I call building management. No answer from them! WTF? I am not letting this guy in. Someone would have told me if we were “getting our faucet fixed.” I go back to the door. He says, “Your husband called me.” That’s not enough of an endorsement. He says, “The leaky faucet in the downstairs bathroom.” We don’t have a leaky faucet in the downstairs bathroom. The seal around the base of the kitchen sink faucet is a bit loose, but that’s not the downstairs **bathroom** ; it’s just downstairs. We also have a closet door that came off its roller, and a towel rack upstairs that fell down. But even if it was any of those things, I’d still know if someone was going to be here. The guy looks kind of familiar, but that means nothing. I tell him sorry, I can’t reach anyone to confirm that he’s supposed to be there. He says, “Okay, sorry,” and goes away. God damn! Well, I’m glad I don’t have to go out today! Motherfucker, opening my apartment door! I don’t care how much he thought no one was home! Follow up with a phone call if you’re uncertain! Or call first! I have no idea if this guy was legit, and I’m not letting anyone in if I’m not 100% on them! Even if he was for real, I can’t face having someone in here, fixing stuff, after they’ve **fucking seen me naked**! I feel like I’m starring in a raunchy housewife joke from the fifties! Jesus Christ, it’s my fucking apartment. I should be able to be naked without fear of reprisal. Now I’m afraid to take my shower; the guy might come back while I’m in there! **He opened the door with a key**. What the fucking fuck. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/2 "2002-08-22T22:11:05Z")
Might I suggest bring a bat to the shower with you. ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/3 "2002-08-22T22:35:06Z")
You cracked me up on this one! Who the heck gave him a key?! ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/4 "2002-08-22T22:42:38Z")
\*cue porno music Bow chicka wow wow ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/5 "2002-08-22T23:03:44Z")
I’m waiting for building management to get back to me on this. They’re thinking that the regular repair guy had the wrong apartment. He’s authorized to use a key. They haven’t actually reached him yet, though, to confirm this. I am impressed, though, with the way they’re trying to run this to ground. So far I have: —The description I gave might have been Repair Guy or it might not. —There’s no repair order for my apartment. —There is a repair order for an apartment on my street: different building, same apartment number. But it’s for a garbage disposal. Meanwhile, my hair is still dirty. And I can’t even fall back on Friend because he’s in San Fran at the moment. If he weren’t, I’m sure he’d be willing to flop on the couch watching TV or playing Rogue Squadron while I shower. As it is, I just don’t want to get undressed again until someone I **really** know is in the apartment. I’m still somewhat creeped out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/6 "2002-08-22T23:09:48Z")
I’d offer to come over and watch you shower, but I’m still at work. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/7 "2002-08-22T23:50:06Z")
Thanks anyway, **Johnny**! Okay, it’s like this. Mr. Rilch reported the leak in the **kitchen** faucet yesterday or the day before. The repair guy failed to check with his boss and neglected to issue a “Notice to Enter”, but simply swung by here without official permission. The property management and the repair guy’s boss have apologized profusely, and the repair guy will surrender his master keys. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/8 "2002-08-22T23:53:46Z")
A couple weeks ago an air-conditioner repair guy almost caught me naked. I imagine an ac repair guy sees that a lot, people are gonna get nekkid when their ac is down, but I still had a hard time explaining the popsicle up my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/9 "2002-08-23T00:10:36Z")
A meter reader saw me naked once. I was home alone on an 85-degree day in April 1991. He didn’t seem fazed at all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/10 "2002-08-23T00:42:39Z")
Rilchiam, did you mean for this to be in The BBQ Pit, or is it just that you’re enamored with the word “fuck”? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/11 "2002-08-23T01:47:35Z")
**Arnold** , I’m sorry. I put it in MPSIMS because the focus was on my embarrassment and unease, not on any projected damnation of the repair guy. I’ll be honest and say, yes, I do use the word “fuck” a lot. Even when expressing joy. You can move this to the Pit if you so choose. ---
**Author:** ![elephant\_shoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@elephant\_shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elephant_shoes)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/12 "2002-08-23T01:59:58Z")
I am soo not focussing on the “saw me naked” part of the story, here! Rilchaim, that must’ve been pretty freaky! Me? I’d have lost it – and sure as hell said more than “what the fuck!?”!! Scary stuff. My goodness. Hope you’re feeling okay. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/13 "2002-08-23T02:32:01Z")
**awmigod!**. That pic was _YOU_ at [repairguy.org](http://repairguy.org) ? Wozzer! I always knew those repair-guys made hundreds of thousands over and above their salaries, but never dreamed it would be someone I know. At least the carpet matched the drapes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/14 "2002-08-23T03:47:13Z")
Will your building allow you to put a ball-and-chain door locky thing (it’s been a LONG day), Rich? Where you can open the door a little bit? That way, you can lock it when you want to shower, and no matter who the hell has your key, they can’t get into your apartment unless they REALLY REALLY want to. Might be a pain if Mr. Richlaim wants to get into the apartment and you’re in the shower or something, but they’re certainly worth the $10. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/15 "2002-08-23T05:08:27Z")
**elephant shoes** : It was, indeed, freaky! As I said, I believe the repair guy’s been censured for doing that. I would have been upset under any circumstances, but it was the ‘naked’ part that galvinized me: I’m not safe being starkers even in my own apartment?! **samclem** , your link doesn’t work! **Swiddles** , I was just discussing that with Mr. Rilch. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/16 "2002-08-23T05:19:04Z")
\*\* Rilchiam\*\* correct me if I am wrong - but wasn’t it you who posted not too long ago about a guy attempting to get into your apartment by pretending to be a repairman of some kind? Or was that someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Crispy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Crispy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crispy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/17 "2002-08-23T05:31:06Z")
Geez, I’m glad you were able to find out the guy was legit. At least know you know it wasn’t some maniac sneaking around to look at the nekkid ladies. That would make me a little less freaked if it had happened to me. I’ve had the bug exterminator see my ex-girlfriend and me (female) in a, um, compromising situation. :⭕ Who knew he’d walk around to the back yard? How were we supposed to know to shut the blinds on the sliding door? Yep, not just a window’s worth of view. The whole frickin’ wall is glass. :eek: He was more than a little surprised and embarrassed. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/18 "2002-08-23T05:57:48Z")
It’s really, “wacka chicka wacka chicka wah wah” TheLadyLion told me today she was just out of the shower in her townhouse and went to check her email in the front, upstairs bedroom. She usually does this nekkid and it’s no problem. As soon as she sat down she heard a thump and saw a ladder outside the window. Panic time. She kept her virtue intact from the guy washing the shutters but got a good adrenaline rush. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/19 "2002-08-23T06:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > \*\*\*\* Rilchiam_\* correct me if I am wrong - but wasn’t it you who posted not too long ago about a guy attempting to get into your apartment by pretending to be a repairman of some kind? Or was that someone else? \*\* Yes, that was me. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137/20 "2002-08-23T08:07:02Z")
Well, I guess that repair guy just realized that “Operation TI **P** S” is a misspelling… 😃 But seriously, it’s good you guys got the whole thing resolved and that it was just an everyday :wally, not a _total_ wacko. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-a-repair-guy-saw-me-naked/125137.md?page=2)