Uncivil service << home >> 14 'til I die
Muriel did not want to buy a home security system from the salesman at her door, but she was loathe to tell him she had no alternative in place, in case word got around.
(applause, applause, vociferous applause)
One of these days the representative of BigScaryAlarmCompany is going to come to my house and notice their stickers are plastered all over my property but I don’t actually pay for their service.
Hey, that’s not illegal.
True story, at my last office, after several breakins in the building I designed a nice colorful and entirely imaginary alarm company logo and pasted it right next to the glassbreak-sensor ($2.99 at Radio Shack) and the flashing “armed” LED light (4.99 at Radio Shack) that were both wired to the airspace just out of view. Worked like a charm.
Yeah. Just put up a sign that said “Big Guard Dog - BEWARE”. Then buy a HUGE stuffed dog and put him in a dark corner of the house… shadowy is the key. :)