The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for April 23, 2010

Mr Doty,

I agree. I have always found it odd when people are portrayed entering other people’s homes without an invitation. It seems to me to be rude for someone to just walk in without so much as knocking on the door.

I see nothing indicating an apartment. Perhaps they’re in the lounge, and lounges often have computers.

Some retirement communities, and most Assisted Livings, have unlocked doors. Where my mom lives, the majority of the doors are unlocked (although the building has key cards), but after people have become familiar neighbors it’s a lot more convenient for everyone if they just walk in after knocking. I’ve never heard of a kleptomania problem there, such as one might even possibly have in the proverbial American small town where no one locks their doors. In an Assisted Living, the staff has to be able to walk into the apartments because often the residents aren’t sure what the doorbell is, or how to answer it, or whether it’s important to answer it, or it’s too difficult to answer it.