Looking to rob an apartment building? Pull the fire alarm and see who didn't lock their door while leaving.

Setting off a detector might give you a time bonus while they investigate.

I was watching the Simpsons episode where Homer is a firefighter and that gave me the idea.

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otp@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

On one floor?

Stick around and get charged by the fire department for a false alarm?

Most people probably won't even leave. It's usually safer to stay inside your unit unless there are signs of fire (at least in my city).

shyguyblue@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

I lived in an apartment building in Austin where people would throw half-smoked joints into the trash compactor. First two, maybe three times, i would head out to the fire line in my pajamas, with a shivering Chihuahua in tow. After the fourth alarm, I just stood out on the balcony, due to the eyeball quivering alarm, and wait until i smelled actual smoke.

Bonus, there was a Koi pond under my balcony, so evacuation was a well timed jump away.

Fuck you of you dispose of anything alight into a community trash receptacle...

CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah. Pull it and go to a different floor and look around. You aren't standing around waiting for them unless you have some weird 1930s pull station

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Emergency services would get there too fast to loot.

CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I mean assuming it takes them five minutes to respond and they're going to a different floor I'd say that's plenty of time

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So, are you just going to carry all that stuff through the door that the residents are standing outside of?

CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

It would be more for big ticket small items. Laptops and what not. You'd go down as they trickle up.

VelvetStorm@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

The alarms went off all the time in my old building because they were faulty, so most people just didn't leave anyway.