Californication: Irish Style

jetsonx

Has anybody ever seen the vast number of apartment complexes in
Ireland that are like mini high-security compounds. There are electronic gates,
doors, cctv, manned security, heat sensors etc. We "relaxed" Irish would give California or South Africa a run for their money anyday.

But my question is not on the sociological implications of all
this but of a more mundane nature - how does the postman get in ?

irlrobins

He knows the code for the keypad. Same way every local takeaway delivery guy knows the code.

lucernarian

Why are postmen or takeaway delivery guys to be trusted above strangers?

If someone wants to get into one of those places (and is determined), it will take a lot more than a silly code to stop them.

irlrobins

To_be_confirmed wrote:

Why are postmen or takeaway delivery guys to be trusted above strangers?

It's not that they're trusted. More so that they remember the code by the fifth time they're told what it is by someone in apt complex.

kwalsh000

At least your place has decent security. After repeated cars broken into and burned out, one at 7am! Still no cameras have been installed..the main gate is always left open and when they have security guards who are not there all day, they dont do much, because they cant. Myself and one of the sound guards chased off a group, one of many, causing havoc and smashing cars etc. Needless to say im not surprised that its needed..and bare in mind this place is in santry..but yet gets all this from scumbags coming down or lil ****heads trying to be mad before going home to mammy and daddy. Im serious when i say there are 14 year olds throwing bricks at the security hut and smashing the cars.

wishwashwoo

easy way out dont buy a small rats nest then

Black Swan

Oh, they don't have to worry about postal workers who might take something after entering these complexes in the good ole USA, but they do have to worry about one of them "Going Postal" and cause for a reduction in the local population.:eek:

OP: Such an exciting title! You caught my eye, and I thought that the Irish would show how, well, it should be done, but then... ho hum.

lostexpectation

its very annoying when your not a postaman postman, or anything but want ot drop something into a colleague or something not to be able to access their postbox

jetsonx

lostexpectation, exactly - what would of been a simple task 10 years ago has turned into something infuriating.

I am now just waiting for [Get Rick Quick Developments Ltd (or insert any property development company here) ] to start introducing retina scans.

joe_chicken

jetsonx wrote:

I am now just waiting for [Get Rick Quick Developments Ltd (or insert any property development company here) ] to start introducing retina scans.

Quick! Get Rick! The bastard... with his retina scanning

Terry

anyone remember that episode of the simpsons where homer buys a tramapoline (sic) and tries to get rid of it later?
he locks it to the fence and it is stolen 5 seconds later.

point is, thieves see something locked up, they think it must be of value. therefore they jump at the chance to steal it.
all that security is doing more harm than good.

Huggles

LOL I thought this thread was about the Thrills...doo do doo do do!

Sam Vimes

irlrobins wrote:

It's not that they're trusted. More so that they remember the code by the fifth time they're told what it is by someone in apt complex.

i'd say its more likely that people have a button in their apartment that can release the gate. the postman and delivery men ring the bell, someone answers and buzzes them in. no need for the code.


i'm basing this on the fact that it happened in friends. someone rang up and monica buzzed them in

irlrobins

Yep, but also possible to gain entry by entering passcode without needing to buzz someone.

zilog_jones

julep wrote:

anyone remember that episode of the simpsons where homer buys a tramapoline (sic) and tries to get rid of it later?
he locks it to the fence and it is stolen 5 seconds later.

point is, thieves see something locked up, they think it must be of value. therefore they jump at the chance to steal it.
all that security is doing more harm than good.

So the moral of the story is that we should all live in sheds with sugar glass windows and paper doors.

Terry

yes.
one of the good things about communism is that everyone is equal.
if we all had the same things, then nobody would need to steal something.
doesn't qwork though. greed and all that.

Sleepy

eh... and the fact most appartment complexes use 1234# as their "security" code... lol

Diogenes

When I saw this thread I thought it was about the thrills

Huggles

TheGooner wrote:

LOL I thought this thread was about the Thrills...doo do doo do do!

um...beat you to it...great minds and all that