Please Rob Me

I've recently received a Facebook message.

 

Just for you
http://www.pleaserobme.com

 

Come on people. It's an interesting project for sure, but do you really think that the average thief is going to be sitting at "their computer" waiting for you to post that you're anywhere but at home? More likely they'll be studying your habits, finding out when you're at work and generally watching the house. I'd be more worried about telling everyone you're going to FolkFest; every hippie with a drug problem knows you're there. 

 

Really think about it, who do you know that has been robbed in the last little while?

• Someone had their van stolen.
• Someone was robbed blind by their roommate.
• Someone was mugged.
• Someone had their car towed from their place of work by a police officer who had been cut off by said person two hours earlier while off duty
• Someone had their iPhone stolen

Now I know alarms aren't foolproof, but how many of those people had a monitored alarm (with cellular backup in the case of a cut line) protecting that property? Police respond priority on two zone trips, and I have plenty of zones for anyone bigger than a cat to trip. Priority response? Well basically if there isn't a riot or a report of a violent crime in progress they're going sirens blaring to my house. What happens after that? Well the motion detection camera I have set up sends me an email with a video and snapshots of the perp. Sure you might have a hoodie, but if you're robbing me based on my twitter, chances are I probably know you. No, I wont show you the device.

 

But you know, better safe than sorry right? Maybe I should also start:

• parking my car in the garage 
• leaving at staggered times through the week 
• always take a different route to work
• get a job where I can work shifts so it's harder for thieves to find out when I'm not home
• stop going out
• get a doberman
• forward my home phone to my cell phone so that people can't tell that I'm not at home
• get a doorbell that barks
• not have people over so they can't case the joint
• board up my windows
• get a gun

My house is alarmed so that I don't have to be. But I mean if you want to be alarmed for me, go nuts!