The lobby door started making a long, sharp squeal every time someone came in from the street.
At first everyone laughed because it sounded ridiculous.
Then it started waking up the front half of the building at night.
People tried easing the door shut by hand, but that only changed the pitch.
A weekend storm finally made it scream loud enough that three apartments opened their doors at once.
Maintenance came the next afternoon and said the closer was leaking fluid.
He replaced it, adjusted the swing, and the lobby went back to sounding like a lobby.
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