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Do you lock your front door?

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By *ealitybites OP   Man
29 weeks ago

Belfast

Are you happy for people to wander into your house for whatever reasons including nefarious ones or do you lock the door and reduce the chances of that happening?

Do you get a lot of cold callers or do you have a little sticker on your door saying no cold calling?

Are you inundated with unwanted email or do you use the available spam filter?

Is your phone constantly ringing with unsolicited calls or do you use the TPS?

Why should you have to do any of the above?

In an ideal world you shouldn't have to do any of it and an open door wouldn't be an invitation for someone to nick your telly or use your bathroom.

Salesmen wouldn't be calling at your door to sell you unwanted goods and services and you would only receive relevant emails and phone calls.

We don't live in an ideal world though and anyone who has been using the internet for more than 10 minutes will be aware of how true that statement is.

Every time someone complains on fab about their experience and they are advised to use filters at least one person will ask why they should have to?

To those people, this is your opportunity to tell us about the interesting characters you have found on your sofa because you didn't lock your door and it's a safe space to have a rant about the amount of spam emails you are getting because you don't have time to reply to them all.

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By *enda83Man
29 weeks ago

north

If I’m in I only lock my door at bed time but I agree with everything you say in an ideal world nobody should have to do those things

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By *vaRoseWoman
29 weeks ago

Ankh-Morpork

I see you woke up and chose violence today 🤣

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By *heonixrising500Man
29 weeks ago

Barnsley

My life is a open door

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By *herryandrumCouple
29 weeks ago

kilmarnock

always lock up at night, and better to lock up when its chilly. ( seals the frame) but i find cold phone calls funny, see how long i can just say yes till they give up etc

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By *ecadentDeviantsCouple
29 weeks ago

North West

Not happy with anybody just wandering through the front door (obviously?)

I’ve got an extended family member who thought it was ok to just come in whilst also not living here which pissed me off, so I started locking it.

Mr.

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By *idethestormMan
29 weeks ago

northants

Generally keep the front door open, as people knock before coming in and the dogs warns us of people around.

Do do remember being in Ireland many years ago staying with family during the 90s and it seemed all doors were open and neighbors just came and went to each others houses at all times of the day, if someone's light was on it was a sign to pop over and have a drink.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
Forum Mod
29 weeks ago

Central

We lived in a community with fully unlocked doors but I prefer to lock.

I don't do visiting cold callers and tell them so, as the sign disappeared. I use the TPS and get very very few. Likewise, spam texts, I report and block.

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By *ealitybites OP   Man
29 weeks ago

Belfast


"Generally keep the front door open, as people knock before coming in and the dogs warns us of people around.

Do do remember being in Ireland many years ago staying with family during the 90s and it seemed all doors were open and neighbors just came and went to each others houses at all times of the day, if someone's light was on it was a sign to pop over and have a drink."

That may have happened in more rural areas of Ireland but it certainly never happened in my lifetime where I was born and raised. Doors were always closed and locked.

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By *offiacoolWoman
29 weeks ago

Alsager

I live in a rural area now where they are very few people wandering about. I never lock my doors in the daytime, I don't always lock the door when I nip out either. For some reason I usually lock the doors when it gets dark, but I sometimes forget.

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By *oelMan
29 weeks ago

Midlands, London, Brussels

Rural, I leave the front and back door unlocked, people open it and drop things inside

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By (user no longer on site)
29 weeks ago

My home is a bunker. Locked up and bolted at all times. It’s a high crime area, with burglary and drugs a big problem.

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By *estructionDollyWoman
29 weeks ago

Manchester

I've lived in Central Manchester my whole life, everyone locked their doors 😅

I live in a flat now so there are TWO locked doors

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By *ovelyteaserMan
29 weeks ago

the shire

[insert joke: yes I do, but the back door is always open!]

