Do you open the door to strangers?

actully you are doing the right thing by not opening the door for strangers. my wife does the samething she wont either unless i am home, and if i do open the door i have my foot by it so if its someone who want to try to come in and i can block the door with my foot. i would get one of those chains for your door, so if you need too they cant get in or put a pep hole in the door

You are one smart cookie. One week ago at 11:30 p.m. a knock came on our door. A distraught man in his forties, dark hair, wearing khakis and a tan cap was talking about his wife being in a car accident. She had been taken to the hospital and he needed to get the car towed, but the tow driver would only accept cash. He claimed to be our neighbor and, foolish person I am, I let him into the house! We caught on rapidly that he was scamming us, but didn't know how to get rid of him. My husband told him he would take him to the hospital to see his wife and got him out of the house at great danger to himself. Turns out he had a buddy waiting outside, working the neighborhood with him. Bruce gave him thirty dollars to get rid of him. While he was gone, I called the hospital to check on any new patients. There were none in the ER. I called the police and had one of them call Bruce to make sure he was okay. Bruce meanwhile took a heavy cane I had just bought him and he took our Scottish terrier, a small dog that has jaws and teeth capable of lopping off a hand at the wrist. The police called just as the man got out of Bruce's car. NEVER let anyone in you do not know. Always be prepared to call the police if they refuse to leave. Always have something, such as the heavy cane to use as a weapon if necessary. Look through all your house windows for 'the silent danger' which is the second or third person pulling the scam. If you can see them, get a full description. PASS THE NEWS OF A POSSIBLE SCAM TO ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS. I discovered the next day at least nine scams had hit our small neighborhood within the past month. A woman was hurt in one instance when she had nothing to give them. Our nightmare is not over. We are now waiting for the second act which will be another appearance by the second man. Having handed over 30 dollars, we will be noted as an easy target. They should return within two to three weeks for another try. In these trying times, more people are turning to crime and the targets are 1)the elderly; 2)the handicapped (my husband and daughter both have problems); 3) those living alone and 4)the trusting and stupid. I put myself squarely in the middle of that last category. Keep your doors and windows secure at all times, whether you are at home or gone. Valuables should be put in a safe or bank lockbox. More houses are going vacant these days; homeless are moving in. They may not be dangerous, but they bring others in with them who have no problem robbing, beating and killing to get what they want. Be on the alert. If you see activity in a foreclosed home, call the police immediately. Your life may depend on it.

I won't open the door to any stranger if I am at home only with myself. I used to think about the safety of myself firstly no matter what I do.If I am at home,alone, I wouldn't open the door to anybody I don't know. If he/she keeps knocking my door, I can have a look at him/her though my window. Because there is a window besides my door, I can see what things outside my door though the window.If they really have a problem, they can talk to me. I can answer them though the window. Is it convenient?

i think i will if that one have something to want me help or he will ask me something . many strangers go to my home , just ask other questions about whose home is it. if i know , i will tell the answer to him. many of stranger go to the friends home but they may be make a mistake ,they go to my home .sometimes takes many gift to my home. it is very fun.

nope..i don't open it at all..i just talk behind the door..unless is somebody i know well,i won't allow him/her enter the house!

I will open the door, I won't necessarily let them in. If they have bad intentions, that is not my concern. I have never had this kind of problem, since I left my mom's house, strangers stop by from time to time, mostly Mormons, or Jehovah's Witnesses, I have nothing worth stealing, and I am not a vulnerable young lady, though I do have the wife and the kid. They don't worry about this stuff either, perhaps it is that we live in such a small and friendly community, but I was the same way when I lived in the city. I do not worry about this kind of stuff, and it has never happened, I think its related.

No, I do just like you. I only open the door if I'm expecting you. In this day and time, you never know what people will do. You have to be very caution and careful.

I don't usually have people knocking on the door where I live and I always know if someone is on my property because of my dogs...so I usually will meet them in the driveway with my dogs. One time I actually had a delivery man show up after dark...so yeah I opened the door then.

I have a loud barking dog in the house, if anyone comes to the door she sounds like she is going to eat them, I have to grab her to open the door, I think she is pretty good protection, but I do like to look before I open.

Hello there, you are right, it's better to make sure we are safe in our house. In my case, im also new here in our place so i never opened the door to stranger specially at night time and when my husband is not around. Specially when i never expected a someone. Happy posting.

I also don't open my door when any stranger knocks the door.It's risky also.Any robber or killer may come to my house .It is better to be cautious.

Yeah I open the door to strangers but I don't really live in a big town where the possibility of violence or theft or anything like that is all that high. Plus I'm pretty accepting of most humans and like everyone else you usually go with your gut feeling and trust the people that you think will be okay and turn away the people that you're not so sure about.

worry is reasonable. I often worry if their own home and have people come. have each person who comes I have need to ask first what, who look for. if the person is not said I will not divulge the door. I was proud in the same neighborhood as this, but I do not care. I just wary.

i actually wouldn't open the door to strangers. even if it means me just shouting from the inside. it doesn't look good but if they're a guest of anybody in the house then everyone in the house should be made aware by the invitee and the one who invited the stranger should be the one to open the door for him.

no way. Unless its someone coming to fix something in my house and I usually try and schedule it when my husband is home. There was one guy who came to my house and I didn't even answer through the door. To ask what he wanted. I wasn't expecting anyone and I had no idea who he was. I would love to have a peep hole in my door so I can look at them. We have windows near our door but people can see them move if we look out of them and they are standing right there.

Hello mermaidivy, I don't open the door for strangers. If a person knocks my door, I will just keep quiet for a few seconds. If the person still knocking, then only I will ask who is outside. If it is just a salesman or a stranger, I just talk to them from the window or from behind the door. My husband has a habit to make it easier for me to know if he is coming home. He will knock three times stop, and knock three times again or he will call my cell phone whenever he is right in front of the door!

For me, I never open my door to strangers. I get too scared since I am always all alone whole day and every day since I am a housewife now. But, some who know my door are old newspaper collectors, so I open for these people because I feel bad for them; I always give them our old newspapers and books.

I do open the door, but I have the dog with me. As she's a large German Shepherd and has already barked to let me know some-ones there, I feel very secure. (She's a big softy really but strangers don't know that. lol) If you live alone, there are several things you could do. Have a security chain fitted so that you can only open the door enough to see who is calling. You can also purchase a 'dog-barking' device that can be set to start when someone rings the door bell. Always ask for id before you open the door fully even if they appear to be the right people. Because my daughter lives alone, she recorded my dog barking and before opening the door plays the tape for a few seconds. People think the dog is in the next room. I think we all need to be careful as even if it is rare for strangers to be a threat, there are unscrupulous people out there. Keep safe and Happy Mylotting.

I usually look through the peephole to see who's there before I answer the door. And if it's somebody I recognise or I can see it's the postman or someone like that then I'll answer. Otherwise it usually tends to be somebody trying to sell me something or even convert me to another religion! So I usually don't answer. And if it's at night and I'm alone there is the safety aspect too, so I don't open at night unless it's somebody I know.

I do the same thing with checking out the window to see who it is. I can usually figure out who is at my door if there is a car outside and i recognize it. We do have a lot of kids always trying to sell stuff and if it is kids i can open it and talk to them and see what they want i usually don't buy anything because you have to have cash and i don't always have that. Locking the front and back doors are a must and to keep them locked because even if you think you live in a safe neighborhood there is always that chance that a bad person has moved in and will rob you. I am usually home by myself and look a lot younger than what i am so i am always looking out to the window to see if anyone is out there.