Comments on: Some People Don’t Lock Their Doors

By: AAB

AAB — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:11:10 +0000

Uh, that's a shame. It's a simple device that would probably cut down on a lot of opportunist thievery. It reminds me of a scene from Full Metal Jacket when the Gunnery Sergeant finds Private Pile's foot locker unlocked:

Hartman: Jesus H. Christ! Private Pyle, why is your foot locker unlocked? Pyle: Sir, I don't know, sir! Hartman: Private Pyle, if there is one thing in this world that I hate, it is an unlocked foot locker! You know that, don't you? Pyle: Sir, yes, sir! Hartman: If it wasn't for dickheads like you, there wouldn't be any thievery in this world,would there? Pyle: Sir, no, sir!

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:53:20 +0000

We call that a deadbolt, and they're quite common here — but plenty of people can't be bothered, it would appear.

By: AAB

AAB — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:51:34 +0000

I guess that nightlatches aren't a standard fitting on exterior doors in the USA. They are pretty commonplace here in the UK.

By: Scipio Americanus

Scipio Americanus — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:59:39 +0000

I went to college in a pretty bad city, and one night the cops chased a violent offender into the backyard of the house my roommates and I were renting at the time. I heard the cop yell “stop or I’ll blow your f**king head off!” from just outside my open window, just seconds after I’d heard running footsteps.

The next night one of those roommates left the door not just unlocked but wide open after taking the garbage out. Suffice to say the rest of us were displeased.

By: RL

RL — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:49:10 +0000

It irritates me to no end when I come home late at night from work, my wife and small children already asleep in bed, to find the front door unlocked.