Interesting encounter tonight
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:20 pm
No, i was not shaking or sweating. :-)
I live in an apartment complex that has actual security checking/recording everybody coming in. I was home late but my wife was even later and it got dark very quickly. I called her and knew she's on the way (10 min), then I sat down in front of my computer to check emails etc.
About this time, I heard a somewhat loud noise from my blinder on a half open window from the dark living room. I didn't pay much attention because I thought it's just wind. Suddenly someone started to knock my door. I thought my wife's back but didn't hear her car alarm or her foot step, so i looked through the peep hole and asked who that was. A guy answered that his cat got into my apartment through the window.
"How interesting!" I thought, "They use anything to make your open the door nowadays, but that's a nice and original one I would use." I told him to hold on then went to put on a pair of pants, my carry gun, and my Maglite flash light - that's actually a club.
I didn't open the door until I actually cornered the cat after searching every room for a while. A girl and a guy were standing outside when I handed over the cat - cute cat, but never seen them before - i have been there a long time.
I am very happy about how I handled everything but my wife says i am a little overreacting. *wink.
Oh, one thing i must note. I actually worried about more about my room being seen as messy than the two standing outside - didn't even pay attention to them much such as how they looked, what they wore or what they had in their hands. hmm, lesson learned.
I live in an apartment complex that has actual security checking/recording everybody coming in. I was home late but my wife was even later and it got dark very quickly. I called her and knew she's on the way (10 min), then I sat down in front of my computer to check emails etc.
About this time, I heard a somewhat loud noise from my blinder on a half open window from the dark living room. I didn't pay much attention because I thought it's just wind. Suddenly someone started to knock my door. I thought my wife's back but didn't hear her car alarm or her foot step, so i looked through the peep hole and asked who that was. A guy answered that his cat got into my apartment through the window.
"How interesting!" I thought, "They use anything to make your open the door nowadays, but that's a nice and original one I would use." I told him to hold on then went to put on a pair of pants, my carry gun, and my Maglite flash light - that's actually a club.
I didn't open the door until I actually cornered the cat after searching every room for a while. A girl and a guy were standing outside when I handed over the cat - cute cat, but never seen them before - i have been there a long time.
I am very happy about how I handled everything but my wife says i am a little overreacting. *wink.
Oh, one thing i must note. I actually worried about more about my room being seen as messy than the two standing outside - didn't even pay attention to them much such as how they looked, what they wore or what they had in their hands. hmm, lesson learned.
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