what to do if someone knocks on your door late at night
United States
September 9, 2007 four:42am CST
Tonight someone started knocking on the neighbors door really loud and it most woke upward our entire family unit. Luckily I was the only one up working on My Lot at the fourth dimension, so it posed niggling more than than an annoyance at the time. Mostly, I was worried that the annoying knocking sound next door would wake up my little kid at 3 AM and she wouldn't desire to go back to sleep. I judge the person adjacent door finally opened their door, because the knocking stopped after about five minutes. Personally, I would not have opened the door. Start off, no one I know would dare come calling that tardily at night/early morning, so it would definitely take to be a stranger. And second, it'southward dangerous to open your door to strangers that late at night. When that happens to you, how exercise you handle information technology? Do yous get annoyed and phone call the cops on the person making such a ruckus? Do yous go scared that someone is about to intermission into your dwelling house?
27 responses
• United States
9 Sep 07
I would never open my door to anyone who was knocking on information technology tardily at night. I'd call out, and I'd try to sound annoyed and non timid, and if it was a family fellow member, and I could tell it was a family fellow member, I'd let them in. I have a peephole, just at dark I can't see who is standing on the other side of the door. If it was a family member, I would presume something bad had happened and no one wanted me to have to hear about information technology over the telephone. If it was someone else, I'd go rid of them and if they wouldn't become abroad, I'd announce my intentions to telephone call the police.
• United states of america
9 Sep 07
I would do the aforementioned too. Or, maybe only call the constabulary instead. Not sure. Information technology hasn't happened in awhile to u.s.a..
• United states
9 Sep 07
Our constabulary take such a big surface area to cover, that I would desire to attempt to be sure before calling because of it. Likewise because I live in an flat, and if the police showed up, everyone would get upwardly, and the apartment director would exist very cranky. So I would want to be every bit sure as possible without putting my personal saftey at risk.
• Indonesia
9 Sep 07
Accept to check it kickoff.. Is they are my family, I will open it. If not, and then I prefer non to. If he keeps knocking, I might go downwards and prepare something behind the door. Lately, there are and then many bad people attempt to break into your house. You don't even know what are they up to. 1 matter for sure, they have bad intentions. Knocking on the door late at night tin only mean two things : emergency or terror.
• United States
9 Sep 07
Probably true. That'due south a proficient point.
• India
x Sep 07
Corret even i exercise the same.
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9 Sep 07
I'thousand i of those who will open up their door late at night merely that's considering my mum works shifts equally a patrol and response security baby-sit and she knows I accept sleep issues so I may or may non be awake when she comes knocking. If I am, apparently I telephone call out through the door to see if it's someone I know and if it isnt and so i wont open information technology no thing whats going on simply if information technology's my mum then yeah, I'll open the door and let her in for a coffee before she goes home. If I'm not awake then she just goes directly abode anyways.
• U.s.a.
9 Sep 07
Yeah, but you accept to open up the door for your mom. I remember that's a law or something. And, if it's not, then information technology should be. Especially when a mom goes out of her way to check on you lot. Information technology's sugariness that she would do that.
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9 Sep 07
My mom is pretty cool like that and I bank check on her too. I really dont like the fact that she is all lone on a night shift and could come across goodness knows who so I ring her regularly to check on her merely to brand certain that she's okay :)
• Philippines
nine Sep 07
I think it will be scary if you lot are alone, information technology might exist a madman knocking but I would however going to bank check out kickoff who it is and won't immediately call the cops. If I could only ignore it until the knocking stops and then I definitely would, but who knows information technology likewise might exist someone I knew that needed help.
• Us
10 Sep 07
It would absolutly terrify me! But I'd have to know who's on the other side of the door because information technology could exist one of my relatives or friends in trouble or fifty-fifty myself in trouble for my house could be on fire and I don't know about information technology. Notwithstanding one has to exist very careful though because it could be somebody out to hurt y'all or rape and/or rob yous. And then it's very understandable why you wouldn't desire to open the door. I wouldn't want to either at that time of dark.
• People's republic of china
9 Sep 07
well,information technology must be very annoying when in the midnight somebody knock at ur door.but it happens sometimes.we take to do sth. i have to encounter that i never want to knock others door at that time,and i believe others think the same way,if they practice,they perchance have problems they tin't handle.that means they need help.and so i would be happy to ,nomatter how much i want to sleep .i can sympathize.and i tin handle it rationally.
