OneEyedDiva
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In the last 3 months or so, my son has left his house keys in the door and our next door neighbor called my attention to it. Then he left his car keys in his car door when he was running in to get something real quick. I told him not to do that again because my husband had done something similar when he and his worker were alternately unloading the car at his store, His car was stolen in a couple of minutes and wound up in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Well tonight when he came back in from seeing his guests off after a studio session, I asked him to check the mail. About an hour later when he was getting ready to go pick up his son he said "Mom...I think I really messed up!" He'd left his keys in the mailbox and when he went to look they were gone! His storage locker key was also on there but there's no indication of where or which unit. It will be just an added cost he'll have to bear.
He asked a couple of neighbors but none of them had seen the keys. I told him that our neighbors would know exactly which apartment they belonged to and would have returned them immediately....at least most of the ones who live in this building. He wondered if the mail lady took them but I feel she would have returned them immediately too.
Our neighbor across the hall who has a ring doorbell that showed a suspect. She lives in the townhouses. It showed her walking through our building, stopping at the mailbox and the sound of keys jingling could be heard. The townhouse residents have mailboxes on their homes, so she had no call at our mailbox. I knew immediately who he was referring to because her mother and I used to work together and she asked me a couple of times if my husband needed help at his store. When my son went and asked her about it, she denied seeing the keys. The keys for our outer door are a bit expensive to replace and have to be gotten from our managing agent who's not on site every day.
I'm not angry with him. In fact I feel bad for him and am concerned about his forgetfulness (he's forgotten other things). I know how troubling it is to lose one's keys or wallet.
I thought I'd have to pay a locksmith but my son will buy a new cylinder tomorrow and he can change it. It's fairly easy...I've done it before. In the meantime, we put the chain lock on, put a heavy duty chair under the door, braced by a heavy speaker and industrial sized detergent container.
When testing it out, my son couldn't open the door. If someone did manage, we'd be alerted in plenty of time to ready our weapons. Mine are a keychain/weapon thingy and a 2 x 4; both will be next to where I sleep (in my recliner in the living room). I won't say what my son's is. He's not going to work tomorrow because he doesn't want to leave me alone under these circumstances. He usually leaves by 3:30 a.m. Might work out well anyway because he's flying to Chicago Friday for a conference and I'm sure he has things he can do to get ready without feeling stressed and pushed for time.
@Pecos
Well tonight when he came back in from seeing his guests off after a studio session, I asked him to check the mail. About an hour later when he was getting ready to go pick up his son he said "Mom...I think I really messed up!" He'd left his keys in the mailbox and when he went to look they were gone! His storage locker key was also on there but there's no indication of where or which unit. It will be just an added cost he'll have to bear.
He asked a couple of neighbors but none of them had seen the keys. I told him that our neighbors would know exactly which apartment they belonged to and would have returned them immediately....at least most of the ones who live in this building. He wondered if the mail lady took them but I feel she would have returned them immediately too.
Our neighbor across the hall who has a ring doorbell that showed a suspect. She lives in the townhouses. It showed her walking through our building, stopping at the mailbox and the sound of keys jingling could be heard. The townhouse residents have mailboxes on their homes, so she had no call at our mailbox. I knew immediately who he was referring to because her mother and I used to work together and she asked me a couple of times if my husband needed help at his store. When my son went and asked her about it, she denied seeing the keys. The keys for our outer door are a bit expensive to replace and have to be gotten from our managing agent who's not on site every day.
I'm not angry with him. In fact I feel bad for him and am concerned about his forgetfulness (he's forgotten other things). I know how troubling it is to lose one's keys or wallet.
I thought I'd have to pay a locksmith but my son will buy a new cylinder tomorrow and he can change it. It's fairly easy...I've done it before. In the meantime, we put the chain lock on, put a heavy duty chair under the door, braced by a heavy speaker and industrial sized detergent container.When testing it out, my son couldn't open the door. If someone did manage, we'd be alerted in plenty of time to ready our weapons. Mine are a keychain/weapon thingy and a 2 x 4; both will be next to where I sleep (in my recliner in the living room). I won't say what my son's is. He's not going to work tomorrow because he doesn't want to leave me alone under these circumstances. He usually leaves by 3:30 a.m. Might work out well anyway because he's flying to Chicago Friday for a conference and I'm sure he has things he can do to get ready without feeling stressed and pushed for time.
@Pecos
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As far as his wife...her sister seems like a good person but she (the wife) always seemed kind of shady to me. Their family is like the Dynasty family around here and have been privileged rule breakers since I can remember. Most of our neighbors are very nice and helpful but there are a few that I wouldn't take a nickel for.
