The owner was charged 5 dollars for the opening fee after 2 o'clock in the morning...

It's crazy if you have to pay to return to your own home. Did you get a receipt?

Gated communities have weird rules. You have the well off living in mini fortresses protected from the proletariat. Not exactly a recipe for a successful society.

If you are living in a gated community with a security guard, then something tells me you can afford the $5 to get back in. Maybe the fee is to discourage you from driving through the neighborhood at a late hour and disturbing all your neighbors when your lights hit their houses as you make turns. You know, that can be just oh so bothersome.

I was thinking that this is cheap -- I guess I was assuming that the security guard had to be called in to open up for you.

Like someone else said here - if you live in a gated community I cannot imagine that 5 dollars is that much for you - also don't you know the rules? If not then shame on you for not reading them - and seeing they seem to have some fines - you better go back and read them all thoroughly or else you might be paying for having some other infraction.

The owner is not me. This was just a event about my friend... I guess there was no the receipt ...

Yes, maybe you are right... The security of my home is worth the price...

I'm not so sure. You pay someone for security and then have to pay them to do their jobs.

I was wondering if the guard kept the money.

Guy didn't get a receipt so we'll never know.

What dog awful thirteenth world country are you living in? And how did you miss that the security guard was asking for an obviously illegal bribe?

If you/whoever were going to a party / event, there's a decent chance that $5 was the correct admission price.