No Place Is Safe These Days

[moosmom]

I'd be very suspicious of the workers. Please be safe, KAK.

[Freedom]

Do you have dead bolts on your doors? If not, consider adding them. It is quite easy to get in to a door knob lock, using a credit card - I've done it when I've locked myself out, in the apartments I've lived in. Fast, quick, easy, and no one even realizes you are not using a key to open the door.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Do you have dead bolts on your doors? If not, consider adding them. It is quite easy to get in to a door knob lock, using a credit card - I've done it when I've locked myself out, in the apartments I've lived in. Fast, quick, easy, and no one even realizes you are not using a key to open the door.

Yes we do and I always make sure to lock my door using a dead bolt. This is one of the things that they were reminding people to do as well as to keep your windows closed when you're gone. I even have a wooden board that I place in the space next to my sliding glass door when I close and lock it. My parents also do this. This makes it very hard for someone to break into your home through the sliding glass door.

[phesina]

Best wishes, Tracey. I sure hope they catch whoever did these things. As long as they're still out there, this could happen again.

Those are good ideas for increasing your security, the dead bolt for the door and the wooden board by the sliding glass door.

Is there a condo association that hired these workers, or was it an individual owner? Could the association put pressure on the owner to be there to let the workers in, not just allow them to prop the door open?

Sending along all our good wishes and positive energies that you and your kitties stay safe, KAK.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Best wishes, Tracey. I sure hope they catch whoever did these things. As long as they're still out there, this could happen again.

Those are good ideas for increasing your security, the dead bolt for the door and the wooden board by the sliding glass door.

Is there a condo association that hired these workers, or was it an individual owner? Could the association put pressure on the owner to be there to let the workers in, not just allow them to prop the door open?

Sending along all our good wishes and positive energies that you and your kitties stay safe, KAK.

Thanks. No, it was an individual owner that hired the workers. In the past doors have been propped open when people were moving or work was being done on certain units and there's never been a problem. All of our buildings had new carpet installed in the hall ways and all of the walls and doors were also repainted earlier this year without any problems. They also repainted our front doors but we were home when this was being done. I sure hope that nothing more will happen. Thanks again everyone for all of the good vibes and wishes.

[momcat]

KAK, I can't begin to tell you how very sorry I am to hear that your safety and security has been compromised. When we got home from church on Palm Sunday, Mike found that a rock had been thrown through a window of our back door. There is a deadbolt there but it can only be opened from the inside with a key that we remove when the back door is not being used. There is no latch there to unlock the door by reaching inside so whoever did this couldn't get in. Maybe a similar lock might work for you too.

[popcornbird]

Yep...we live in a relatively upscale neighborhood, and lately, there have a few homes burglarized around us. We installed a video surveillance system, hoping knowing they are being watched will keep the thrives away. Thefts have been increasing. Don't know what jerks think they gain by invading the privacy of others and stealing.

[Lady's Human]

Thefts have been increasing. Don't know what jerks think they gain by invading the privacy of others and stealing.

I'm not excusing the behavior whatsoever, but with real unemployment in double digits and many jobs paying minimum wage and few benefits, I can think of a few things they could gain:

Food

Rent money

basic living needs

Medicine...

It's the wrong way to do it, but when push comes to shove, thigns happen.

[Alysser]

I'm not excusing the behavior whatsoever, but with real unemployment in double digits and many jobs paying minimum wage and few benefits, I can think of a few things they could gain:

Food

Rent money

basic living needs

Medicine...

It's the wrong way to do it, but when push comes to shove, thigns happen.

While this is really true, I do think there are people that steal just to make a profit and make a living off it and making EXTRA money off it.

A girl I knew but wasn't close to in High School was involved in robbing several condos in the area. We wondered where she always got all the money she had because she never had a job! I guess that was her job. She got caught, that's how we all found out. She definitely didn't need it for living expenses. She lived with her parents in a nice house in our area.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Last night I noticed that another flyer was taped to the front door of my building. It said that they are adding more security for the complex which starts immediately. It also said to never allow any one to follow you through the doors inside the building. I know that I've been guilty of this and others ahead of me have also let me in. I'm usually carrying packages though so they know that I live in the building.