Great pt 2
Even better than all of that, Ben came by and dragged me out to Zack’s, where we got some serious amounts of work done.
And then we came back. And as he was driving away, I realized I’d locked my keys. In my apartment.
Fortunately, we live in the age of cellphones, so I called him back, we double-checked his car, and then I texted Lucy with my nearly-dead phone, and she found out the number to my apartment complex, which I’d never programmed into my phone (believe me, it is now)
After 30 minutes, no one had called back from either of the pager numbers. I was starting to lose hope that I wouldn’t have to crash at Ben’s place and have him take me in to work.
However, my neighbor (the one that makes the weird loud noises at all hours) comes home and I explain my situation. He says “Did you lock your deadbolt?” “No” “do you have a credit card?” “… yes.” “No problem!”
So we go upstairs, and he proves exactly how safe we all are by using my walmart gift card (thanks grandma!) to open my door.
Perhaps I will be using that deadbolt after all.
onoz! i’m glad you got in though :)
And you didn’t use your deadbolt before why?
There are only 8 apartments in my building, 4 on each floor. Half are populated by retired folk. None of them have adults younger than 30 (I am, I believe, the youngest). I trusted them fairly well.
Plus, I hadn’t seen someone jam a credit card into my door to open it.
I -do- know that these days, with the ‘bump’ method of entry, no lock is safe from a 5-10 second procedure that even an 11 year old can do. try looking up video involving ‘bump key’, you’ll be frightened.
Just cause you like your neighbors isn’t reason enough to not protect your property….but still…And yeah, I know how easy it is to break into most aprt. ……nevermind…..I’ll shut up.
google ads are SCARY when mentioning bump keys.
dude. i google videoed it. that’s totally fascinating and awe inspiring. but i do not fear your bump keys, at least partially because of a limited audience. the rest is probably just rash carelessness. :)
*grin* rash carelessness indeed! Plus, I think you just dont’ fear getting stuff stolen.
The thing about the limited audience is that this has actually played out on evening news shows, both here and in britain. Also, it is all that’s talked about in lockpicking circles so… I dunno. I think the only thing that makes it particularly inconvenient is you have to get the right keys and get them ‘bumped’, which means owning or borrowing a key grinder. More complex preparation than a set of lockpicks, but infinitely easier to get results.
The creepy thing is that it even works with circular locks.
I tend to use my deadbolt – but I think it’s primarily so I can’t lock my keys in the house. Oh, and dorms at Ferris only had deadbolts – possibly for the very same reason.
It’s funny – I can always tell when my neighbors have let the dogs out, cause my doors are locked differently. And my dogs aren’t doing the pee-pee dance…
My door only locks with a deadbolt. I’m in greater danger of leaving the building itself without my keys. THAT door locks automatically. I’ve only locked myself out once. Fortunately the mailman was there and he let me back in again!