I work in a group home overnight. It's mostly paperwork and cleaning. It was barely 1am and there was a knock at the front door. It was a random person I've never seen before. I spoke to the woman over the camera and she was asking for help and could she come in. I said sorry, I can't do that. She said she wasn't safe outside and I said I can call 911 for you but I can't let you in. She said she needed water and I said you realize it's 1am and this is a group home? She asked me again for water and I said no, sorry, the door is locked for a reason. There's a 7/11 two minutes up the street.

Then she started going off about how I'm denying her a basic human right and all this and I'm like... What the heck. I called the police and the story she gave them was that she's a supervisor for the company and I just failed my human rights test because I refused to give her water.

The officer is doing a check into her background but seriously ... It was 1am. I work alone. My people are all disabled in some way so quite vulnerable. I have such a bad vibe but would a company really send out someone to do that, or did I just avoid getting robbed or worse?

Edit: I got off work at 6 and my oncoming said she'd follow-up with the company today. She said she's never heard of this ever happening before. She said it sounds super suspicious to her. The police never got back to me and even though I emailed the company, they don't always respond right away.

Edit: I just got a message from my supervisor and she said she'd follow-up with the police and the head of the company. She said that if the company ever did something like that, it would be to ensure we aren't letting unauthorized people into the home. She said as far as she knows, no one would ever expect an employee to give an outsider water and it's so unsafe to do that in the middle of the night. She said this sounds very suspicious to her and that I 100% did the right thing by not opening the door. She said that asking a group home for water, especially in the middle of the night, is so unreasonable especially since we're a two minute walk to 7/11 that's open 24/7. Police have still not gotten back to anyone.

Edit: THE POLICE GOT IN TOUCH WITH MY COMPANY! This woman had no ID, nothing to say she was doing a human rights test. My company told me they don't do tests like this and would never put an employee in danger. Other than giving this lady a warning, there's nothing else the police can do. They couldn't give us any other details but really ... If it's past midnight and you're trying to get into a place that's locked, you are probably up to no good!