Doesn't anybody lock doors on TV shows?

[ripvanwinkle]

Since I'm not working right now, I now find I have vast amounts of free time. I'm looking for work but some days I just putz around the house and watch tv. There's a upside though. I've finished off some needed repairs.

The other day after watching some tv I just noticed people don't lock their doors on the shows. Have you noticed that friends and killers just walk right in. They might knock but still walk right in. Sitcoms are notorious for this. Drives me crazy. It's like, really? Oh please.

[Deleted]

I lock my doors at night when we are sleeping there. Otherwise... Nope.

Then, I don't live in a big city or anything.. ?

[gooddecisions]

There was a really upsetting story in my city several years ago. It was New Years Day around 10:30am and a family of 4 was getting ready for their annual luncheon party. The father left the door ajar to get his morning paper. Moments later the whole family was bound and gagged in the basement. They were tortured with a clawhammer and kitchen knives. Plastic bags were put over their heads and they were set on fire. They were from out of town, had just robbed and killed 2 other families and were looking to rob another house. Since they saw the door was open, they seized the opportunity. They got a computer, wedding ring and basket of cookies. Guests of their luncheon arrived to find the home filling up with smoke and the family dead in the basement.

You really aren't safe regardless, but it's pointless to live your life in fear. Even knowing this story, I'm sitting at home with my front door open.

[Angel!]

Heck, many of my neighbors leave their doors wide open.  A lot of them only have the big storm door & no screen door, so they just leave it open in the summer.  It is still weird to me to knock when the door is wide open & have someone yell from another room "come in" when you know they have no idea who is actually at the door. 

For about 5 years my back door didn't lock & it never really bothered me.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 2, 2014 10:49:59 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

Since I'm not working right now, I now find I have vast amounts of free time. I'm looking for work but some days I just putz around the house and watch tv. There's a upside though. I've finished off some needed repairs.

The other day after watching some tv I just noticed people don't lock their doors on the shows. Have you noticed that friends and killers just walk right in. They might knock but still walk right in. Sitcoms are notorious for this. Drives me crazy. It's like, really? Oh please.

If it is a sitcom, of course the door will always be open. Friends!

And if it is a Lifetime movie channel melodrama, how else could the show be melodramatic without an open door or window?

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

The other day after watching some tv I just noticed people don't lock their doors on the shows. Have you noticed that friends and killers just walk right in. They might knock but still walk right in. Sitcoms are notorious for this. Drives me crazy. It's like, really? Oh please.

Because TV isn't for realz - "Everybody Loves Raymond" was notorious for it. It wouldn't have been a sit-com if the parents/in-laws (Frank & Marie) weren't barging in any time they pleased.

[greeniis10]

I can't think of any sitcoms I watch currently.  However, the apartment doors on "Friends" were always unlocked.  They just walked in and out of each other's apartments like nothing.  Then again, knocking on the door or ringing the bell would be a distraction from the story line, most likely.

I've come to accept many unrealistic things on TV and movies. 

[Tennesseer]

Jul 2, 2014 11:42:10 GMT -5 Angel! said:

Heck, many of my neighbors leave their doors wide open.  A lot of them only have the big storm door & no screen door, so they just leave it open in the summer.  It is still weird to me to knock when the door is wide open & have someone yell from another room "come in" when you know they have no idea who is actually at the door. 

For about 5 years my back door didn't lock & it never really bothered me.

[gooddecisions]

hmmm, I've only met a handful of people in my life who kept the doors locked when they were home during the day and I considered them weird. Maybe it depends on where you live.

[Angel!]

Jul 2, 2014 11:45:47 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

The other day after watching some tv I just noticed people don't lock their doors on the shows. Have you noticed that friends and killers just walk right in. They might knock but still walk right in. Sitcoms are notorious for this. Drives me crazy. It's like, really? Oh please.

Because TV isn't for realz - "Everybody Loves Raymond" was notorious for it. It wouldn't have been a sit-com if the parents/in-laws (Frank & Marie) weren't barging in any time they pleased.

I never noticed it until it was pointed out, but Frank & Marie would often walk in the back door.  Why would someone ever walk around to the backside of the house to enter when they lived across the street? Sitcoms are weird sometimes.

[billisonboard]

Jul 2, 2014 11:45:57 GMT -5 greeniis10 said:

... Then again, knocking on the door or ringing the bell would be a distraction from the story line, most likely.

I've come to accept many unrealistic things on TV and movies. 

The time it would take to have actors cross and unlock doors would be surprisingly significant. The unbalancing of the set would also be a problem.

[gooddecisions]

Jul 2, 2014 11:52:40 GMT -5 Angel! said:

Jul 2, 2014 11:45:47 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

Because TV isn't for realz - "Everybody Loves Raymond" was notorious for it. It wouldn't have been a sit-com if the parents/in-laws (Frank & Marie) weren't barging in any time they pleased.

I never noticed it until it was pointed out, but Frank & Marie would often walk in the back door.  Why would someone ever walk around to the backside of the house to enter when they lived across the street? Sitcoms are weird sometimes.

