Thanks, UPS!

I'm 99% sure this is fake or that it wasn't UPS who delivered the package. I can see virtually the whole box in this image and it's clear that the package is in pretty decent condition and not covered in mystery stains.

They said UPS, not FedEx.
That, and it's in the side of the door with the deadbolt knob, aka, the inside.
Not to mention its clearly an Amazon package
- UPS handles most of Amazon's deliveries.
- That means nothing. Amazon packages are delivered by any and all couriers.

Most levers you can lift up to pull the latch. Especially passage levers like that one.

I think most of these pictures are made up for internet points. This is a pull door. Amazon boxes don't have incredible structural integrity.
- It's not about stopping the door from swinging, it's about stopping the handle from turning.
  
  That being said, they could probably have just turned the handle up instead of down.
  
  Of course I know people who would absolutely just try pushing down a couple times, give up, and call maintenance.
To be fair, the lever handles on my apartment door do not lift up and both handles turn at the same time. For whatever reason :/ so there is reasonable chance this post is real.
- How old is your building, and does your handle lock? I would look at getting that replaced, regardless of your awnsers.
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Not all. The safety doors for roof access at our building only work in one direction, up. I've been told you can set any of them up to only work in one direction. Just like some can not be unlocked and require to key to open every time. Same doorknob different setup. But I agree that picture is from the inside.
- The outside of those kind of doors pretty much universally, operate from the outside with a key. There may be some edge cases I'm not thinking about but they wouldn't apply to a living space.

Even if you can't lift the handle up , the door can probably be shimmed from the inside - especially if the latch plate is improperly sized.

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A door lever where both sides are fixed together

Some locks are that way.

seems like a huge safety hazard.

Agreed.

        Me: Heh, that's pretty funny  
Others ITT: *detailed analysis of door handle traps and mechanisms*

Where did you buy the fuckin handle? Temu? I challenge you to find a handle from a major legitimate brand that works this way. Smells like a plea for Internet points.

what? I've never seen a handle that doesnt...
What? Plenty of door handles turn on both sides. If the handle on one side is stuck, you can't turn the other handle too.
- They are not connected. Both sides can open the door but they're not connected straight through like some stick doorhandle from the fuckin Flintstones
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HAVE YOU NEVER USED A DOOR?

Deadbolt locking mechanism is in the picture. This looks like it was taken from the interior not exterior. Especially with the door being a push to open.

that's definitely the physical master at the bottom of a keypad. this is the outside of a door.
Looks like a reader or keypad above. Many of the electronic locks look like this, you can put the key in or electronically unlock and turn from the outside. My in-laws have a similar one, if you don't enter the code that part just spins.
- Yep, I had an extremely similar one on a previous apartment. Looks like you're right to me.
- This is how mine works. You have the deadbolt lever on both sides, and can spin the exterior one to lock after you scan your key fob. Mine doesn't have a master lock on it though; I got locked out once and they had a special electronics team dedicated to the system show up in like 15 mins and open the door through their computers
I think that's the keyway? I bet there's a number pad above. I have a deadbolt on my garage that looks very similar from the outside
Guessing they recreated the pic after they were released from their house arrest

Somebody hates their job.

Common sense here checking in: thats now how that works

Nobody asking the important question: if you were trapped inside, how did you take this photo? Schrödinger's package.

Here's how it went down:

Ups leaves package as shown in photo.

Open door, handle stuck

Call maintenance

Maintenance removes package, let's you out

Maintenance explains to you why you couldn't open the door

Maintenance leaves

Now, outside your apartment, you put the package into the position as maintenance explained it was

You take photo and post it on the internet

You remove the package and enter your apartment

Why do you have handles on the outside of the apartment? Weird design choice.

Huh? How else would you open the door?

Edit: although this photo is definitely the interior of a front door.
- With the key. You turn it in the lock to release the latch, then push it inwards.
- Exterior doors swing inward so firemen can break them more easily. This is a metal door that swings in; pictured from the outside. I assume this is a door to a dorm/apartment.
  
  In the second photo you can see the bottom dial for an electronic lock. That portion is the exterior piece. It free spins unless you press the correct combination prior.
- although this photo is definitely the interior of a front door.
  
  A front door which opens outside? Never seen that before tbh (Europe).
Welcome to the rest of the world that is outside of North America
- not in north America, never seen a door handle outside a house. people just use the key to open the door from the outside.
It’s a matter of safety. Their apartment has the only fire escape in the building.
It looks like a lot of people seem to think the handle is weird, but I've never seen a residential door with only a deadbolt. The only deadbolt only door I have seen was just a shed too.

you have door handles on the outside of your doors?

UPS won't even deliver to my apartment. They will my money though

Time to find a new lawyer

Mine works both ways. I assume this is some sort of Third World Country with poor safety regs and/or corruption.

assumption is the mother of all fuck ups

I can't think of a single door to any home, apartment, etc. that I've ever seen that opens out instead of in.

Gonna go ahead and say this is fake.

Door opens inwards, look at the frame. The box is not blocking the door from moving but blocking the handle from turning and opening the door. Dont know if it real but its possible.
You’re gonna need to think about what is preventing them from opening the door my friend.

You’re absolutely correct though, the door opens in so it isn’t just acting like a door stop.
restarted?
My… my door opens out.
- Me too. Because it was owned by a police officer previously. Door can't be kicked in. Bad for fire safety though.
It's fake, but that's not why. The package is blocking the door handle from turning, so it doesn't matter which way the door opens, trying to will jam the handle up on the package.

It's fake because this is the inside of the door, not the outside. Notice the lock for the deadbolt.
I was about to reply that the reason they were trapped was because the door handle was blocked by the package, not because it was holding the door shut.... but you're right, this photo was taken inside the dwelling.

(As also evidenced by the deadbolt mechanism another poster noted)