Stranger Danger!

[Kandy-Sugar]

Do you answer the door when you're home alone?

I don't. >.<

Even when Steve is home I make him answer the door so that I don't have to. >.< I'll wake him up, make him get out of the shower or whatever he's doing at the time and he doesn't mind thankfully.

I just hate answering the door to people I don't know.

I've seen too many movies where they just push their way in and rape/murder the person inside. >.<

I'm so paranoid about that sort of thing, but maybe I wouldn't be alive today if I wasn't.

So what about you?

Do you even peep through the peephole in the door, or look out the window before opening up?

Or do you just pull it open and not really care?

 

[Will Graham]

Well apart from the door thing, I am going to assume this deals with all aspects of 'stranger danger' i.e. getting lifts with them and such.

I always open the door to strangers, or just head on out to them when I open the gates from the house. Most of the time it's just people asking directions or reading the electricity metre. I live in the countryside though, so it is probably different for city slickers.

Like I said previously, I live in the countryside, about two and a half miles from the town. It's actually a university town so it's where I go to college as well, really spreading my wings, etcetera. It's about a forty minute walk if I don't get a lift when my parents head to work, so sometimes people stop on the road to give me a lift in. Most of the time it's someone I know from down the road, or a friend of my mother.

Sometimes it is a total stranger though, most of whom are old dears. If I get raped and killed by an oul one, I think I kind of deserved it. Plus I would have made it rain in a Saharan fanny, which is pretty noble

I remember one night in particular, I had spent all my taxi money on tequila and my best pal had gone off with some woman to McDonalds. Being shattered with drink, I came to the conclusion that "I have been drunk before, and I have walked home before, therefore I can do both simultaneously". I started jogging through the town towards home, waving at everyone so they would not suspect what I was up to. I was certain if strangers knew I was jogging home, they would stalk and kill me like a gazelle. A handsome gazelle

As I left the town I realised I was wearing my brother's jeans, and he would be furious if I ruined them. So I rolled them up above my knees like sexy shorts, to avoid shredding the hems. Then my jumper began to slowly roast me, like I was a pulchritudinous turkey. I tried to take it off, but only managed to get one arm out the neck hole, turning it into some form of new age toga.

It was around then that I began to panic, as I had never realised how rife with danger nature was. What if a fox leapt out and dragged me into it's pederasty lair? I combated this, by rather ingeniously, running down the middle of the road, not at the side near the hedges. Whenever a car came I leapt and spun with my thumb out, trying to hitch a lift. Many cars beeped their appreciation for my snappy dance moves!

This continued for about half of my jog home, until finally a car stopped. Now I forgot to mention, that only that day I had learnt about Larry Murphy, and his subsequent release near my home town. Basically he was a rapist/murderer who had been in jail for years, and had been released very recently. I suddenly thought, "Oh no! What if he only wants directions, not to give me a lift"

I hopped in the car and immediately stopped in utter shock, the man in the car with me wasn't just any old person. He had motherfucking chocolate doughnuts! He tried to tell me his name, but I didn't hear him. I asked him his name again, but as he replied I suddenly realised what he had said and blurted out "Ted!", just as he spoke. Then I thought he had said something different the second time, so as he tried to tell me a third time I shouted out "Ken!"

It was all very humorous and he drove me back to my house, well he went a bit by before I realised where we were. I thanked him and asked for a doughnut.

See children, talk to strangers and receive candy, it's pretty legit

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

Haha yes I should have said it could relate to any sort of stranger danger. >.<

I wasn't thinking of anything else but the answering the door to strangers at the time of posting. >.<

Well I have actually hitched a ride with a stranger once. Not one of my proudest moments.

It was when I was 18 and I was dating a total druggie loser who's brother had just stolen my car and totalled it into an energex pole and I had no way of getting anywhere at 3am in the morning.

It was dark and raining and to make it worse, I was in my dickhead ex's suburb at the time of the accident, so I had no idea where I was after I left his house to go hunting for my car.

Eventually everyone (including the police and ambulance) left and I was all alone. Sadly I was drunk as well, and I was walking up and down the streets calling out like an idiot for someone to help me.