• Philippines
ix Sep 07
I would be afraid if someone volition knock my door at 3AM.But I will peep in the window to know who is knocking. I will non open him or her if I don't know personally. But if I know the person, then I might as well open up the door for definitely something is incorrect with him or her. Otherwise he/she won't come up to y'all.
• China
ix Sep 07
Information technology depends on who he is. If information technology is someone whom I know, I recollect that I volition surely open the door for him to permit him in to show my politeness. If it is someone I don't know, I would not open the door to keep safe not to let in some bad guy. It should always be the best policy for us to exist cautious to strangers.
• United states
9 Sep 07
Well I would check to see who it is...if its a stranger and then no I might not open the door, I'd accept them talk to me through the kitchen window, and so again I might cause its the middle of the nighttime and I'm not the brightest when half asleep..but we have two dogs who woudl be flippin out and then I'd non be all that worried.....All the same when I was notwithstanding living in Canada it wasnt thta uncommon for ppl to knock on my door or telephone call at all hours of the nighttime really
• United States
13 Sep 07
Wow--- if I knew the person I would open the door- If I didn't no way! I'd phone call the cops and report someone at the door at a weird hour of the night- How spooky! I wonder why someone was coming over then tardily and knocking on the door- and what in the globe were y'all doing up at 3AM working on mylot?? I'm sound to sleep at that time. You are dedicated. I wouldn't call the cops if someone was knocking on the neighbors door- unless I saw them trying to break in- or if they looked suspicious!
• Philippines
x Sep 07
I would have opened the door if I knew the person very well. If I couldn't recognize the private then I would have asked the person knocking at my door in the middle of the nighttime who he is and what he wants. If he does not answer then I would probably call our local 911. Further, it's not safe allowing or entertaining strangers in our firm.
• United States
10 Sep 07
If yous plan to knock on my door belatedly at night, you meliorate call first and tell me. Plus there'south 911. And if you lot try to come in forcibly, the last thing you might hear would exist a loud bang.
• Belgium
ten Sep 07
If I know that I'yard non expecting any body, I would prefer not to open the door. in case information technology'southward an important thing, the person should have telephone call me offset to let me know that he or she would come to my house.
• Canada
10 Sep 07
No...if I were home alone and someone knocked late at night...forget information technology. Nosotros have a peephole and I would definitely check that first and ask them to identify themselves. If I did not know who they were and they persisted I'd all the closed neighbour...and if no 1 could help me...the police force would exist next. It is sad state of affairs...but lets get real here...there are some foreign people in them thar' hills! We live amidst some hills! LOL
• Australia
10 Sep 07
i will also definitely not open the door at one time. in our land many roberry, hoe heist,massacre of the unabridged family hgappened because of unknowingly opening the door at night. what i would do is to peep in the window nearly the door to decide whose the person if i cannot recognize him then i will never open it even he is begging to open information technology for him whatsoever his/her situation.safety is my first priority.
• Singapore
10 Sep 07
I would definitely get annoyed and check out who is making that noise if the knocking is persistent. I won't exist afraid of someone trying to break into my business firm because nobody did that in open before in my country.
• United States
ten Sep 07
Nosotros take a peep hole and then I would look through that. If I didn't know the person then I would ignore it altogether. If they persisted and then I might have my husband answer it or else phone call the cops. I have never had anyone wake me up at that time and so fingers crossed it doesn't happen to me or our neighbors.
• Philippines
10 Sep 07
thats an easy question :) its no not unless he/she shouts and calls my name and if im expecting somebody to arrive during that time
• Us
x Sep 07
I would open my door belatedly at nighttime if it was someone I know otherwise I wouldnt. I wouldnt phone call the police though unless they wouldnt go away. I dont become scared of someone breaking in because I have a dog.
• United states of america
x Sep 07
Oh! That'south never happened to me, not still! Thankfully. But I def. would non answer the door if that happened. Especially since the knocking was then loud, that makes it sound kind of angry. Merely, that late at night, I would not answer the door...my older sisters and brother in law have keys to the house so they wouldn't need to knock.
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