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Doesn’t anybody lock their doors in Salem. People have no problem just walking into someone elses house.
Our doors are locked even when we’re home and only unlocked if I’m going out to check the mail but gets locked again as soon as I’m back inside.
It really bugged me yesterday when Kate knocked on Maggie’s back door then just opened it up and walked in. It’s not like her an Maggie are friends where it might be acceptable. How many times has someone walked into the DiMera mansion when they weren’t there. I know they have servents round the clock but still, they leave every door unlocked. Same with Victor’s.
I do remember Carly broke a window or something at Bo’s when she first came to town and Daniel gave Melanie a key to his place and asked for Chloe’s back but that’s the only time keys were used.
it desnt really bother me that much, what bothers me more is when they have sex right there in the main room of the house. and yeah people barging in where they dont belong bothers me too, like Kate definetly.
My parents keep their house unlocked, they keep the front door locked, but the back door is never locked, they can still get away with it becuase of our neighbor hood. they are out in the country. now we on the other hand keep our house locked all the time and even have a security system, the town we live in has alot of crime. not too long ago a house down the street was broken into. and even the nun at the catholic church her house was broken into and the thief got $50 from her. i found out that she had her trial and the guy got put away on 6 counts of aggrevated robbery, and went away for 15 years.
My house is always locked too. And personally, I would not appreciate someone just walking into my home, even if I were here. That would scare the bejeezus out of me.
does not mean you are safe enough to leave doors unlocked. I’ve lived in the very rural area all my life and still do and the crime rate in those areas has skyrocketed! I lock my doors even if I’m out mowing the lawn! I also have my cell phone in my pocket at all times no matter where I am on our farm…in the yard or in the field. It only takes a second for something unexpected to happen…I know because it has happened to us. Please be safe, everyone!
Oh I know there’s still crime in rural areas. my neighbor saw a strange man walking down the road. who knows where he came from. it’s very rare that there’s no one home either, my dad doesnt like to go anywhere. he cant walk very well , he’d just rather stay home.
my doors (other than the front one) are always unlocked. I figure if they are going to get in, I’d rather they open the door than break it. (Of course they’d have to face two barking dogs.) My back yard is completely walled in and if they are going to steal anything, they’d have to hoist it up over the wall. There is no gate to the front and the only other way out is through the garage.
I do the same thing with my car. I never lock it. Because I have a convertible and I’d much rather they open the door and get in than to cut the top. But…I NEVER leave anything inside the car…NEVER, so there’s really no reason to break in except to steal it and, again, I’d rather they open the door to steal it than to cut the top or break a window.
When I lived in Chicago I inherited the house from my parents. My parent’s bedroom was a room addition with a steel door leading outside. My mom had a clothes rack hanging off the door and the weight of the clothes pulled the door down some until it wouldn’t latch so it wouldn’t lock. There was a window right next to the door and a deck just outside so the window wasn’t that high up from the deck. I would just push an ottoman in front of the door to keep it from blowing open and I felt secure. A cousin was always worried that someone would break in. My feeling, It’s a steel door with a window next to it. The screen door was locked and if someone wanted to break in would they try to break into the screen door then a steel door or would they go through the window. I guessed the window so why be bothered about an unlocked STEEL door. That alone would be a deterrent.
When I was in high school, many moons ago, I didn’t care one way or the other. However, a criminal was being transferred from the county jail, to a bonafide detention center and managed to escape from the vehicle by grabbing the deputy’s gun and overcoming the deputy. The criminal then proceeded to run through the neighborhood trying to find an unlocked door so he could hide. He came to the home of classmate, walked right in, raped her, then made her drive him out of town so he could escape. He was caught, but the reality of what he did and how easy it was for him to get in, really made me cautious. I don’t care what a person wants to steal–they’re just objects, but doing physical harm to myself or my children would be a trauma I just don’t think I could live with, especially knowing that it could have been prevented by just locking the door.
I always keep the outside (screen/storm) door locked. When I lived in Chicago there was a guy who would go around trying to get people to hire him to do yard work. The guy would get real close when talking ot you and just gave me the creeps. One day the doorbell rang and when I opened the door he was standing in my face inside the screen door.
Now we have 3 small dogs and one of them would try to sneak out any open door after we adopted her. When we were renting our landlord came to the door and when we opened it he was between the screen and main door (husband never locks the door as I want him to). Of course Ellie ran out and when the landlord tried to stop her with his foot she bit him on the ankle. Then when he reached down to grab her she nipped his hand. She’s the most gentlest dog in the world but something got in to her that day. Think she felt threatened by a stranger. I’ve been afraid of something like that happening again so I now MAKE my husband lock the outside door.
You’d be amazed how many people leave doors unlocked.
In my business, we are in and out of peoples’ houses all the time. For some, they are home. For others, they are out and either we have a key (and alarm code) – or the door is unlocked unless they are out of town, and surprisingly many people still leave a key under the mat. The amount of unlocked doors and keys in obvious places (with or without an alarm) amazes me. And I’m in the Atlanta area (the suburbs, but still…) Not exactly Smalltown, USA where nothing bad ever happens.
Jenn
I remember visiting friends in George, Iowa several years ago. The town has 14 churches but not one catholic, 1 dentist for several towns and a doc that comes around once a week or month. Their main street is 2 blocks long, starts at a corn field and ends in my friend’s driveway. There’s a small grocery on the main street and it’s not unusual to go there and find cars parked with the keys inside, windows down and purse or wallet on the seat. I’ve even seen cars left running while people were inside shopping. That’s a bit too trusting for me.
time, and place…even a different world than most of us live. Have an alarm system, big dogs and a few other something-somethings in the house, three cops who live on the block with their crusiers parked in the driveways – all the time (different shifts). Here our motto’s are (and have to be): "Forget the dogs, beware the owner" and my personal favorite – "We don’t dial 9-11".
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