The delivery man.

One of those days when your dad leaves the house and locks the door as he leaves. You begin to vacuum the house because a guest will be coming soon and also, to convince your mother that you have been productive whilst being at home alone.

Then you hear a knock at the door and presumably think that it's your dad whose forgotten something at home. You take a look through the eye piece and it's someone other than your father so you panic because the house keys aren't anywhere near.

You think it'll be okay to ignore the knock at the door, but realise that you were vacuuming the passage so anyone on the other side of the door would have heard it and you also realise that when you heard the knock at the door, you tried pushing the handle down just in case it wasn't locked. 

You're quick on your feet and devise a plan. You will enter the frontroom, open the top window and scream at the delivery man to deliver it next door because you don't have the house keys. But you open the window as wide as you can and the delivery man notices you and laughs. 

Then you reach high up for the window, whilst on tip-toes and stretch your arm out as far as it can go. The man reaches up too and thankfully because it is a small parcel, it can fit through the window. He confirms the name of the recipient, continues laughing and away he goes.

Then you laugh at yourself and wonder if what just happened was real. Once you've convinced yourself it was real you continue with your day as though occurrences like these are somewhat frequent and normal. Of course they aren't, which is why today is special.

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Keys.

Almost as important in life as food.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

I have a bad habit of not keeping keys with me. I don't even own my own copy yet everyone else besides the youngest two seem to have their own made. There have been countless times when I've left the house in the morning, forgetting that I'll be coming home at midday then knocking on the front door to find there are no inhabitants inside. So I walk all the way to my mum's work place to collect them off her.

 

You get locked up in your house?

What if there was a fire and you forgot where you put the keys?

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Seraphim wrote:
You get locked up in your house?

What if there was a fire and you forgot where you put the keys?

You make it out like I'm grounded haha. 

Reminds me of this one time when I came back from my secondary school and I was stood outside waiting for one of my parents or siblings to come home and open the door for me. There was this man and woman, both foreign. The man came upto me and asked - have your parents grounded you? Why are you not going inside? And the woman that was with him replied something along the lines of - If she was grounded, she would be in the house, not waiting outside the house lol.

If there was a fire (nauzubillah) then instead of poking my arm out the window, I'll jump out of the window.. or go through the back of the house? I have keys for that... (I don't think I should say where we keep our keys. Online is very dodgy and I could have stalkers:/)

 

No, its very safe and secure.

Just mention where the keys are and where you keep the valuables. Cash is best.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

To all you stalkers, theives, robbers and chor-people.. within the household of Hummus, we keep no cash around, besides our penny collections and what's in our purses/wallets. Please don't come to my house and rob us, please no. And BEWARE, our neighbours have cameras that cover the front of our house and part of the back too! :'(

 

Plan of action:

1. Disable neighbours CCTV

2. Rob house.

Thanks for the info.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

You can't disable theirs. STOP IT. *Cries faking-ly again* The father of the man and his family who live next door, live opposite to us. They are always at home and next door put on their alarm even if no-one's at home whilst it's inhabitants are all chilling across the road. 

 

Then its simple. The thieves will go in through the back, they will use the cameras blind spot to get in. Help themselves to the pennies, rearrange all your books, poke their noses into your fridge before swiftly disappearing into the night.

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It's almost like you guys are talking from experience. I'll just get a keys of my own, okay? When i did go to the key cutter, he made one, but for some reason the key wouldn't go in nicely into the keyhole. You really had to shove it in with all your strength. I'll get a new one soon inshaAllah.

 

that sinking feeling down in your guts when the door shuts behind you and there's a key on the inside...

Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Looking To See wrote:
that sinking feeling down in your guts when the door shuts behind you and there's a key on the inside...

Erm... I don't get this lol. You might need to explain it to me again.

 

I assume its like a yale type lock that shuts/locks automatically but on the other side instead of a latch there is a key mechanism.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

you know when you close your front door, just close it shut, can you reopen by just pulling the handle down? from the outside?

with my door you can't. you need to put a key in and turn the key and lower the handle to get in.

but the key will not go in if there is a key already on the other side.

 

im talking about an actual key key.

Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Different type of lock.

While i can't turn the key from outside if a key is in there from the inside, the door only locks when you turn the key.

But its always a good habit to check keys before going outside.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

You wrote:

 

 

But its always a good habit to check keys before going outside.

 

more than a good habit, because you WILL be locked out and will require a locksmith or ingenuity and skinny hands/arms.

 

i cant remember how we did it. we were already planning on spending the night in the car.

Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

I get it now. In our house, we have the one's that You mentions. But the type you're speaking of is what we had in Turkey. It was quite tiring having to always ring the door bell. And the door bell had a very loud and booming tune which could be heard even at ground floor of the apartment. It was confusing. I was always confused.