Doors Left Unlocked

[Kenneth W. Burton]

	Zen,

	People do amazing things. Yesterday, a lady had to leave the house
before I was finished with the piano. She asked me to leave by the back
door because that one would lock behind me. She also told my that her
seven-year-old daughter had forgotten her key and would I let her in when
she rang the bell? So I did. This kind of activity might cause me trouble
sometime, though.

	Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Zen Reinhardt wrote:

> 
> Hello List!
> 
> We've probably discussed this before, but my curiosity is getting the
> better of me again.
> 
> How do you handle the customer who tells you they'll be happy to leave the
> door unlocked so that you may come in, do the work, leave the bill, and
> leave the house?  I realize that this is a common practice, so I was
> wondering if any of you have had, shall we say, "unexpected repercussions"
> from such an arrangement?
> 
> I for one will never enter a house unaccompanied.  I don't care if the door
> was left wide open.  Having a teenager, neighbor or house sitter/cleaner
> waiting to let me in is "legitimate."  Am I being overly cautious?
> 
> Just curious again ...
> ZR!  RPT
> Ann Arbor  MI
> diskladame@provide.net
>