ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by Kirkz

Why have you left a 12 year old home alone?
I'm sure that's illegal in the UK! I think they have to be 14 before being left!

Unless you're the PM; then you can leave your 8 year old daughter in the pub...

Originally Posted by Andy_S

The guy kept knocking, but did not speak, and Hannah did not challenge him verbally. She did open the door a crack (with the catch-lock still in place) and snatched a glimpse of a guy in dark clothes, with a baseball cap pulled down over his eyes and a surgical mask on his face. (The latter is quite common in Korea, but is also, of course, very handy for anyone who does not want to be IDed).

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Originally Posted by sundance

Would you be ringing the coppers if it had happened in the UK?

Yes, if some guy was knocking on the door wearing a surgical mask and putting his hand over the peephole I would be calling the coppers, and then an ambulance after I had accidently hit him with the baseball bat I keep hung on the back of the door.

Originally Posted by Kirkz

Why have you left a 12 year old home alone?
I'm sure that's illegal in the UK! I think they have to be 14 before being left!

Bollocks.

A man-eating dog would be ideal, but in a smallish apartment? Not really.

Daughter was home alone after school for one hour. I was working (as usual), missus was also working (not so usual -she is a freelance and so is usually at home with the sprog).

I'll look into installing CCTV, but it is a rental apartment.

What worries me about this is:
(1) I can't think of a single reason for this guy's presence and behaviour to be innocent; and
(2) Why our gaff? Nothing much to steal. I worry as to whether he has been tracking Hannah, and observing our movements. Hopefully I am being paranoid, but...

Originally Posted by 3rdStafford

Not so.

That is in UK not S Korea

SNIP
Is the front door to the building not locked?
SNIP

Yes, there is an electronic key system, but it is not that difficult for someone to open the door, and another person to follow them in - happens all the time.

But now you mention it, I'll put up a sign in the entrance warning people about this incident. Cheers for sparking the thought.

Originally Posted by Onetap

Korean experience seems more relevant; discuss with some neighbours, to alert them and see whether they'd consider speaking to the local plods about it. Definitely he was up to some badness, CCTV door intercom thingy required methinks.

Sundance. No kids?

No thank fuck. I hear they cost booze and fag money. On a more serious note OP has stated that there is apartment security so the bloke would have initially had to access the building and was therefore probably there for a legitimate purpose.

Originally Posted by Andy_S

My daughter Hannah (12-years-old) was home alone after school this afternoon, when there came a knock on the door,

You have got a suss daughter and you should be proud of her. When in five or six years time she goes exploring, one assumes you will have told her, "When in doubt, have a full-on mental fit, flap your arms & legs and scream your fucking head off"

Originally Posted by sundance

If youre that worried get a big fuck off dog.

The man lives in Korea. A little sensitivity would not go amiss? We are discussing his daughters safety. Not dinner.