# Plumbers breaking into my apartment - What are my rights?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbers-breaking-into-my-apartment-what-are-my-rights/277173>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbers-breaking-into-my-apartment-what-are-my-rights/277173 "2004-11-29T17:26:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbers-breaking-into-my-apartment-what-are-my-rights/277173/21 "2004-11-29T22:21:47Z")

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> [@spingears](#):
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> They had permission from the landlord and were on the job, not observing social niceties.

Yeah, but what if somebody was changing? They could knock and wait a damned minute.

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