Once again, another woman wakes up to find a man watching her sleep in Halifax, and once again it’s because she left a door unlocked! How stupid does a person have to be? We’ve all been warned to keep our doors and windows locked. If they ever catch this Sleep Watcher (or his copycat), they should also charge the moronic victim for stupidity. Antoine Dodson warned us all. —Lock & Key
This article appears in Jul 14-20, 2011.
I just moved out of a house where I shared with a bunch of girls who were old enough to know better than to keep the door unlocked, especially since the summer before an ex-tenant had her laptop stolen in the middle of the day while other people were home in their bedrooms with their doors shut. Thankfully my landlord installed a key that bedroom door afterwards.
One of these girls was so picky about keeping the house clean but didn’t seem to care about the worst kind of vermin, the human kind!
How hard is it to remember to take your keys with you when you leave? It’s just a simple habit, not even that hard to do when you’re drunk. And knowing you’ll probably be too drunk to find your keys in your purse while you’re desperately trying to keep your bladder from exploding is not a valid excuse to keep the door open beforehand either. That’s what shrubbery is for.
LOL….Antoine Dodson. I guess he moved to Uniacke Square.
He’s climbin in your windows
He’s snatchin your people up
Tryna rape em so y’all need to
Hide your kids, Hide your wife
Hide your kids, Hide your wife
Hide your kids, Hide your wife
and hide your husband
Cuz they’re rapin errbody out here
I’m all for common sense, but blaming the victim of a crime is foolish. You don’t know the circumstances – a roommate could have left the door unlocked or, perhaps, it was a simple slip of the mind. We’re not all perfect.
+1 for Sebastian. That’s 2 this week! JEEZ life must be sweet for you!
Doesn’t Antoine’s angel mane just send you floating. Especially when he does a hair toss causing his sweet scent to radiate through the air.
Ahhhhh Anotine. He can sit right next to my Goddess Britney.
this goddess?
http://www.uncoveror.com/britney_cooties.j…
http://www.thomaspeep.com/wp-content/uploa…
yeesh.
with our ever-so-smart police force, I’m sure he’ll be caught in no time.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comm…
Yes zZz, that Goddess.
Are you jealous?
I find it hard to be jealous of anyone associated with K-Fed
He is no longer. We all make mistakes, but I’m just gonna take this display of hatred as a manifestation of your love for her. I’ll express my joy for her since you’re too *cough* depressy to do it yourself.
😀
You’re welcome.
I can’t believe the word SHRUBBERY was used and no Monty Python Holy Grail Quotes as of yet
Well, pretty sure this current victim learned her lesson about locking her door.
I really can’t wrap my head around not locking your door. I live in the most boring apartment building in the most boring neighbourhood where the most shocking crime is a broken bus shelter here or there and I ALWAYS lock my door when I’m IN my apartment and even when I go get the mail ffs or if I’m going down to the parking garage to get something out of storage. It’s VERY important to lock your doors and keep your windows locked — it’s summer, sure and it’s hot, but if your windows don’t have a jam to only allow them to open a certain amount, keep them closed if you’re on an easily accessible level.
Valid bitch.
Also: For Donk — http://www.bedintrudercostume.com/
<3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo
Only $25? That’s either a really good deal or a really cheaply made costume.
HAHAHA
25 dollars … well look at what he’s wearin’. It certainly wasn’t Dior and that weave was broke down.
does the scarf need to be red? cause otherwise i could rawk that outfit
LEEEAVVEEE BRITNEY ALLLOOOOONNNNEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And who the hell is this Antoine person?
Lock your doors, or don’t lock your doors, just don’t be surprised if someone enters your house without your knowledge or permission if you insist on not locking the door.
If you live with other people it is especially inconsiderate, everyone has at least something of value that they don’t want stolen, most people have more than one such possession. Not to mention some intruders are armed and/or dangerous.
I remember I almost got kicked out of an apartment because my girlfriend at the time not only didn’t lock the door but didn’t even close it on her way out, and this was in Lakecrest. My room mate who was leasing the place was pretty upset, we’re just lucky nothing got stolen. Like lotto lucky. I still can’t believe she fuckin did that, I’m pretty sure that wasn’t the only time, too.
lol you must have been livin under a rock for the past year or so Bro Tim. Google him.
Basically he’s a flamboyant dude from a housing project in I believe Georgia somewhere, and he gave an interview after someone broke into his siter’s room and tried to rape her. The interview was an instant classic and someone made it into a song and Antoine’s family now no longer lives in the projects. He even performed it at last years BET awards. He’s become a celebrity. Talk about a blessing in disguise.
And Britney’s a human being not a goddess, come on now.
“Your honor,she was wearing a short skirt, she deserved to be raped”
“And that, my liege, is how we know the universe to be banana-shaped”
Holy victim-blaming! There is no way this girl deserved such an attack. Disgusting.
I feel bad for her but now she’ll grow up and properly use her door in an urban setting. Too bad ditzy college girls in bench jackets don’t read newspapers or the coast. They might learn to use a fucking lock at night.
I don’t think anyone is saying she deserved it but she could have done more to prevent it. So morally, no she didn’t deserve it but still, “That’s what you get” kind of applies.
Just like the person who didn’t wear their seat belt doesn’t “deserve” to die in a car accident. No, he could have been a great guy for all we know, but still, he should have been wearing his seat belt, he might still be alive. That’s one of thousands of examples/metaphors.
Stuff like that doesn’t happen as much if you lock your doors. Sure there are other ways in, but they make noise. If someone just walks your door, even if someone sees them they have no way of knowing the person is an unwelcome intruder.
I guess I must be smarter than your average bear. Thought this shit was common knowledge.
That’s, you know, why doors have locks and why locks were invented. To control who and, more importantly, who doesn’t get into your home.
At least get yourself a life-size cardboard cutout of Chuck Norris to greet said pervert. Preferably a nude one.
“And Britney’s a human being not a goddess, come on now.” … I’m just gonna let that one fly TJ.
*puts hands in pockets* *walks away whistling*
I normally only lock my door when I leave or before bed. However my building is secure, we have a good landlord (doesn’t accept many shady characters for tenants), and I have at least spoken with many of my neighbours, who seem like okay people. That said, when I first moved in, my neighbour was throwing a party. I guess some of his guests got pretty hammered. At one point one of them came right into my apartment thinking it was the apartment where the party was taking place. So I guess weird shit can happen anywhere. Wasn’t a big deal because, as I said, they were nice people.
I find it bizarre having to lock your door though. I never locked it growing up, or when I lived in other cities in the maritimes and in other cities bigger than Halifax. Yet, it seems that Halifax has a lot of break-ins and robberies so I can see why people make such a big deal of it.
Also I’m glad I live in the North end. I prefer having groups of swarmers you can bike/run/drive away from than a night watcher/bedroom intruder that prevents you from being able to keep your window open and night.
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Yes, always closing and locking entry doors is the only way to go. However, we all have ‘brain fart’ days. I’ve been known to a) leaving the door unlocked (very rare) and b). Much worse, leaving the flipping keys in the lock, after unlocking it and going into the apt. Thankfully no one took advantage of the situation, either to enter the apt. or to steal the keys. Just lucky – so far. One tries to remember and not do that. But there are still many Pollyanna types who think an unlocked door shows their trust in humanity. Quaint, but stupid and perhaps deadly.