Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Door Locks
This has come up before - a lot. A big question came up when I was watching Desperate Housewives a couple weeks ago. On that show people are constantly knocking on doors, getting no answer, then entering the house to find one nasty incident or another. Cop shows are also good for that. A knock, and the door swings open, and the cop goes in and sees whatever.
Today on the news I heard there's some guy wandering around near here entering into homes and ripping stuff off. There was no mention of breaking in by the way. One guy they interviewed said people were starting to think about - starting, mind you, to lock their doors.
Our office building is locked and each employee has a key card to open the door. I'm one of the strange ones who won't let in people I don't know who "left" their card home. It's not much of an inconvenience to them, since they probably won't have to wait more than a couple of minutes before someone will let them in. Regardless of that, they never fail to give me a dirty look - as if I'm the reason they forgot their key card. Oh, did I forget to mention the guy a few months ago they had to call a police escort for after he was fired? He was being quite vocal and profane in making his displeasure known. And since he was built like a Green Bay Packer linebacker, I made it a point to stay far away from him.
I think those oft yearned for days of not having to lock your doors are in most cases a fantasy. I grew up on a farm almost 50 years ago far away from major cities and more than once we had to call the police because of intruders. Today, I'm sorry to say, there's no excuse for leaving doors unlocked. People are just plain more ornery now and care about as much for others as they do an ant on the sidewalk.
(p.s. this is an old post that was saved and never posted)
