Answering a knock at the door

euronorris

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Of course not, if you never answer the door!

We have very few friends here, most of whom either don't know our address or live at opposite ends of the country. They don't drop by unannounced. Even if they got caught short, they'd call first.

And all of our UK friends and family members only come over if they've pre-agreed a weekend visit (or similar) with us.

As for anyone else....well sorry, but I ain't traipsing down 2 flights of stairs and unlocking 2 doors (1 ours, and 1 shared) just to find out it's a salesperson.

Luckily, as we both work full time, we mostly miss them. And we have a sticker thing on our door that says no salescalls & no junk mail (though it's sometimes ignored).

If anyone really needs to speak to us, they can put a note through the door. One of our neighbours did that once, as we had left the extractor fan on one day last summer (in the vain hope of trying to get rid of some of the hot air in the apartment) and it was causing a lot of noise in her apartment. We saw the note the same day, switched it off, and then got another note to say thank you. The note was just as effective!

System

Excuse me, I'm from Camelot. I'm calling about your winning lottery ticket ....

zaxdog

euronorris wrote: »

I'm wondering where you live in order to do all of those things!

A car left unlocked, with the keys in, in any of the areas I've ever lived in (and they aren't that high crime areas) would be stolen within a week.

Do you live in a remote location? Countryside perhaps?

We live on an island with a population of around 180 folk :rotfl:

Then again even when we lived on Lewis we rarely locked the door. Of course when we lived in the city we were more security minded

Torry_Quine

looby75 wrote: »

why on earth would I need to lock the door when I'm awake and in the house?

For security as others have said. I wouldn't feel comfortable with the door unlocked.

euronorris

zaxdog wrote: »

We live on an island with a population of around 180 folk :rotfl:

Then again even when we lived on Lewis we rarely locked the door. Of course when we lived in the city we were more security minded

Well that explains it then! Of course you can be more free!

I'm in a city though, and after more than 3 years of quietness, in the last 2 weeks we've had a car fire and a car crash right outside our door!

We also had a neighbour opening our Birthday and Christmas cards and stealing the money from inside them (thankfully he's moved on, but just goes to show that you can't trust everyone)! The doors are staying locked!

euronorris

Clifford_Pope wrote: »

Excuse me, I'm from Camelot. I'm calling about your winning lottery ticket ....

I do it online, they'd call me on the phone (the Dutch one that is, not the UK one).

Not that I'd ever miss it. I check the same day it's drawn! :rotfl:

MrsE_2

looby75 wrote: »

why on earth would I need to lock the door when I'm awake and in the house?

I don't lock my front door with a key or deadlock when I'm in the house, but the type of lock it is, is one you need a key to open from the outside.

Front doors with locks you need a key to lock rather than an automatic lock & then a key or flick of a switch are rare in the south east (AFAIK), but most houses in rural Ireland have that type of front door lock.

I would feel very unsafe if anyone could just walk into my house, even though I live in a nice quiet area now, I grew up in inner city south London:eek:

thegirlintheattic

I live in the countryside but still lock my door (PVC so you have to lock with a key). It's just common sense.

Faith177

Wow my patio doors are open pretty much 20/7 for the dogs to be able to get to the back garden.

I don't have an alarm, don't lock my front door it's just a yale lock.

I live not far from London and there has never (touch wood) been a burglery in my close.

This must mean ever me & my neighbours have nothing to steal or the robbers in our area have been lazy for the last 29 years lol

MrsE_2

Faith177 wrote: »

Wow my patio doors are open pretty much 20/7 for the dogs to be able to get to the back garden.

I don't have an alarm, don't lock my front door it's just a yale lock.

I live not far from London and there has never (touch wood) been a burglery in my close.

This must mean ever me & my neighbours have nothing to steal or the robbers in our area have been lazy for the last 29 years lol

A Yale is the type that locks as you close it though isn't it?
You need a key to open from the outside, but just turn a knob to open from the inside?

I have my french doors open a lot in the warm weather, but my garden is enclosed, so it feels ok.