A preventable home invasion

[Abraham]

texanjoker,

It took me years to convince my wife not to instantaneously open the door when knocked upon.

Her argument: Suppose someone is having an emergency? (a noble, but naive presumption) We owe them to respond she said...

My counter: We're not here to save the world and the person on the other side of the door may be up to no good. Use the peephole, assess...if you don't know them - let them keep knocking until they go away.

Eventually, she quit automatically opening the door. Most of the time these pests: Were selling something, wanted to introduce us to Jesus, (or so they said), surveyors of some commercial something or other. You know, pests, who easily could've be home invaders...

Now, if I could just get her to automatically lock the door after coming in. I've got her up to 85% of the time. Working on a 100%

Sigh...

On the plus side, we no longer live the suburbs. Now we're out in the country with two big metal gates in front - about 150' from the gates to the front door. In the years (7 or 8) we've lived here only one stranger has knocked on our door.

He went away rather promptly...

[Robert*PPS]

i just checked moats are aginst HOA rules

Fortunately, some of us don't live in HOA infested waters.... Just sayin'

Amen!!!!

[texanjoker]

texanjoker,

It took me years to convince my wife not to instantaneously open the door when knocked upon.

Her argument: Suppose someone is having an emergency? (a noble, but naive presumption) We owe them to respond she said...

My counter: We're not here to save the world and the person on the other side of the door may be up to no good. Use the peephole, assess...if you don't know them - let them keep knocking until they go away.

Eventually, she quit automatically opening the door. Most of the time these pests: Were selling something, wanted to introduce us to Jesus, (or so they said), surveyors of some commercial something or other. You know, pests, who easily could've be home invaders...

Now, if I could just get her to automatically lock the door after coming in. I've got her up to 85% of the time. Working on a 100%

Sigh...

On the plus side, we no longer live the suburbs. Now we're out in the country with two big metal gates in front - about 150' from the gates to the front door. In the years (7 or 8) we've lived here only one stranger has knocked on our door.

He went away rather promptly...

That is the house I want when we move... next year or 2..with my dogs roaming the full perimeter. The wife is pretty good as she had somebody try to get in when I was at work 2 years ago during the daytime. She was smart and didn't open the door...it is more the kids..locking the door is a pain in the rear with them. With 2 teens and a soon to be teen we have a lot of traffic at our door.


These alarm solicitors get on my hide...One confronted the wife outside about alarms then demanded to speak to me when she told him no. She said I wasn't home although I was inside and could hear it. This idiot came back 2 days later and gave my 18 year old daughter a hard time. He kept demanding me when she said I wouldn't speak to him and that I was telling him to leave.. When he finally left he told her "tell you dad I'll be back later." Now this idiot clearly could hear me in the house saying I wasn't going to speak to him from upstairs and a few other choice words about his lack of comprehension skills about getting off my property. I guess he got the clue as he didn't return...had he returned he was going to be detained for the sheriff as he had been warned twice to not return to my property.. you can be sure my k9 knows how to detain somebody.... We could have done that the easy way or the hard way

[VMI77]

texanjoker,

It took me years to convince my wife not to instantaneously open the door when knocked upon.

Her argument: Suppose someone is having an emergency? (a noble, but naive presumption) We owe them to respond she said...

My counter: We're not here to save the world and the person on the other side of the door may be up to no good. Use the peephole, assess...if you don't know them - let them keep knocking until they go away.

Eventually, she quit automatically opening the door. Most of the time these pests: Were selling something, wanted to introduce us to Jesus, (or so they said), surveyors of some commercial something or other. You know, pests, who easily could've be home invaders...

Now, if I could just get her to automatically lock the door after coming in. I've got her up to 85% of the time. Working on a 100%

Sigh...


On the plus side, we no longer live the suburbs. Now we're out in the country with two big metal gates in front - about 150' from the gates to the front door. In the years (7 or 8) we've lived here only one stranger has knocked on our door.

He went away rather promptly...

I don't like to use a peephole. I don't expect any visitors because like you we're way out in the country inside of two gates, but if there is a knock on the door I'll be looking at them on video, and won't be anywhere near the door.