UPS package traps man in his own apartment

Hey @UPS, your driver left this package under our door knob like this and trapped us in our apartment. Had to call maintenance to get out. pic.twitter.com/L5yNpafhCT — Jessie Lawrence (@hitstreak) September 3, 2017

A Bay Area resident was expecting a delivery from Amazon over the holiday weekend. What he wasn't expecting was that the UPS worker would inadvertently trap him inside his own home.

Jessie Lawrence, whose Twitter bio says he handles social media for @twitchesports, tweeted Sunday that a parcel dropped off at his apartment was wedged under the door handle so it couldn't move. The handle has to be turned downward to open the door.

Looks like you got...(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)...boxed in. — Jason Maestas (@jasonmaestas) September 4, 2017

People get really angry about doors. pic.twitter.com/3gZTM7JbSX — Jessie Lawrence (@hitstreak) September 5, 2017

the way the door jamb looks in this photo, the door opens inward and away from the delivered box and foreground in the photo — Small Biz IT (@SBizITdotCOM) September 4, 2017

But the door can not go inwards until after the knob is pushed down, which the box made impossible. Next. — Joe (@burnt_notes_) September 4, 2017

As Lawrence's apartment is on the fifth floor, escaping out the window was not an option. He said he had to call building maintenance to get out.

"Sure, it's inconvenient for us to call someone to get us out but if it were an emergency, we would have been screwed," Lawrence later tweeted.

After he was freed from his apartment, Lawrence re-created the scene and posted a photo supposedly showing how the box was positioned.

Photo: Twitter UPS' response to the door-wedging incident.

Some people on Twitter debated whether the door could have been opened even with the package stuck under the handle because the door opens inward.

UPS customer support apologized for the incident in a tweet that appeared to be missing a word or two.