Finally I flagged down a car and a guy in his mid-forties picked me up and dropped me off at my ex's house. I was so not in the right frame of mind at that time. I never hitch rides from anyone, especially while I'm alone and drunk and it's in the middle of the night! Especially not from a much older bigger man! >.<

Scary times, but never again. NEVER AGAIN! I suppose that incident added to my paranoia. =/

I was very lucky. =/

 

[Marquis of Granby]

i hold doors open for people all the time. provided i happen to be going through them anyway. its just the polite thing to do. obviously a lot has changed since i was a nipper cause apparently now it makes you a paedophile/rapist/murderer/worthy of a dirty look for doing this.

theres stranger danger then there's just being a bloody arsehole

i answer the door to strangers and if theyre strange like...bible bashers or what have you they get told to bugger off. but strange people dont tend to knock on the door cause they already live in the house

 

[Prince Oberyn Martel]

At the moment I don't, because I'm coming to an end of what accidentally became an almost year-and-a-half crash around my grandmothers. What ever comes to the door is her business, not mine. If its important they'll get hold of her at another time. Grandmothers rule, not mine, but one I'll happily oblige by if it means I can avoid interaction with blaggers/annoying people. Plus, because of some shit with a now exiled family member, bailiffs have taken to make odd appearances. Fuck'em. The dog will deal with them.

Otherwise I tend to check through the window to see if its worth opening the door or not. If its a friend then they usually call or text when they are on their way so im expecting them, making most unexpected rings of the bell usually something I'd rather avoid. I do like to have chats with certain bible-bashing folk though, since finding out how I can wind them up for uberlulz.

 

[Bambi]

depends what time of day it is, theres no way im answering when its late.

though tbf, i ignore the door unless its the postman anyway, becasue its usally just some door to door cunt

 

[The Witch]

When you have one Labrador/ Pit-bull mix and one more full pit-bull dog roaming around your house you feel a lot safer opening doors. Especially when both dogs have an intimidating height and bark/growl. I know dogs can't stop guns or anything, but I doubt the person will handle two dogs and one person. :/

I guess I will say no to the question anyway since I live in a small mountain area where I know everyone who could possible knock at my door anyway. If someone comes knocking at my door and I don't recognize them then I keep a weapon at hand.

 

[Rapture]

If someone comes knocking at my door and I don't recognize them then I keep a weapon at hand.

I don't answer the door when I'm home alone. The only time I'll do it is when its the UPS man and he drops off a package for me and leaves it outside the door.

We live in a pretty rural area and our neighbors are trustable (retired and such) so I trust them...I just don't trust people who are coming to sell me something (If I want something I will contact YOU about it, not the other way around) and I really dislike when people come to my house trying to sell me on their religion or whatnot because I am already religious, and I shouldn't have to sit and explain on my front doorstep my take on how I already know what is written in the book of Relevations about the end of days...

With all of that, I've heard too many stories about people opening up their houses and getting robbed and etc...is it really worth it ...Plus I'd be a complete pushover if someone did try and get in our house I know...which is why I refuse to do it in the first place.

 

[Linnaete]

Well fortunately, the chances of a stranger waltzing up to my front door with a rifle or a Walter P99 would be incredibly slim in this country. In fact, the chances of anyone going up to our front door armed with anything is very slim, and add to the fact that the most suspicious visitors to our door we've ever had has been kids asking for treats at Halloween. Additionally, we've never had a history of strangers appearing threatening us, I can safely dismiss the extremes and say that I've no qualms in answering the door to strangers.

I normally sneak a quick glance out of the window whenever someone knocks. If it looks like someone wants to sell me some crap, then forget it. Jog on to the next house. I've not had so-called bible bashers at my door yet, though if I do, I'd happily tell them to come round another time when my parents are in, as they're considerably more devout as Catholics than I am before shutting the door on them. The thing is, when I do look out the window, there's a good probability that the person outside will notice that someone is in, so I feel obliged to answer the door now out of consideration.

 

[Squid]

I would never get into a car with a stranger, like if I was walking down the road and they stopped and said "want a lift?" I'd probably say no thanks mate and continue on my way.

Though, when it comes to opening the door to strangers while at home... I seem to have no problem with it... hahaha I am pretty paranoid but for some reason I just open the door to anyone without even bothering to ask who's there.

