Privacy Please!

So I want to know your opinions on this. Tell me if I have an "attitude." Remember how we had a mutant ant problem? I told the manager about it when we moved in and she didn't seem to want to deal with it. I called again a couple of weeks later to say that we wanted it taken care of. I left a message. About a week later, I got a message from her saying that her phone hadn't been working. She was sorry that it had taken so long to get back to me, and I could stop by any time during office hours and they would come by to spray the ants. A couple days later when we had some time, we went to the office during office hours and asked them to come spray.

The girl working at the time didn't know anything about the situation, so we said we'd come by later. The next day, not too long after I had gotten up and still wasn't dressed (keep in mind I usually get up late since I work late at night), I heard a soft knock on the door. I wasn't in any position to answer the door so I ignored it. Another knock. I went to see who it was, and by the time I got there, the person was gone. Mission accomplished.

About 30 minutes later, (I still wasn't dressed... hehe) I was changing Brooklyn's diaper and I heard another soft knock at the door. Again, I had a very good excuse to not be able to answer. After another knock I went to see who it was and SOMEBODY STARTED COMING INTO MY HOUSE!!! Seriously! Whoever it was unlocked BOTH locks and was just about to open the door. I was so freaked out! I had the newly-changed baby in my arms and rushed to put my foot in front of the door before whoever it was could get in. I turned the deadbolt back into place just in time. The conversation between us went as follows:

Me: (frantically) Who is it?!
Strange man I do NOT know: Maintenance.
Me: Please do not enter my house without my permission! (I did say please.)
Stranger: You put in a work order for ants?
Me: Yeah, please call me next time, now is not a good time.
Stranger: Okay.

And then he left. I was so APPALLED!!! I felt so VIOLATED!! I burst into tears after he left. I know that sounds dramatic, but I am not used to people feeling like they can come into my home whenever they want to. What if I was in the shower? Going to the bathroom? Taking a nap? There are a NUMBER of reasons why I might not have answered the door but still been home. And of these reasons, so many of them would have made me feel even more violated had a stranger come into my home at that time. What made it worse is that I have explained to management before that I work late and wake up late and have requested that they call before they come by.

I was so upset after this experience, and part of it was because I didn't want management to think of me as "that girl." You know, the difficult tenant. The one that apparently doesn't think it's appropriate for you to go into her house if she chooses not to (or cannot) open the door. Sure enough, when Jason went to tell them that we were ready for them to spray the following day, the manager said that the maintenance guy had mentioned that I "had an attitude." An attitude?! Are you SERIOUS?! I was in shock!! Had I been in the shower and come out to find a strange man in my house, I think I would have maced him. Isn't that understandable?

The manager told us that if they have a work order in they can come in to get it done whenever they like. I looked it up and didn't find any legal evidence to the contrary. Doesn't it seem like they should at least give you some notice? If there had been a note on my door saying that they were coming by at noon the next day, and then I didn't answer the door at that time, I would certainly be okay with it if they came in anyway. I would have been expecting it. As it was, I didn't know we had a "work order" in! We didn't fill anything out. Does the fact that the complex has a mutant ant problem and we mention that we don't like cohabitating with steroid-using insects entitle them to invade our privacy in such a manner? Obviously, you all know my opinion on the matter. Am I wrong? If so, can you explain the other side to me so I can be a little more understanding perhaps? Thank you.