this is not really the place but i have to tell someone.
last night i saw a side of myself i never knew really existed. ive always been able to keep calm and think clearly in extreme situations and it very much came into play last night. im a non violent peace lover but i now know i would be able to cope if things took a turn for the worst. my lizard/monkey brain does not panic and takes control in an effective way.
i was outside at the back of the house having a cig before bed. i just happened to look round at the door and saw some guy creeping around in the house.
he was just heading back to the front room and had his back to the door, i slammed it into him as hard as i could shouting and swearing at him in english (i live in france atm).
he looked surprised and said no no this is my friends house (in french ofc), i told him again to get out and he just stood there making lost puppy kind of sounds lol. so i gave him a decent shove towards the door, he turned round and repeated what he said before. so i kept shoving him towards the door saying get the f* out ect, i even had the presence of mind to form a sentence in french at one point and im rubbish at french.
i slammed the door behind him and locked the door, i turned round and he had piled up all the laptops and phones and stuff ready to go the b* strd.
ive been in some dodgy situations in my life and that has to be among the top few.
if you take anything from this, please keep your door locked! they just walk in sometimes.
Are locked doors uncommon around Europe? I can’t imagine someone having the gall to do that in my state. A good 1/3 of the population are friends with Smith and Wesson. The nerve of that one guy to pour himself a drink!
The original post smells of typical thief behaviour. I have experienced the same routine when two guys walked in unannounced into our office, where I previously worked, and they started to snoop around without even saying hi. They tried to pull a stupid excuse of “we thought this was the squash centre”. (note: it was a game development studio) They try to get your guard down by being friendly, while in fact they are scouting the place for stuff to steal. In Sweden it’s common place that they do this to later come back and raid the place. Have happened multiple times at schools and offices around the country before.
If you ever experience something similar, call the police first and confront the person. If it’s a mistake, the police will just take some notes and leave. Best case scenario, the culprit will either still be around or nearby for the police to catch up.
no smith and western here im afraid, only mr left hand and mr right hand.
they rewrote that law in the uk after a farmer shot a burglar, your not allowed any more unfortunately. makes you wonder how much damage to a burglar you could get away with though.
I’ve had that happened to me a couple of times, luckily the second time my dog attacked the intruder. So nothing was stolen, the first time around wasn’t so lucky. Always be careful, even locked doors wont stop an intruder, the guy came through by breaking a window.
Dogs are perfect. My landlord had keys to our house. one day after we’ve been away he had his hand in bandage and one of our dogs is now called ‘the biting monster’. Go figure.
Though I wouldn’t be quite certain that in a case of real robbery she wouldn’t just bring the criminals her toys to play and show him where the cookies are kept.
