You're a single woman, living alone.

[StellaBlue]

Someone knocks on your door at 9:22pm, while you are surfing DU.

You peek out the hole, and don't recognize the strange man outside.

Do you answer the door?

[no name no slogan]

1. HELL NO. I'm a single guy living alone, and if somebody did that...

I'd tell them to come back the next day, or tell me through the door what their business is.

[StellaBlue]

2. I didn't answer.

My heart was beating really fast, though.

Weird.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. What happened?

Did this happen to you tonight? You can't just say that and give no details. Did it freak you out?
Duckie

[StellaBlue]

4. I might also add that

I live downtown, and near a bus stop, and that there are a LOT of drugged out people and weirdos around this area.

[LeftyMom]

5. Hell no.

:scared:

[Strangefire]

6. I'm a single woman living alone...

...and half the time I don't open the door even if I know the person outside. :P

Let them come back at a decent hour, I say.

[Brigid]

7. Absolutely not.

Even though I live in a pretty secure building, that's no reason to open the door to a stranger.

Anyone remember the scene in "Bowling For Columbine" where Michael Moore is told that Canadians do not lock their doors, and he went out to test that statement? That was amazing. If he did that in America, he would likely get shot, even if no one recognized him.

[GirlinContempt]

19. That scene is kind of crap

I mean, sure, SOME Canadians don't lock their doors, but he would have had to try a LOT of homes in urban Ontario to find a bunch unlocked.

[kay1864]

34. Thanks GinC!

I always kind of wondered about that scene. Most of my Toronto friends live in apartments, so I didn't know enough to say. But I would wager that if they lived in houses, they would indeed lock their doors.

I love Michael Moore, but he bends things a bit in his movies.

[GirlinContempt]

37. Well, also

The middle of the day in a fairly suburban area... sure, if you're home and in the kitchen or whatever, you don't always lock the door behind you. But he was giving the impression that we just leave our doors hanging open willy nilly all over the place, which is BS.

:)

[wildhorses]

8. as far out in the boonies as I live....NO FUCKING WAY

where's my gun???

[Skittles]

9. I don't even peek out the door

nope

[MissB]

10. If it'd been 9:11 pm, I would've opened it.

Otherwise, no.

[BikeWriter]

11. #### no!

[Lady Effingbroke]

12. not just no, HELL NO!!!

And I would grab my spotlight and bat, while I was at it!

(If someone breaks into my house, I have a plan - I'm gonna shine the spotlight into their eyes (1,000,000 candlepower Q-Beam) and hit 'em over the head with the bat).

[StellaBlue]

15. Great plan.

I already have a bat - but a Q-Beam... that's just pure genius!

[Lady Effingbroke]

22. Yeah, if anyone walks in my house without permission, they're gonna

leave with a hell of a headache and seeing purple spots for a week! :D

[radwriter0555]

26. I have a machete I keep next to the front door. And I know how to use it.

"Don't fuck with me..."

that's all I'm saying...

[Robeson]

24. I've always liked your style, Lady Effingbroke....

...:thumbsup:

[realisticphish]

13. What you need to do

is: buy a shotgun.

Now, you don't need to buy slugs, or anything. Just the shotgun.

If that happens again, stand by the door, and pump the shotgun.

that should be enough :evilgrin:

but seriously, I wouldn't have answered the door either

[Brigid]

16. Michael Moore had that in his movie too!

There was a scene in a gun shop where the proprietor was demonstrating how to rack a shotgun. He said that sound would be all a would-be criminal would need to hear. :rofl:

[realisticphish]

17. Pat McManus

calls it an "Idaho Burgler Alarm" :D

[mwooldri]

14. Doesn't matter if I'm single, married, whatever. NO NO NO!

This man is not for opening the door to strangers late at night.

Not in my neighborhood anyway.

Mark.

[Robeson]

18. Unless I've invited someone, I don't answer the door, period.

[anarch]

32. damn straight...and that goes for the daytime, too

I don't even bother getting up out of my chair...if it was a friend, they would have called first.

[jukes]

20. somewhat single male

and i have a port for my Saiga 12 cut in the door. (6) 12 ga shotshells loaded w/ 10 dimes ea.

[leftofthedial]

21. Of course not!

I gave up and left after a few minutes anyway.

just kidding!






I'm still there . . . :evilgrin:

[StellaBlue]

23. Wow...

You came all the way from New Mexico just to knock on my door and walk away?

[leftofthedial]

25. well, it's really not that far

and I needed the exercise.

[Nicole]

27. Hell no

I'm a single woman living alone & I won't open the door to strangers anytime. It doesn't matter if it's a man, woman, or child.

If it's daytime I might ask them through the door what they want. If it's nightime, I ignore them completely.

[reyd reid reed]

28. Hell no...

Alone or not, I won't answer the door at that time of night if I don't know the person on the other side.

Period.

[Sisaruus]

29. Time of day is not the issue

If I don't expect you or recognize you, I won't open the door for you no matter the time of day. My boss was stranger-raped when she opened the door at 5 p.m. for someone who appeared to be in a gas company uniform.

However, I also have a tendency to forget to lock my back door.

[Mutley]

30. Nope, I call through the door to see what he wants

all the while allowing my dog to bark as though she is a ferocious beast (she isn't, but still). :D

[kwassa]

31. Answer the door naked.

why be normal?

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

35. Address Please?

LOL! :-)

[Samurai_Writer]

33. One thing I like about my place now

People can't even GET to my door without going through a gate, and into the yard with a 150 pound Newfoundland and a 90 pound yellow lab, both of which would bark like crazy, and are very protective of me.

I live up in the mountains, and we keep our doors unlocked. Heck, I don't even have a key for my door. But with those two dogs around, who needs to lock a door?

[Patiod]

36. I stick my head out the window, and give the pizza guy direction

for some reason, they ALWAYS ring our doorbell to find out where the other units are. Our landlord has never labeled any of the buildings, but people still tell the pizza guy to deliver to "D1", even though none of the buildings are marked "D", much less D1.

That's what's nice about the 2nd floor.

I can also tell the people from the Kingdom Hall down the road that I already have a religion I'm fond of, but thanks anyway.

[StellaBlue]

38. UPDATE: MYSTERY SOLVED

My best friend was talking on the phone last night to her ex, who lives in the same complex as me. They were together while I was out of the country for four years and, thus, I have never met the man.

Hence, why I didn't recognize him.

Apparently, she told him, as a joke, that she was at my place (as some kind of alibi). So he came to check.

:shrug: