The Burglar And The Training Shoes.By Bob Goldsmith. I heard tell of a guy who returned home, from where it doesn't matter but let's assume it was from his workplace, to find a well worn training shoe laying in the middle of his drive. After studying the unappealing item of footwear for a moment or two, and wondering how on earth it got there, he did what you or I would have done. He picked it up by the lace and deposited it in the trash. No doubt that not long after he was inside his home, with his favorite beverage inside him, he had forgotten all about the decrepit training shoe. A few days later however he heard some news that brought the shoe on the drive back to mind. It seems that a few blocks away another training shoe had been tossed in to the yard of an elderly gentleman who was a bit of a recluse, almost a hermit in fact. The old fellow had spied the shoe out in his yard from his window, as it was his custom not to leave his house even to tidy his yard, more frequently than once a week or longer, he just let the footwear be. Two days later this recluse heard a rap, rap, rapping on his front door, not one to encourage visitors he ignored the knocking. Next thing he could hear the sound of someone breaking in. Sensibly he quickly locked himself in a back room and called the cops. Full marks to the police department, they responded swiftly and caught the intruder red handed. The subject of the training shoe in the yard came up. It seems that it was this burglar's method for testing out if folks were away on vacation. He'd find houses that appeared to be unoccupied, but he wanted to be a little more sure. He'd toss something, a soda can, an old paperback book or, if he had one an old training shoe into the yard. This bad actor would then return in a few days, and if the present was still where he tossed it he was then a little more confident the family were away. If the family were in residence then naturally they would not leave the item laying around. What our burglar friend did not count on was a recluse who didn't care about the state of his yard too much. Was the training shoe thrown on the drive of the first guy and the shoe tossed into the recluse's yard a matching pair? Who knows. Of course you already know to ask your neighbor to keep watch on your place when you are away. So he will keep your home looking occupied and if he sees some item of trash in your yard, he will dispose of it. © copyright surveillanceforsecurity.com If faced with a high security padlock that he doesn't know how to overcome, the burglar has two options, find another way into your shed or give up and look for someplace else to burglarize.
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