Attacker At Your Door

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Kelly in Home, Personal Safety

I’ve had people contact me many times regarding the topic of this Safety Quick Tip, both before and after they’ve read my books. http://www.SafetyQuickTips.com/products.htm

This tip has to do with someone coming to your door and asking to use your phone. Obviously, everyone has a phone “on them” these days but during these situations, the person usually says they lost their phone or locked it in their car and need to call a friend.

The safest thing to do is ignore the person at the door.

The next safest thing to do is ask for the number of the friend through the closed/locked door and make the call yourself from inside your locked home, leaving the door closed at all times. Call to someone else in the house (even if you are alone) and tell them, loudly, that you are making a call for someone at the door and will be right there.

Why an attacker of any age might use this technique:

gain entry to your home to steal valuables, car keys for then or later, etc.
case your home for a future burglary
physically attack you or someone else in the home

I wish you safe and fun holidays and greatness in the coming year!

Tags: attack, attacker, burglary, safety, tip

2 Responses to “Attacker At Your Door”

Arletha Skinner

30. Jan, 2010

Hi Kelly,
I have the same problem when people see that I do not ignore my gut instinct, or ignore it when someone is acting strange around me. I live in a small town and most of the females here allow men to here in there home without knowing them. When I say I will not allow a strange man into my home, the women here try to say I am gay. I lived in Germany and my husband at the time was in the field with his unit and he had some friends that used some serious drugs. One night he came to the apartment, we had a outside door te connect my apartment and another apartment . I open the door to the aprtment, but not the outside door, I knew something was wrong he always called himself shade died giveaway that he was into drugs. I asked him what he wanted and he said he come to get some clothes for my ex-husband I instantly knew he was lying, I saw another shadow of another guy with him on the other side of the staircase. i told him to come back at ten in the morning. I knew he was coming back, he was there to rob me or worse. Think if I had not trusted my instincts and locked the outside door, or open the door to two men ,I might not be here today. One night I the other place I lived a guy came to the door and said his car broke down and he was looking for someone, I did not open the door, I told my son to get the phone and If he came back to the door to call the police . He came back and said he need it to use my phone, I said I did not have a phone, I cut off all the lights and went to my son’s room so I could see the othetr end of the parking lot, and there was his car, I dial the police, he went away from there, I think there their was alot of peopl in that car with him, Think if I had open the door, or did not lock the door. You should always obey your gut instncts, and ladies lock your doors always. Arletha
Kelly

30. Jan, 2010

Thank you, Arletha! I really appreciate your safety consciousness. Your common sense when it comes to protecting yourself and your son has always been apparent in our communications. As you can see, approximately 95% of all attacks can easily be prevented when we take our safety habits seriously. The two situations you mention here sound pretty threatening and I’m sure there have been others not as scary but triggered your gut feelings also. Thank you for leaving your valuable comment!
Kelly