It’s bad enough that we have to worry about someone robbing us or breaking into our house so let’s not give the crooks that much more reason to do so. I had never really thought of this until last night when my fiance, Wendi, mentioned this to me. Most robbers are not this smart but I’m sure there’s a few exceptions so let’s not test their abilities.
Basically every day I come home from work, I stop at our subdivision mailboxes and pick up the mail. Most of the time we get a bunch of junk mail such as credit card offers, political campaigns and retail catalogs so my first instinct is to throw it in the back seat of my car or on the floor where it then ends up for at least a few weeks until I get the motivation clean my car out.
I also have a garage door opener in my car that obviously lets me in our garage. So, here’s the simple equation.
GARAGE DOOR OPENER IN CAR + MAIL IN CAR = ASKING TO BE ROBBED
If someone breaks into your car which is VERY common…especially if you live near a larger city, you open up the door to much worse things that can happen. If someone breaks into your car and sees a garage door opener in sight with mail right next to it, there is the key into your house. They have the garage door opener to get in the house….at least into the garage. Most of us don’t lock our door that leads to the house from the garage (now I will)! They have your address from the mail you left in your car. You are actually helping the robber succeed at his job if you do this. Even the dumbest of robbers can pull this one off.
So, moral of the story…don’t be a lazy ass like me. Take your mail inside the house when you get it. It takes all of 3-4 seconds to grab it from your seat. If you are too lazy to handle this, then you might as well leave a key to the front door in your car too.
