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# There’s supposed to be a door there.
- URL: https://www.projectevan.com/theres-supposed-to-be-a-door-there/
- Published: 2026-05-19T14:36:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-19T14:36:10.000Z
- Author: Evan Mercer
- Tags: maintenance man, office, portents, story

![Maintenance man pointing to a taped door outline on a blank office corridor wall beside an old floor plan.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/05/tue_missing_door.jpg)

That’s what he said, anyway.

According to the diagram, there’s supposed to be a door there. I asked him how he explained the discrepancy.

He shrugged and said, “They come and they go.”

Then he walked off.

Okay.