yelohamr
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Magazine subscription peddlers target local neighborhoods
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/temecula/article_ca252e23-a6a5-52d5-a86e-756ea006d387.html
At the time I didn't think much of it. Last month a young woman came to our door and started giving a spiel about being a neighbor, going to UCSD and working her way through school. She and her spiel were familiar, I think she used the same act about 8 months ago.
On this day I was LOC (as Iusually do at home). I asked where she lived and she said, "Up the street." I again asked and she couldn't even pronounce the name of the cross street, where she supposedly lives.
I asked if she had any I.D. and she showed a card with her name printed on it with a Sharpie. She had no school I.D. or anything else. Her jeans were tight fitting so I could tell there was nothing in her pockets, as she was walking away.
Four days later, a young man was at our door, trying the same thing. We have a security steel screendoor that we can see out but no one can see in.
After I greeted him, the very first words out of his mouth were, "Don't shoot, I'm just selling magazine subscriptions".
He couldn't see me, how did he know I was armed? Gee, could that cute girl with the tight jeans have told him?
There have been episodes of mail theft in the neighborhood. That red flag that's up tells not only the Mail Carrier that something is there. We take our out-going mail to the Post Office.
Magazine subscription peddlers target local neighborhoods
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/temecula/article_ca252e23-a6a5-52d5-a86e-756ea006d387.html
At the time I didn't think much of it. Last month a young woman came to our door and started giving a spiel about being a neighbor, going to UCSD and working her way through school. She and her spiel were familiar, I think she used the same act about 8 months ago.
On this day I was LOC (as Iusually do at home). I asked where she lived and she said, "Up the street." I again asked and she couldn't even pronounce the name of the cross street, where she supposedly lives.
I asked if she had any I.D. and she showed a card with her name printed on it with a Sharpie. She had no school I.D. or anything else. Her jeans were tight fitting so I could tell there was nothing in her pockets, as she was walking away.
Four days later, a young man was at our door, trying the same thing. We have a security steel screendoor that we can see out but no one can see in.
After I greeted him, the very first words out of his mouth were, "Don't shoot, I'm just selling magazine subscriptions".
He couldn't see me, how did he know I was armed? Gee, could that cute girl with the tight jeans have told him?
There have been episodes of mail theft in the neighborhood. That red flag that's up tells not only the Mail Carrier that something is there. We take our out-going mail to the Post Office.