You just hit a huge sore spot for me. My inlaws do this and it drives me crazy. The front door will be open, like it almost always is, and they will go through the back fence and come in through the back door or worse try to come in through the garage. It pisses me off so much and I have very directly said to them several times to please use the front door.

[lexxy703]

Two and 1/2 men lock their door or at least did when Charlie was on.  But that was also part of the plot with Charlie taking Alan's key etc.

[Angel!]

Jul 2, 2014 11:56:45 GMT -5 gooddecisions said:

Jul 2, 2014 11:52:40 GMT -5 Angel! said:

I never noticed it until it was pointed out, but Frank & Marie would often walk in the back door.  Why would someone ever walk around to the backside of the house to enter when they lived across the street? Sitcoms are weird sometimes.

You just hit a huge sore spot for me. My inlaws do this and it drives me crazy. The front door will be open, like it almost always is, and they will go through the back fence and come in through the back door or worse try to come in through the garage. It pisses me off so much and I have very directly said to them several times to please use the front door.

Ok, well now we know who Frank & Marie are based on. That is just weird & would piss me off too.

[Opti]

Good, just lock the back door and the garage door and never answer

knocks on either. Problem solved.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Jul 2, 2014 11:59:56 GMT -5 lexxy703 said:

Two and 1/2 men lock their door or at least did when Charlie was on.  But that was also part of the plot with Charlie taking Alan's key etc.

Yet Rose would climb the balcony & walk in through the sliding doors all the time.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 2, 2014 11:56:45 GMT -5 gooddecisions said:

Jul 2, 2014 11:52:40 GMT -5 Angel! said:

I never noticed it until it was pointed out, but Frank & Marie would often walk in the back door.  Why would someone ever walk around to the backside of the house to enter when they lived across the street? Sitcoms are weird sometimes.

You just hit a huge sore spot for me. My inlaws do this and it drives me crazy. The front door will be open, like it almost always is, and they will go through the back fence and come in through the back door or worse try to come in through the garage. It pisses me off so much and I have very directly said to them several times to please use the front door.

You need to be doing something that would embarrass the in-laws if they walked in on you unannounced.

For example:  if I were female, I would have a personal vibrator close at hand and while pretending I did not hear them enter, I would make it appear as if I was about to begin 'relaxing' myself. The in-laws might in the future announce they are coming over.

[Opti]

Jul 2, 2014 11:53:18 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Jul 2, 2014 11:45:57 GMT -5 greeniis10 said:

... Then again, knocking on the door or ringing the bell would be a distraction from the story line, most likely.

I've come to accept many unrealistic things on TV and movies. 

The time it would take to have actors cross and unlock doors would be surprisingly significant. The unbalancing of the set would also be a problem.

Correct. As it is, there can be lots of wasted takes when doors don't open as planned.

As outtakes they are pretty boring, unless like one, the doorknob comes off into the

actor's hand.

[greeniis10]

Jul 2, 2014 11:56:45 GMT -5 gooddecisions said:

Jul 2, 2014 11:52:40 GMT -5 Angel! said:

I never noticed it until it was pointed out, but Frank & Marie would often walk in the back door.  Why would someone ever walk around to the backside of the house to enter when they lived across the street? Sitcoms are weird sometimes.

You just hit a huge sore spot for me. My inlaws do this and it drives me crazy. The front door will be open, like it almost always is, and they will go through the back fence and come in through the back door or worse try to come in through the garage. It pisses me off so much and I have very directly said to them several times to please use the front door.

Well, THAT would be annoying!  Particularly since you've talked to them about it before.  Yikes.

Could it be a case of "old habits die hard"?  In a lot of older homes (in my area anyway) the kitchen was always in the back of the house.  And since everyone always congregates in the kitchen it seems like to most likely place to go.  Now that I think back, we entered the back door (directly into the kitchen) at all of my grandparent's houses when we were little.  Certainly not the case now, though.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 2, 2014 12:05:42 GMT -5 Opti said:

Jul 2, 2014 11:53:18 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

The time it would take to have actors cross and unlock doors would be surprisingly significant. The unbalancing of the set would also be a problem.

Correct. As it is, there can be lots of wasted takes when doors don't open as planned.

As outtakes they are pretty boring, unless like one, the doorknob comes off into the

actor's hand.

I have seen living room walls on sets tremble badly when an actor slams the house door.  Or when an actor walks across a supposed field of grass or garden and all you hear is the sound of foot steps on wood. Cheezy.

[billisonboard]

Summer visits to one set meant backyard patio time so it was always around back first, then through the back door if no one happened to be outside. 

[gooddecisions]

Jul 2, 2014 12:03:48 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 2, 2014 11:56:45 GMT -5 gooddecisions said:

You just hit a huge sore spot for me. My inlaws do this and it drives me crazy. The front door will be open, like it almost always is, and they will go through the back fence and come in through the back door or worse try to come in through the garage. It pisses me off so much and I have very directly said to them several times to please use the front door.

You need to be doing something that would embarrass the in-laws if they walked in on you unannounced.

