It s a sobering thought for anyone who worries about home.
Rubber band on door handle crimes.
Then twist the rubber band once and then loop it around the other knob.
People that find a rubber band on their front door should stop and call the police we all want to assume that we re safe inside our own homes.
On 21 april 2016 facebook user kim fleming posted an image of a rubber band stretched over a door latch handle along with a message warning people about a new method of employing rubber bands.
The rubber band holds the latch down preventing the door from latching shut.
By olivia romero.
What happens is as soon as you unlatch the door the person can bust in.
All you have to do is unlatch it.
But the truth is that criminals can and do exist everywhere even in the most unassuming of towns and there s no telling whether or not your home is next on their list.
To keep that from happening take a rubber band and loop it around one doorknob or handle.
Hook the rubber band around the doorknobs on both sides of the door making sure it doesn t interfere with the latch.
She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.
A simple rubber band says mashable.
Now if the door closes you can push it back open with your body even if your hands are full.
This trick is especially helpful when you re unloading an armful of groceries or need to open a sticky door.
You don t even need to open the door.
Thirty minutes after he left she walked outside thinking the person had left a brochure but instead she found a rubber band around the knob.
The rubber band will cushion the slamming.