How Safety Conscious Are You?

[Eve]

Had a knock on the door earlier and went to see who it was (so classily in my nightie and dressing gown!).

Said he was there to read the gas meter so I checked his badge before letting him in.

He seemed quite shocked as he said I'm one of the only people who has checked his badge. Amazes me these days!

I'm pretty safety conscious generally, always make sure my headphones are off before I get off the bus and wait for others to head off before me etc... I even usually have my phone and MP3 player handily stashed in my cleavage - it'd take someone pretty damn brazen to grab them from there!

[AlwaysConfused]

I take my headphones out before crossing the road. I will not answer the door without knowing who is there. I DO check ID and have been known to snatch it and make a call to the company before letting them in (and then get treated as some sort of nuisance). I don't leave the house before checking everything switchoffable is off. Yet I do really silly things without thinking that present more of a danger than this.

[Barmaid]

I am terrible. But then I've professionally seen some terrible things. Even when I had uniformed police turn up I wanted to see warrant cards (courtesy of No 1 step daughter who didn't like being told off). I hate people who phone me and ask ME to confirm MY details. I tell them that "you called me, you jolly well confirm some details to me and if you can't you can put it in writing".

When I travel, I stash stuff in closed pockets rather than all in one bag so if the bag gets snatched I haven't lost everything. I write down number plates of suspicious cars; I won't leave the front windows open in I am in the back garden; I take my satnav, lead and window popper thing out of the car (and give the window a quick wipe).

I was brought up by a security conscious nutcase so I suspect some of it has rubbed off.

[ummmm]

Not very :-/

I go to bed and forget to shut the windows/ lock the doors.

[jim360]

Erm... do you also set your phone to silent?

I'm probably far less safety-conscious than I ought to be. I try to be attentive when I need to, though -- when cycling or walking by roads and such. Other times I probably make all sorts of silly mistakes.

[society]

I never answer or open the door if I'm not expecting someone.

I like you style, Barmaid. Always better to be safe than sorry.

[Barmaid]

Yeah but you've got a 6ft ginger irishman living with you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RATTER15]

Im not really safety conscious unless I'm in work mode, then I can then be a right pain in the arris!

[Eve]

I'm like that with people on the phone Barmaid, maybe it's a suspicious lawyer thing :)

I have a special routine to make sure things are locked up before I go to bed.

Usually on vibrate Jim haha, partly as I have a hearing problem so easier to feel it than hear it. It also looks a bit weird walking round with singing boobs when it goes off, especially as my last ringtone was Muse - Supermassive Black Hole ;)

[Eve]

I hate hearing a knock at the door, panics me a little if I'm not expecting anyone. My then newish neighbour had a bit of knocking on quite late in the evening a while back and I hated that.

The area I'm in is probably a factor too though - there was a bullet hole in the window when I moved in!

[rockyracoon]

Would you know a fake badge if you saw one though Eve?, I've got a big dog that really dislikes strangers so I don't have to be uber safety conscious about things like that, fortunately. When he eventually trots over Rainbow Bridge I'll have to organise some kind of security for the house, or get another big dog.

[China Doll]

Short of not carrying stuff in my back pocket when in central london, not very.

[rsvp]

abysmally lax! - leave doors unlocked at night, windows open and always open the door. I live alone but I do have six dogs and have done a self defence course in a country renown for it's gun culture and violence. Also have certain 'things' strategically placed around the house.

[lcg]

If I am not expecting anyone, I don't open the door - its as simple as that. We get loads of sales people and jw's round here and I haven't the inclination to talk to any of them!x

[sherrardk]

I don't answer the door if I'm not expecting anyone and definitely not at night time. Always checking that himself has locked my car. Think I would have a heart attack if I went to London or any other big city (didn't like it six years ago, pretty sure I couldn't cope with it since living somewhere so quiet). When we are out and about I am constantly counting the kids to make sure we haven't misplaced one.

[snags]

''How Safety Conscious Are You?''

I was taught to never stick my finger - or anything else - somewhere you can't see clearly.

[joggerjayne]

Agree about the phone.

If someone like a bank phones ME, then they give ID to ME, not me to them.

[EvianBaby]

Not nearly as much as I should be.

I walked out the front door without my keys last week. Whilst that should have meant I was locked out it was simple enough to retrieve them by walking straight through my unlocked back door. I forget to lock it allll the time.

[joggerjayne]

Is it really bad to keep a waiter's friend corkscrew in your bag?

You never know when you might want to open wine.

[cupid04]

I'm very safety conscious where anything electrical is concerned.

[jno]

I was visiting leafy Buckinghamshire this afternoon when I found the back door keys in my bag. I wondered if I'd used them to lock the door before leaving feral London. Turns out I hadn't.