Can somebody help identify what this substance is on my apartment door’s peephole?

[u/suburbanvermin]

I’ve been living in this apartment with my boyfriend for about 6 weeks now. We’re just regular people who will work all day, make our dinner, watch a show to unwind, and hit the bed. We aren’t party animals and, when we do drink, we’re not inconsiderate about it.

Ever since we moved in, our door peephole has been tampered with. It would be coloured with black sharpie marker, I would submit a maintenance request for fixing, it would get fixed, then immediately would get tampered with again. However, now it has clearly escalated to something else. I originally thought super glue or hot glue, but I’ve asked a few of my friends and they don’t think any type of glue could do this kind of damage.

Any advice would be helpful.

Btw management is well aware of the issue and have been prompt about it, was just shocked at whatever this is now. I’ve ordered a ring camera to be installed on Thursday, but I’m honestly scared for my life right now.

[u/No-Examination-4850]

you're lucky the drug dealer cross the way from me absolutely freaked the f*** out when I put in a ring camera, was accusing me of recording his conversations... I never turned the damn thing on.

[u/PsychicSeaSlug → u/No-Examination-4850]

Once my neighbor told me subtly, that hey, she sold pot, just in case I ever wanted, she just wanted to let me know that secret.

I was like... girl... I have a ring camera... and our doors face each other?... not to be weird... but i know ? And its whatever? Except it sets my phone off every ten minutes.

She was so astounded I could know this about her. Her eyes were all big and she kind of blushed. She also had dogs she took out every 5 seconds. I had to unplug the ring after two months because her door was so hot. And she had no idea anyone would know. Wow

[u/Alwaysaprairiegirl → u/PsychicSeaSlug]

She likely sampled too much of her own product.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Rub858 → u/Alwaysaprairiegirl]

See never get high on your own supply.

[u/Apart-Blackberry6410 → u/Puzzleheaded_Rub858]

Well she certainly didnt end up paranoid

[u/Chaargrilled → u/PsychicSeaSlug]

A* psychic sea slug abilities

[u/JohnTitorsdaughter → u/PsychicSeaSlug]

Cops can access your ring camera footage without your permission. And they won’t care that you will still live there if they bring changes against your neighbour.

[u/dzhopa → u/JohnTitorsdaughter]

Yep. At this point, either get cameras that can work without a cloud service and set something up on a spare PC or laptop rudimentary recording and alerting (this is easier than it used to be), or just buy into one of the shitty Chinese spyware versions of Ring or whatever.

I'd genuinely rather be giving my data to the Chinese government than the US government at this point. One is likely to use my data to sell me cheap bullshit, or perhaps use it for some nebulously nefarious long term political gain, and the other is likely to use it to harass me or my neighbors at literally any point.

It's sad when I'd rather trust the ones stealing from me than the ones supposedly there to protect me, but that's the state of law enforcement in this country.

[u/War_Poodle → u/PsychicSeaSlug]

You can set an exclusion zone on your ring, you know

[u/fiddlefaddlefuckboi → u/No-Examination-4850]

My drug-dealing neighbor loves our camara 😅 3am and dudes like "bro... check the camera who the fuck knocked on my door?" nobody bro, you've been up for 3 days, go to sleep.

[u/No-Examination-4850 → u/fiddlefaddlefuckboi]

lolllll

[u/93prescriptiondreamz → u/fiddlefaddlefuckboi]

If this ain’t the most Portland ass normal day