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WARNING: Don't leave your keys in the letterbox!
At around 4.30pm Tuesday I heard the front door of my neighbour's unit (in Coogee) opening.
"Crap!", I thought as I figured they were just about to use our shared laundry. I decided to check the peephole to see if they were indeed about to use it.
Nope it was a woman I didn't recognise walking into their unit and leaving the door open. Maybe she was a friend or relative? She then returned and closed the door.
Good. Now I can use the laundry.
Then I hear the door opening again and I check the peephole and I see this woman open their door look around, go back inside and close the door.
Hmmm. That's funny. So I call my next door neighbour to see if he has people staying with him. No answer.
Again I hear their front door open and I see this woman leaving as I call my mate a second time. I hear a phone ringing in her big black bag as I walk out the front door to the laundry. His phone!
Me: G'day.
Woman (in a junkie's voice): Hi I think I've lost me car keys.
Me: What are you up to?
Woman: Just visting me friend.
Me: Who lives there?
Woman (moving down the stairs): Me friend Charlie.
Me: (following her) Mate I know the bloke that lives there and his name's Dave not f'n Charlie!
Me (grabbing her and leading her back upstairs): I want everything in that bag that you just f'n stole from my mate's place!
Turns out my mate went for a run and left his keys in the letterbox and she was checking mailboxes for credit cards and keys.
I told her I wouldn't call the cops if she gave me all the stuff back and let me take a photo of her which she did. I took a photo of her with my phone and told her if one thing was missing I was straight to the coppers with her pic. (which has been sent to the neighbours).
She returned 10 minutes later with a ring in a small box which she had overlooked.
The neighbours' got everything back, camera, phone, jewellry, cash etc. and agreed not to call the cops.
Why?
It's a hassle. Trust me I know. I've worked in the security industry (including at The Cross) and have been in and out of cop shops and courtrooms a million times. The cops take hours to turn up. You have to go and make a statement at the cop shop. You have to take a day off work to go to court if she pleads not guilty. In the end, because she's heroin addicted, she'll only get a slap on the wrist.
Besides no one got hurt, they got all their stuff back and I got given a bottle of Jack Daniels for being a good neighbour!
So don't leave your keys in the letterbox folks!
"Crap!", I thought as I figured they were just about to use our shared laundry. I decided to check the peephole to see if they were indeed about to use it.
Nope it was a woman I didn't recognise walking into their unit and leaving the door open. Maybe she was a friend or relative? She then returned and closed the door.
Good. Now I can use the laundry.
Then I hear the door opening again and I check the peephole and I see this woman open their door look around, go back inside and close the door.
Hmmm. That's funny. So I call my next door neighbour to see if he has people staying with him. No answer.
Again I hear their front door open and I see this woman leaving as I call my mate a second time. I hear a phone ringing in her big black bag as I walk out the front door to the laundry. His phone!
Me: G'day.
Woman (in a junkie's voice): Hi I think I've lost me car keys.
Me: What are you up to?
Woman: Just visting me friend.
Me: Who lives there?
Woman (moving down the stairs): Me friend Charlie.
Me: (following her) Mate I know the bloke that lives there and his name's Dave not f'n Charlie!
Me (grabbing her and leading her back upstairs): I want everything in that bag that you just f'n stole from my mate's place!
Turns out my mate went for a run and left his keys in the letterbox and she was checking mailboxes for credit cards and keys.
I told her I wouldn't call the cops if she gave me all the stuff back and let me take a photo of her which she did. I took a photo of her with my phone and told her if one thing was missing I was straight to the coppers with her pic. (which has been sent to the neighbours).
She returned 10 minutes later with a ring in a small box which she had overlooked.
The neighbours' got everything back, camera, phone, jewellry, cash etc. and agreed not to call the cops.
Why?
It's a hassle. Trust me I know. I've worked in the security industry (including at The Cross) and have been in and out of cop shops and courtrooms a million times. The cops take hours to turn up. You have to go and make a statement at the cop shop. You have to take a day off work to go to court if she pleads not guilty. In the end, because she's heroin addicted, she'll only get a slap on the wrist.
Besides no one got hurt, they got all their stuff back and I got given a bottle of Jack Daniels for being a good neighbour!
So don't leave your keys in the letterbox folks!
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