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Do you lock your doors when you’re at home and inside?
- Thread starter Lightning Count
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As I've posted in this thread before, it takes two seconds to work the mechanism to lock/unlock the door. It's really not all that much of a pain compared to being safe.
The only time my door isn't locked is when I'm going in and out for whatever reason (like checking the mail) or when there's a billion people over. Other than that, doors are locked regardless of the time of day and regardless of the fact that I'm in a gated HOA.
the friday before mlk day someone straight up walked into my house as my wife was bringing stuff in from the car after running errands. without getting into the situation (unless someone was interested), it ended just fine. but some crazy shit was racing through my head in those few seconds.
people that don't lock their doors when it takes 0.001% effort, i will never understand you.
people that don't lock their doors when it takes 0.001% effort, i will never understand you.
Yup. Too many people coming and going throughout the day and to be honest 99.99% of the time i don't even think about locking it until we get ready to lockdown the house for the night.
Of course I lock it. Why would I keep it unlocked? Now, I live in a pretty safe area in a pretty safe country and worst case scenario with having unlocked door would probably be some drunk young tenant mistakenly walk into wrong apartment, as mostly being teens living here and some hot single women. Still keeping my door unlocked.
For our German and adjacent friends doors in the US, and based on some posts in this thread in the UK, have handles on both the inside and the outside and are either in a locked or unlocked state. When the door is unlocked it can be open from the outside without the use of a key. Most doors will also have a deadbolt, which I'm assuming is what you mean by more locked.
My doors are locked 100% of the time unless I'm quickly going in and out for something like to have a cigarette or to bring in groceries.
My doors are locked 100% of the time unless I'm quickly going in and out for something like to have a cigarette or to bring in groceries.
I had fights with both of my college roommates because of this. They were utterly baffled by the concept of locking the door when they left the room and why I might be mad about it being left unlocked. It's a very simple concept with really no downside (I can see an issue of, in a college dorm, maybe not wanting to bring your keys to the shower, but that's about it).
The man, along with 22-year-old Ryan Mason, was convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of the Oshawa grandmother in her King Street seniors apartment. The two had broken into Mrs. Ustupski's apartment in May 2004 to rob her, but the incident ended in murder when the frail woman awoke to find the intruders in her home. Her body was discovered by a neighbour that afternoon -- Mother's Day. She had been stabbed several times, the lethal wound a cut to her throat that severed her jugular vein.
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I used to work with this piece of work, Ryan. He got drunk and was high on E and whatever else he could get his hands on. Him and his buddy were out of money so they had heard of this lady whom kept her apartment door unlocked. People would go and steal from her. They knew the building and floor she lived on but not the apartment number. So they went to the fifth floor and began checking doors. The first one they found unlocked they did this to her. Left her to bleed out and threw a blanket over her face.
So ya, since this incident I always keep the door locked.
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I used to work with this piece of work, Ryan. He got drunk and was high on E and whatever else he could get his hands on. Him and his buddy were out of money so they had heard of this lady whom kept her apartment door unlocked. People would go and steal from her. They knew the building and floor she lived on but not the apartment number. So they went to the fifth floor and began checking doors. The first one they found unlocked they did this to her. Left her to bleed out and threw a blanket over her face.
So ya, since this incident I always keep the door locked.
I mean, Era is kind of harmless. The same thread in the old place would end in pictures of gun arsenals and the goal to kill everyone who just looks at someone's door.
Yeah that's what I thought. The whole concept of doors is different. I thought about extra locking the door with the deadbolt.
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You can't access our floor without fob access and we know all our neighbors.
We'll lock the door at night, but don't have any concerns during the day.
We'll lock the door at night, but don't have any concerns during the day.
Of course I lock my door. It takes 2 seconds to turn the knob on the inside to lock, why wouldn't I do that for the extra security?
Someone mentioned insurance, at least here in Sweden you will get a reduction in your insurance if someone breaks in and steals with the door unlocked. Somewhere 25-50% less in return if I remember correctly. That is reason enough to look the door, even though the chance of a break-in is very small.
Someone mentioned insurance, at least here in Sweden you will get a reduction in your insurance if someone breaks in and steals with the door unlocked. Somewhere 25-50% less in return if I remember correctly. That is reason enough to look the door, even though the chance of a break-in is very small.
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This is basically just how front doors work in the UK by default, unless you mean do I double lock when indoors, which in that case no.
