Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:28 pm by Altashot
Often the safe is in a house, the client is in the house and took the time to call you, wait for you and willing to pay the fee.
thieves don't call locksmiths. When something is shady, you get the feel for it.
when a customer brings a safe in the shop, we always tell them to leave it, we'll call when it's opened.
Thieves won't want to wait.
In addition, in my area, if you employ a locksmith for malicious purposes, the onus is on you to prove you didn't do anything wrong.
As the locksmith, I didn't do anything wrong, the client did. I only provide a service for which I get paid.
I recall a late night open up of a house I did years ago. A young man, maybe 15-16 years old locked himself out of the house.
Upon arrival, I checked his ID. It checked out, it was his address. He told me his parent were out of town. It was winter and pretty cold out. I let him in and he paid me the fee we had agreed upon.
A few days later, I received a call from an angry dad. "Are you the one who let my son John Smith in the house?" he said. "Yes I am" I answered.
"He was locked out, he provided ID and paid for my service" The dad explained that he and his wife were out of town for the week end and their son was spending a couple of days at a friends house as he was not allowed in the house alone.
He also told me that he and his friends had a party at the house, broke into the liquor cabinet, ripped the felt on the pool table, punched holes in the walls and vomited everywhere.....Made a fu*king mess of the house...
I told the dad that his boy was very happy I could come, otherwise, he would have slept in his car. I wouldn't be able to live with myself had I learned that the young man died of carbon monoxide poisoning or froze to death. I also explained that this was a parental issue and that one does not have to be of legal age to hire a locksmith.
Did I do anything wrong? NO.
Did he use me for malicious purposes? YES.
Did the father have a leg to stand on? NO.
Did he have legal recourse? NO.
He apologized for being quite rude to me and told me that he saw my point. He even thanked me for caring about the well being of his son.
Did anything come out of it? NO.
Would I do it again? YES.
Did the son get grounded? I HOPE SO.
Did he get a hang over? PROBABLY.
Do I care?........
....................NOPE.
I'm sorry this happened but I don't feel guilty about it.
M.