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By *oeBeansMan
29 weeks ago

Derby

I feel like the meaning behind the OP's post has been lost in first question he asked 😂

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By *thLincsCpleCouple
29 weeks ago

Barton

Been burgled in the middle of the day, just opened door, stole a bag and keys but was disturbed by my

children as they were in the garden with my mum. A neighbour saw him look in the window then try the door. Since moved now very rural but always keep doors locked at all times now unless expecting visitors.

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By *ealitybites OP   Man
29 weeks ago

Belfast

By the way, the locked door analogy is really just that.

I'm more curious why in this day and age people are so stubborn about not using what is available to them to make things much simpler.

Do some people find it more cathartic to complain to others about the number of cold callers they get than they would if they put up a sticker and solved that problem immediately?

If you are being constantly disturbed by neighbours or random people wandering into your home is it better to whine about it or would pushing that door closed not be an easy solution?

I see people on social media every day complaining about situations that they should be fully in control of but decide to put more effort into whining on Facebook than it would take to resolve with the turn of a key or by ticking a box.

This is also true on fab where there are numerous tools available to reduce most issues but some people get very angry over having to use them.

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By *eautifully TwistedWoman
29 weeks ago

Telford

Haha I lock my door yes.

I have s spam filter including calls.

I use filters in general

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By *legantEnigmaWoman
29 weeks ago

South of the Watford Gap

My front door can't be opened from the outside without a key, unless I physically leave it open.

But having lived in London until my late 30s I was programmed to keep doors and windows locked at all times, and that habit has follow me for the rest of my life.

I no longer have a land line and my mobile filters out spam calls. I live a beautifully peaceful life that includes only the visitors and callers that I care to invite in.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
29 weeks ago

East Sussex

🤣

It's surprising how tranquil our lives are with all these easily available precautions against unwanted contact enabled.

Wait! If only there was a way we could apply this to our fab interactions

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By *eroLondonMan
29 weeks ago

Mayfair

OP, I always get palpitations, acid reflux and anxiety when you start introducing common sense and wisdom into the forå.

You really should be ashamed of yourself.

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By (user no longer on site)
29 weeks ago

All the time with the area I'm in. Wasn't long ago that a neighbour had car taken in space of 30 seconds because they just opened door, took keys and escaped with car.

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By *ealitybites OP   Man
29 weeks ago

Belfast


"OP, I always get palpitations, acid reflux and anxiety when you start introducing common sense and wisdom into the forå.

You really should be ashamed of yourself."

I'm hanging my head😞

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By *eyeYCouple
29 weeks ago

Nr Leicester

I lock the door at night, Y not so much..

Woke one morning to find she hadn't even shut it after a night out with the girls and a neighbours cat happily curled up on the couch.

That said she leaves every light on in the house and often known to leave her car keys in the car too.. 🤷😄

Good job I fitted a ghost to it 😉

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By *ealitybites OP   Man
29 weeks ago

Belfast

I'll use another apt analogy.

If you are about to step on an escalator and it suddenly stops, do you start shouting for someone to be fired or do you walk up the steps right beside it?

The latter requires common sense, the former is becoming all too common.

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By *heelerMan
29 weeks ago

Northants

My back doors definitely locked

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By *r_Mrs.DSCouple
29 weeks ago

Voldsøy

I bought a door bell cam because you can't see who's there from the living room. It rarely gets charged though

I always lock the front door because we have young kids. BUT... We went to do a food shop the other day and not only was the back door left unlocked, it was WIDE OPEN. Mr forgot to lock up after opening it for the cats to come in for food

Funnily enough, I had the first cold call on my phone in ages today!

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By *he MinionMan
29 weeks ago

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My front door can only be locked or open. It doesnt have a handle - Yale type lock.

Plus Shotgun Club stickers tend to keep only the really brave away from knocking

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By *ustBoWoman
29 weeks ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Common sense isn't that common anymore.

As for locking my doors I only do that when I go out somewhere or when I go to bed. The dogs and the gates shut keep unwanted visitors out

Funnily enough just like my filters on here I suppose.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
29 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Front door is locked all the time.

Back door only stays unlocked/open when in kitchen or dinning room.

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