(In the UK, front doors can only be opened without a key from the inside. If your door is shut, nobody can just walk in)
(In the UK, front doors can only be opened without a key from the inside. If your door is shut, nobody can just walk in)
Always.
Can't help myself, going through my front door is always ending with me locking it afterwards. That's a muscle memory at this point, i don't even think about it anymore (yes, i even lock the door when i'm just out checking my mailbox).
And since my cats can open doors, it's better that way.
Can't help myself, going through my front door is always ending with me locking it afterwards. That's a muscle memory at this point, i don't even think about it anymore (yes, i even lock the door when i'm just out checking my mailbox).
And since my cats can open doors, it's better that way.
No because I don't live in a place where crime is an issue, I also don't have family or friends who live that close by, I also don't have family or friends who would just walk into my house uninvited or without knocking or ringing the bell and waiting to be let in. I lock my door at night purely because my dogs go downstairs sometimes at night and one may jump up and pull the handle down and get out.
At my old house on two separate occasions I left my door keys in the door after unlocking it when arriving home super late and being too tired and distracted to realise, both times I've had a neighbour walk past my door the next day and just knock and when I came down mention that my keys were in the door still.
At my old house on two separate occasions I left my door keys in the door after unlocking it when arriving home super late and being too tired and distracted to realise, both times I've had a neighbour walk past my door the next day and just knock and when I came down mention that my keys were in the door still.
I do, makes me feel safe even if I know nothing will ever happen. I have nothing to lose.
And no, I'm not in the US or a remotely dangerous city, far from it.
And no, I'm not in the US or a remotely dangerous city, far from it.
Not true at all for the whole UK. My house, my mums, my entire family all have doors that can be opened from the outside if you don't manually lock it yourself when inside. It isn't uncommon for my mum to just leave hers unlocked so people can walk in if they arrive there to see her.
Always unlocked, except at night, if we remember.. but that is the difference between living in a quiet, and very safe rural location in SW England, rather than large town or city. When we lived in town the front door was locked by default as it was a Yale type, needing a key from outside, but, even there I wouldn't have felt particularly worried leaving it open, and we sometimes did have it wide open in hot weather. It just depends where you are, and appreciate the risk would be too great in some locations.
Same goes for France. Most doors here are "normal". I'd say it's mostly city center doors that can't be opened without the key from the exterior. And even then, the only of the sort i've ever seen have been in Paris.
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That's not true at all, every place I have ever lived once the door is unlocked it can be opened and closed infinitely.
I'm in Scotland, have also llived in England for 10 years, mix of houses and flats over the years.
I wasn't, then a guy that was working 6 floors under my appartment entered my home "by mistake", let's say I didn't take it well.
That´s excactly why most people wouldn´t call these types of doors locked when they´re just closed.
omg lol I shit you not after my first and only post in this thread about 10 hours later some random guy tried opening my front door. door unlockers can fuck themselves. score one for the smart peeps.
I live in one of the safest countries in the world in a building that requires a fob to access. I lock my doors at all times. I dont really see why you wouldnt. I often come home to my front door being unlocked however as my wife often doesnt lock it but that is usually just forgetfulness rather than a policy.
My father in law lives out in the bare countryside where the only homes near him are owned by elderly people and folk he has known all his life. He leaves the doors unlocked when he is at home, not when he is out though. As some of these local people come and go and people in the house are often coming and going too, I can kind of see it. Beyond that example, I would never dream of it and if I was him I would lock it even in that situation.
My father in law lives out in the bare countryside where the only homes near him are owned by elderly people and folk he has known all his life. He leaves the doors unlocked when he is at home, not when he is out though. As some of these local people come and go and people in the house are often coming and going too, I can kind of see it. Beyond that example, I would never dream of it and if I was him I would lock it even in that situation.
Well that's interesting. I've lived in multiple places in the south of England and the Midlands, and that's how it has worked in all of them
I live in a city where I know a few friends who got robbed while they where inside the house. So yeah, it's locked.
No, I don't lock my door when I'm inside, only when I'm out. Weird how that isn't a poll option.
I mostly forget about it and lock it before bed.
Reminder that home invasion as shown in movies basically never happens.
Reminder that home invasion as shown in movies basically never happens.
Plenty of true crime cases of random killers just walking around looking for unlocked doors. Makes me nope and lock everything down.
