Tik Tok Home Invasion challenge

[Hkindiana]

I love having keypad electronic locks. I never have to carry a house key or worry about getting locked out.

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They are the BEST. you can even program in extra codes for guests or house sitters, and easily delete them. PS, when your kids turn 18 you can delete their codes too

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I love having keypad electronic locks. I never have to carry a house key or worry about getting locked out.

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I’ve thought about getting one of these for our busiest entry. How do you handle the separate locks in the door knob and the dead bolt? I know my wife would want to keep both locked.

 

[planedriver]

If they are feeling froggy they should come out to the farm. They probably wouldn’t get out of the car. Assuming they tried the house thing…….. I have two German shepherds that wouldn’t understand tictok or whatever it’s called.

 

[BR8818]

Looks like a good way to get shot...oh, wait it's the UK I meant stabbed...oh wait uhhh...yelled at in a funny accent?

 

[MCgrease08]

I’ve thought about getting one of these for our busiest entry. How do you handle the separate locks in the door knob and the dead bolt? I know my wife would want to keep both locked.

You don't. They're dead bolt only. No need for a lock on the knob. Those don't add any strength or protection above and beyond the deadbolt anyway.

 

[actaeon277]

My parents only locked if they left.

I had to show them reports of break ins of occupied houses in the surrounding areas.
They lock up now.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Last summer, we had neighbor kids in our yard. My wife opened the door and told them she didn't mind, but please let her know when they're coming over. They said okay.

A few minutes later, their mom comes over and starts cussing and informing my wife that she better not talk to her kids again. My wife said fine, tell your kids to stay off my property, and, go ahead and get the **** off my property.

Big Reds neighborhood?

Sounds like he's married to Big Red's sister

 

[jamil]

Last summer, we had neighbor kids in our yard. My wife opened the door and told them she didn't mind, but please let her know when they're coming over. They said okay.

A few minutes later, their mom comes over and starts cussing and informing my wife that she better not talk to her kids again. My wife said fine, tell your kids to stay off my property, and, go ahead and get the **** off my property.

Some neighbors suck.

 

[manifest destiny]

When I was a kid, we just rang the bell and ran away. We didn't even need social media challenges to be stupid. Heck, sometimes we'd be stupid uphill both ways. But never did it cross our minds to walk in to a stranger's house.

 

[Ark]

I ask that every time I see a next door post about people walking into homes.

You gotta be an idiot to not keep the doors locked these days.

And yes, they are entitled. I’ve got a group of neighbor kids that hang out in my yard and drive. I’ve got a basketball goal and let them play with it. It’s a nice safe spot to hang where they aren’t in the road.

Several times they have rang my doorbell and asked for bottled water. Unfortunately we don’t buy bottles, and I don’t keep disposable cups so I have to tell them no. How about going home for a drink? Hell, one time it was the girl that lives across the street! Go home and get your own! It’s only an extra 25 steps to your front door, kid.

Those kids never experienced the sweet lead flavored goodness that is garden hose water?

 

[Leo]

I guess I am an idiot. I don't lock our doors unless we are leaving for some reason. I am not going to lock my door each and every time I walk out of my house and go to my shop or barn or work around our small farm. Heck, I don't even carry keys when out working. Keys hang in the yard/farm truck but you have to know where the battery disconnect is. Wife used to think I was paranoid because I have a gun in each room In a specific location I can reach easily. The other night she asked for a "special" place for one of her handguns from her chair in the living room. We also have a great dog at this time.

My now departed Father in law lived on what used to be his family farm. He was a good man. Even when he left to spend the winter in Florida, they locked the front door, but left the kitchen door unlocked in case "the widow to the west needed anything". He left the keys in his pickup "because the neighbor man to the east borrows it to pick up feed"

One year he came home and someone had kicked the back door open, causing a lot of damage, to steal a TV set and a few other things. There were rifles and a shotgun on an open rack in the hallway, they were not touched. The door was not even locked, and the lock was still unlocked hanging on what was left of the door. It cost more to have a carpenter fit a new door than to replace the the TV.

The days of universal trust in your community are gone.

 

[BigRed]

Sounds like he's married to Big Red's sister

Given punji pits, trip wires, dogs, and such, we encourage folks to not let their children onto property without permission.