Do you always lock the doors to your house, car (etc)?

Contributor: PeaceToTheMiddleEast PeaceToTheMiddleEast
I don't have a car so I don't have to worry about that. I always lock my house where I live at. Even if I am only going to the mailbox because it is at the opposite end of where I am and out of view.
03/14/2013
Contributor: Gone (LD29) Gone (LD29)
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Originally posted by spiced
That sounds similar to my situation growing up. We only locked up at the end of the day, or if no one was home. My dad never locked his car, either. We never had any problems with house or car. The only problem we ever had was when my brand new 10 ... more
It's almost like the cable makes it more appealing because of the challenge, isn't it?
03/15/2013
Contributor: butts butts
When we lived in a rural town, we didn't lock anything, it was nice! Since we've moved to more urban areas, we lock everything unless people are home (we have friends come and go pretty often, people usually just walk in)
03/15/2013
Contributor: wetone123 wetone123
I Most certainly lock up tight around here!
03/15/2013
Contributor: spiced spiced
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Originally posted by Gone (LD29)
It's almost like the cable makes it more appealing because of the challenge, isn't it?
Well, about a year later, the cops called and said they'd recovered my bike. I couldn't believe it! I'd "registered" the bike with the city, but when we filed a stolen report, they said they almost never got them back.

When we got to the station, they gave me the FRAME, which was majorly bent. Everything else had been stripped off. They'd recovered a BUNCH of bike frames in a big pile down in a ravine. They said it was organized bike thieves, probably traveling around in a van (they hadn't caught them). I've learned this is really common. They usually target college campuses and other places with lots of bikes, but I guess they saw mine on the way to somewhere else. They almost always grab name brand bikes with cheap (or zero) locks.

At the time, I would have loved to have a few minutes alone with one of them. Now I just use the serious locks whenever I have to leave a bike somewhere, even for a few minutes.
03/15/2013
Contributor: misterazor misterazor
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Originally posted by spiced
I do, but the people who lived here before us didn't. They had to search for days before they could even FIND the key to the garage, which they claimed never to have locked in 30+ years of living here. They didn't lock the doors, or the ... more
always.
03/15/2013
Contributor: Jax Jackson Jax Jackson
My dorm room door locks automatically, and I always lock cars when I get in or out.
03/15/2013
Contributor: Ryanne Ryanne
We keep everything locked up around here even during the day the house stays locked
03/15/2013
Contributor: CSM2010 CSM2010
Almost always
03/15/2013
Contributor: RonLee RonLee
If I walk away from the car, it's locked. The house, of course it's locked.
03/15/2013
Contributor: woodsdragon woodsdragon
ALWAYS!! It it a habit for me
03/15/2013
Contributor: SecretKinksters SecretKinksters
Always.
03/15/2013
Contributor: Hummingbird Hummingbird
Yes always just as I always buckle my seat belt no matter how far I'm going in the car.
03/15/2013
Contributor: 1001 Pleasures 1001 Pleasures
I always keep everything locked, even when I am at home. I lived in Las Vegas for years, and that got to be a good habit.
03/15/2013
Contributor: Living Doll Living Doll
Yes, always. It just makes me feel safer and more secure.
03/15/2013
Contributor: rosythorn rosythorn
Everything stays locked! I live in a safe area but in this day and age you just shouldn't risk it
03/15/2013
Contributor: Sbmsvschoolgirl Sbmsvschoolgirl
The one day I would decide to leave my doors unlocked would be the one day that I lost all my stuff, lol. Our house got broken into so I definitely lock up.
03/15/2013
Contributor: DawnStar DawnStar
I always lock the front door to my house before the evenings.
03/15/2013
Contributor: rockblenny rockblenny
I always lock the door whenever I come in. It drives my family batty in the summer.
03/15/2013
Contributor: mdnght mdnght
If there's nobody downstairs, or if I'm downstairs in the middle of the night, I'll lock the door.
03/17/2013
Contributor: hillys hillys
We lock our apartment if no one is there, but when someones home during the day we usually don't lock it, and we only lock it at night sometimes (and sometimes i request to leave it open when I know someone has to come over super late or early). My car is never locked unless it has my computer in it, which is more expensive than the car.
03/17/2013
Contributor: Msmueller Msmueller
Always! especially with hubby in korea right now! Doors locked, alarm on, lights on, windows locked... I have anxiety at night
03/17/2013
Contributor: raffi raffi
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
I do, but the people who lived here before us didn't. They had to search for days before they could even FIND the key to the garage, which they claimed never to have locked in 30+ years of living here. They didn't lock the doors, or the ... more
everything is locked and double locked .. lol .. i don't need to make it easy for some jerk to be a jerk
03/17/2013
Contributor: Rosen Rot Rosen Rot
Everything is locked, even the windows during the summer. (bad town)
03/18/2013
Contributor: Martiniman Martiniman
Yes, always!
03/18/2013
Contributor: Sassy Pam Sassy Pam
I always have the front door locked. I would like it if we could lock the back door to, but my husband is forever leaving it unlocked.
03/18/2013
Contributor: TJtheMadHatter TJtheMadHatter
We always lock the house up, my car (which is in the garage) I don't. I'm really careful about knowing where my keys are. I hate locking myself out of somewhere.
03/18/2013
Contributor: KyotoAngel KyotoAngel
I'm somewhat obsessive in making sure everything is locked actually, I've seen way too many home invasion and carjacking stories on the news to not worry.
I sometimes wish we lived in a time and place where you could keep stuff unlocked and just trust people to not take advantage of it being unlocked, but that isn't the case unfortunately.
03/18/2013