I think I just foiled a burglary attempt...

MrFeelNothin · #1 03-09-2007, 10:57 PM

The Setup: My college just got off for Spring Break today, and my housemates all skipped town this morning/afternoon. I don't leave until tomorrow morning. Our house is 3 blocks South from campus, on a fairly major street, and 2-3 blocks North of a poorer, high crime, high meth-house density area. We also have a large window in our living room from which a big screen tv is visible from this street and have lots of bbq stuff/chairs on our porch that would indicate college kids live there.

The Act: So there I am pulling my Safeway Select self-rising dough pizza from the oven, when I hear the front door slowly open. All my friends and housemates are out of town, so I immediately think oh [censored], I'm being robbed. I sprint to the living room(next room over) hoping and praying that he doesn't have a gun. There I find a large black man halfway thru the door. I can't see his face because the lights in the living room are off, but he halts suddenly like he is surprised to see me. He then asks for "Richard", I don't know any Richards so I tell him rather forcefully that there is no Richard here. Now the problem is that I am a scrawny 5'10" 150 pound little white boy and this large man can clearly see I'm alone. Apparently he was surprised to encounter any resistance at all though, because after I told him there was no "Richard" he stammered a little bit and asked me repeatedly if this was 3____ N __ Street(my address), finally he muttered something about a party(lol its 6 o clock) and hurried away.

I lock the door and sag to the floor thanking God, Buddha, Allah, JC and voodoo dolls.

edfurlong · #2 03-09-2007, 10:59 PM

He probably just went to get his gun.

guids · #3 03-09-2007, 10:59 PM

I guess you are screwed after tommorow.

mbillie1 · #4 03-09-2007, 11:00 PM

Get some curtains dude... visible tv = bad idea. Also keep a knife handy. I live in a pretty sketchy building and I attached a knife holster to the inside of my apartment door. I keep it [censored] locked obviously but that way in case there's trouble I could at least put up a fight. Not bad ideas to consider, and I don't live near any known meth-houses...

delta k · #5 03-09-2007, 11:03 PM

at least you don't live in the super sketchy basement...oh wait. don't die before vegas.

MrFeelNothin · #6 03-09-2007, 11:06 PM

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I guess you are screwed after tommorow.

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I called campus security, maybe they will catch him........

oh wait, ahahahahaha, yeah no, my tvs and ps3 are as good as gone.

MrFeelNothin · #7 03-09-2007, 11:07 PM

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at least you don't live in the super sketchy basement...oh wait. don't die before vegas.

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I'm pretty sure that if I had been in the basement either 1. my house would be robbed and/or 2. I would be seriously injured.

I think the only thing that stopped him was the element of surprise and the fact that he wasn't quite in the house yet.

mbillie1 · #8 03-09-2007, 11:08 PM

Curtains + locked door = no more problem

CrazyEyez · #9 03-09-2007, 11:08 PM

MrFeelNothin · #10 03-09-2007, 11:08 PM

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Get some curtains dude... visible tv = bad idea. Also keep a knife handy. I live in a pretty sketchy building and I attached a knife holster to the inside of my apartment door. I keep it [censored] locked obviously but that way in case there's trouble I could at least put up a fight. Not bad ideas to consider, and I don't live near any known meth-houses...

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One of my housemates last year(same house, diff. people) had a shotgun. Oh, and brass knuckles.

Now we just have weed and couches.