What would you have done? .........

[Honu]

You did the right thing. Strangers coming towards our door are treated to a cujo like greeting from our dog. Few get up the nerve to even ring the bell.

 

[disneymom3]

I would have called the police too and I would be very surprised if they acted like it was a nuisance. We had kids playing this little game around the same time a few summers ago. We live across the street from a park and they would come ring our bell and then run back up to hte park. I watched them do this from our bedroom window. Then I called the police who came and picked them up. (The very smart police sent one car down our street with a searchlight on and one car up the connecting street with no lights on so when the kids tried to take off, they ran straight into the other officer. )

Several weeks later, at about 10:30 our doorbell rang. At this point I was ticked. I have little kids sleeping for goodness sake! I went and yanked open the door to this sort of grungy looking teen (s, yes, I made assumptions )and said, very rudely "WHAT?" Poor kid says, "I am sorry to bother you, but there is a car out here with it's lights on inside and I just didn't want your battery to go dead." Maaaan, did I feel crappy. It wasn't our car which I told him and thanked him for trying and also told him we had been having trouble with kids at the park and I was sorry I assumed he was just being a pill. He said, "It's okay. A lot of kids my age can be jerks." I tell ya, I wanted to find out where this kid lived so I could tell his parents what a great kid they had. Hopefully they already knew.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I don't think that I would have called myself, but you did the right thing for you, and that's what the police are there for.

 

[crazee4mickey]

I would have called the police as well...

 

[Feralpeg]

With home invasions at an all time high, you did the right thing. My alarm system is aways set at night and I wouldn't hesitate to hit the "police" button.

 

[runwad]

I'd of been scared out of my wits , I definetely would've called the police but NO WAY am I turning on the lights and going down there. That's super super scary at 2 am.

 

[swanmom]

Shirleyb, That's how I felt. Particularly because when the police came they said they had no seen anyone leaving my house, or around my house, or even a car on the street. (Maybe that's why I got the impression they thought I was a little 'nutsy' ) But I guess I figured better safe and feeling slightly silly than sorry.

Thanks, everyone for the support. Guess I shouldn't worry what the 'impressions' of the policemen were. Maybe I was reading too much into it.

Sorry about the bad 'quote' at the top. I can't figure out how to fix it.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Good for you for calling the police. I would have done the same exact thing. It's their job to check things out and make sure you are safe. I'm sure they were fine with it. I would have called even if DH was home. You just never know and 2:00am is a very odd hour to be at someone's front door. Hopefully that guy just had the wrong house and it was innocent. You did the right thing!

 

[Oreo Cookie]

I would have called the police also. DH travels a lot for work (40% of the time). I have an alarm system and a dog. If someone rang my bell that late at night I would have called the police too. If I'm home during the normal course of the day, I always check before opening.