For example:  if I were female, I would have a personal vibrator close at hand and while pretending I did not hear them enter, I would make it appear as if I was about to begin 'relaxing' myself. The in-laws might in the future announce they are coming over.

Unfortunately I would be the only one embarrassed in that scenario or anything you could come up with. 2 days after being released from the hospital with my first newborn, I was sitting on the couch trying to figure out breastfeeding and didn't have supplies like a proper nursing bra. So, was topless and mortified when they walked in unexpectedly. They were pissed when my husband asked them to leave. They lectured us in our own homes about how we need to get over it, that I'm hormonal and how their other son requires 3 days notice for them to visit and they never see them...blah, blah, blah. It's been 2 and half years and I'm still sore about it.

[Opti]

I have seen living room walls on sets tremble badly when an actor slams the house door. Or when an actor walks across a supposed field of grass or garden and all you hear is the sound of foot steps on wood. Cheezy.

Likely budget issues. I watched a DVD of a series originally aired on the gospel network.

It became hard to watch when it seemed they only had one main set, the interior

of the house living room into kitchen and mostly augmented it with exterior shots

and the occasional very close-up shot of someone in an office.

Probablygreen screen coupled with lack of sound editing for the footstep issue.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 2, 2014 12:13:48 GMT -5 gooddecisions said:

Jul 2, 2014 12:03:48 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

You need to be doing something that would embarrass the in-laws if they walked in on you unannounced.

For example:  if I were female, I would have a personal vibrator close at hand and while pretending I did not hear them enter, I would make it appear as if I was about to begin 'relaxing' myself. The in-laws might in the future announce they are coming over.

Unfortunately I would be the only one embarrassed in that scenario or anything you could come up with. 2 days after being released from the hospital with my first newborn, I was sitting on the couch trying to figure out breastfeeding and didn't have supplies like a proper nursing bra. So, was topless and mortified when they walked in unexpectedly. They were pissed when my husband asked them to leave. They lectured us in our own homes about how we need to get over it, that I'm hormonal and how their other son requires 3 days notice for them to visit and they never see them...blah, blah, blah. It's been 2 and half years and I'm still sore about it.

Poor you.  What I suggested now seems minor league as to what you have gone through.  My condolences. 

[Peace77]

Jul 2, 2014 12:13:48 GMT -5 gooddecisions said:

Jul 2, 2014 12:03:48 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

You need to be doing something that would embarrass the in-laws if they walked in on you unannounced.

For example:  if I were female, I would have a personal vibrator close at hand and while pretending I did not hear them enter, I would make it appear as if I was about to begin 'relaxing' myself. The in-laws might in the future announce they are coming over.

Unfortunately I would be the only one embarrassed in that scenario or anything you could come up with. 2 days after being released from the hospital with my first newborn, I was sitting on the couch trying to figure out breastfeeding and didn't have supplies like a proper nursing bra. So, was topless and mortified when they walked in unexpectedly. They were pissed when my husband asked them to leave. They lectured us in our own homes about how we need to get over it, that I'm hormonal and how their other son requires 3 days notice for them to visit and they never see them...blah, blah, blah. It's been 2 and half years and I'm still sore about it.

That was really rude of them to just walk in when you have a brand new baby.  Worse to be ungracious about catching you at a bad time.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

They were pissed when my husband asked them to leave. They lectured us in our own homes about how we need to get over it, that I'm hormonal and how their other son requires 3 days notice for them to visit and they never see them...blah, blah, blah

They would have found out just how "hormonal" I could be after that comment.

[Peace77]

Jul 2, 2014 11:49:11 GMT -5 gooddecisions said:

hmmm, I've only met a handful of people in my life who kept the doors locked when they were home during the day and I considered them weird. Maybe it depends on where you live.

You wouldn't think it weird if you've ever had someone come into your home uninvited.

I was in the shower once and when I got out of the shower, I heard HELLO O O . . .from someone who had let themselves in and had already walked through my living room and dining room.  

The person was not expected and I had nothing but a towel and pj's.  I would have to pass her to get to the bedroom and my clothes.

[NancysSummerSip]

Jul 2, 2014 12:46:32 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

They were pissed when my husband asked them to leave. They lectured us in our own homes about how we need to get over it, that I'm hormonal and how their other son requires 3 days notice for them to visit and they never see them...blah, blah, blah

They would have found out just how "hormonal" I could be after that comment.

Dayum. I'd be hormonal and homicidal if someone lectured me in my house like that.

We keep our doors locked when we are home. Home invasion robberies are a way of life in some parts of town, unfortunately.

[Sam_2.0]

Old house was always kept dead-bolted unless I was just running the trash down to the end of the drive. New house we may leave the back door unlocked while we are up if A is going out to play, but since locking doors is so ingrained I doubt we would ever leave the front door unlocked.

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[busymom]

I was raised in a large city. Even if you're mowing the lawn, or weeding the garden, you ALWAYS lock the door. The burglars know to rob a place in daylight. We've even had those little kids canvassing the neighborhood selling whatever "try" the doorknob (we've heard it) to see if the door was locked.