I remember one night at about 2am, I'm in bed and I hear someone knocking on the door real loud, I just got out of bed and opened the door, didn't bother to check or anything, it could have been anyone. Luckily it was just my neighbour telling me my car had been smashed and robbed...

But yeah I should probably be more careful about stranger danger.

 

[Rey]

I never ever open the door to anybody that comes to the doorstep unless it is someone I know, like family or a friend, of course I will open. When I am by myself and someone is knocking, Ill usually look out the window and see who it is. Usually, most of the time it will be someone trying to get me to buy something, in which case I will not bother. There are these annoying people who have the tendency to ask the whole street about some product. It is honestly annoying. As for any strangers with weapons? Nah it has honestly never ever happened in my life. Some people are scary, and ring the doorbell like a zillion times, in which case I am like "Oh fuck off to another house already!" Yes, I never answer the door, particularly because there can be some crazy people, even though it has never happened before. I really do not like the people here, so they can honestly fuck off with trying to get me to buy products. I like to think the area I am is extremely safe, but I would not open the door either way. It is a sort of thing that has stuck on me. The person walks away and gives up when they see nobody answering the door. There have been a few cases where we would have someone coming to fix something in the house, and I would open the door because I was told to. It still applies to suspicious people though. I would not ever open the door for a crazy person like that. I will also mention that sometimes I stop whatever I am doing till that person leaves, because it honestly distracts me.

 

[Donald Trump]

I am not a stranger. I am not afraid of danger. I am not afraid of stranger danger.
The only time it enters into my head to be afraid of strangers is when I'm walking home late at night, most of the time there's quite a few people doing the same thing so I'm not exactly alone. Sometimes when it's not very busy or I'm walking back from somewhere else I realise that there are much easier people to attack or whatever. I had no idea that people would be too scared to open their doors if they were alone, that seems rather odd to me.
Most strangers ask me for cigarettes, I say no and they say thanks anyway, but not in a sarcastic way. The other day some guy put he arm around me and asked for a cigarette, he was pretty friendly but I said no. He was very nice about it and we parted as friends.

 

[SaShman]

The idea of not opening the door to strangers has never even occurred to me and I've had some pretty dodgy visitors. I'm not sure if I'd answer the door late at night, but how often does someone knock on your door at 2am unexpectedly?

I don't think it is really sensible to accept a ride from a stranger. But then again I think I have done just that in the past.

I remember when I went to Japan last year, my hotel was closed the first night I was there, so I couldn't get in. Some kind stranger offered to let me stay at his house, so I did.

So I guess stranger danger doesn't really cross my mind too often. I figure that most strangers are just normal people who I haven't met yet.

 

[Ethics]

I never open the door even with a house full of people. I am terrified of who might be on the other side.


Of course I answer the door, it's just silly not to. I also open up for Jehovah's Witnesses and the bible thumpers. Why the hell not? They obviously have something worth talking about, so I'll talk to them. As long as they can hold up a decent conversation, I don't care what they're trying to sell me. Does this mean I'll buy (into) what they're selling? No. I think it's rude to not answer someone who has come to your home, though.

 

[Tyler Breeze]

Hell no!

Some of the places where I grew up, here's how it went down

You either got...

Kidnapped

Killed

Or it was the police asking about a recent crime that happened.

I'm paranoid. I only answer if it's the parents, or if it's a delivery. Other than that, everybody else can eff off. I hate most people anyway, so why would I answer the door? Yeah, I'm not big on that. While the person rings the bell, I'll be in the kitchen drinking a smoothie.

 

[Tucker]

I always answer my door...I live in a pretty decent neighborhood so I never think twice about it. It's usually annoying neighbors who I don't want to talk to though.

Once a guy delivering chicken wings came to my house and I told him, I didn't order any! He asked, isn't this your address and he showed me the order, and sure enough it was my address. Then suddenly a guy comes running down the street (who I've never seen before) and says "HEEEEEEEEEEY THOSE ARE MIIIIIIIIIIIINE". They walked out in front of my house, the stranger dude payed, and they both vanished into the night And that my friends, is the mystery of the Chicken Wings on Marlena's Street.