Knock on the door at 11.30pm..... Begging ! for money to get back too Clapham !!

[Insel affe]

Got a knock at the door last night at 11.30pm, I thought this is a bit strange, so popped on my steel toecap shoes before answering the dooor. Stood on my path was a youngish man in cargo shorts and a t-shirt who proceeded to ask my for £3 as he had £10 so he could get back to Clapham common......

Dirty northern monkey

I told him sorry, it aint right knocking on peoples doors and shut the door. The wife and little one were fast asleep upstairs and we have a few elderly people on the road and one next door. So I called the Old Bill.

However what the feck, we live up the top of Hartington Road no where near the station.

Sussing the place out maybe !

Or just desperate either by doing something he should not have or been kicked out !

Anyone else had the same ?

 

[MACROBLUE]

Got a knock at the door last night at 11.30pm, I thought this is a bit strange, so popped on my steel toecap shoes before answering the dooor. Stood on my path was a youngish man in cargo shorts and a t-shirt who proceeded to ask my for £3 as he had £10 so he could get back to Clapham common......

Dirty northern monkey

I told him sorry, it aint right knocking on peoples doors and shut the door. The wife and little one were fast asleep upstairs and we have a few elderly people on the road and one next door. So I called the Old Bill.

However what the feck, we live up the top of Hartington Road no where near the station.

Sussing the place out maybe !

Or just desperate either by doing something he should not have or been kicked out !

Anyone else had the same ?

Thats a strange coincidence, I heard a group of young black lads outside Preston Park Station about 12.30 last night talking about they were going to get back to Clapham Junction but didn't have any money.

 

[terryberry1]

Burglars checking if you are in??

 

[Rich Suvner]

Got a knock at the door last night at 11.30pm, I thought this is a bit strange, so popped on my steel toecap shoes before answering the dooor. Stood on my path was a youngish man in cargo shorts and a t-shirt who proceeded to ask my for £3 as he had £10 so he could get back to Clapham common......

Dirty northern monkey

I told him sorry, it aint right knocking on peoples doors and shut the door. The wife and little one were fast asleep upstairs and we have a few elderly people on the road and one next door. So I called the Old Bill.

However what the feck, we live up the top of Hartington Road no where near the station.

Sussing the place out maybe !

Or just desperate either by doing something he should not have or been kicked out !

Anyone else had the same ?

sounds like poor excuse whilst casing the joint - that's a long way uphill to go in search of a few £££s if needing a train!

ironic that plugging Hartington Road into Google Maps takes you to the Clapham/Stockwell area.

 

[pastafarian]

i had a guy knock on my door about 1130pm saying he had just put petrol in his car but realised he didnt have enough money and could he have £3 to help him out,it didnt feel right as i knew the garage he was talking about was closed.i sent him away empty handed.
a while later there was something in the paper about a man who had been targeting homes in my area with this same story,he was well known to the Police and not a nice chap by all accounts.

 

[Lokki 7]

A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding
on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a stranger stands in the pouring down rain.

"Can you give me a push?" he asks.

"Not a chance" says the husband -- "It's 3 o'clock in the morning!". He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was it?" asks his wife.

"Just some guy wanting a push" he answers.

"Did you help him?" she asks.

"No, I didn't -- it's three in the morning and raining like crazy out."

"Well, you have a short memory" says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down on vacation and those two strangers helped us? I think you should help him."

The man does as he is told and gets dressed and goes out into the pounding rain and calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"

"Yes," comes the answer.

"Do you still want a push?" calls out the husband.

"Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.

"Where are you?" asks the husband.

"Over here on the swing!"

 

[Insel affe]

i had a guy knock on my door about 1130pm saying he had just put petrol in his car but realised he didnt have enough money and could he have £3 to help him out,it didnt feel right as i knew the garage he was talking about was closed.i sent him away empty handed.
a while later there was something in the paper about a man who had been targeting homes in my area with this same story,he was well known to the Police and not a nice chap by all accounts.

I got that feeling, went straight out the back to check after I watched him walk off down the road.

 

[Jesus Gul]

When we lived in deepest Preston Village (50 m from London Rd) a couple of cars turned up at 2am and the sh*tc*nts inside got out and tried booting my and neighbours doors down. Luckily I had dead lock on and neighbours had a dog so despite getting in to their property they soon scarpered. Knackered my front door though. Police turned up and said they were probably Londoners on their way home looking for some booty - not sure how they came to that conclusion.

 

[Gritt23]

Burglars checking if you are in??

That was my thought.

Friends of mine were telling me just the other weekend, about a strange caller they had one afternoon, who was asking for someone who didn't live there, and followed it up with "do you know him at all, I may have just got the wrong house?" Later that afternoon, the neighbours were burgled!

Sounds like a similar fake story, that not only allows them to knock on your door to check you are in, but is also a story that wouldn't leave you surprised to see them knocking on other doors in the road shortly afterwards.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

I had someone knock on my door asking for some paracetamol once.. I lived 4 doors down from a petrol station.

 

[El Presidente]

I had someone knock on my door asking for some paracetamol once.. I lived 4 doors down from a petrol station.

Leaded or unleaded paracetamol?

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Leaded or unleaded paracetamol?

Diesel actually.

 

[Sam Ovett]

The other night at about 2am I heard a car pull up outside...I got quite nervous as burglars have always frightened me, peeked out the window and turned out it was only the milkman next door. I felt a fool

 

[GingerBeerMan]

If someone done the same to me would you recommend calling the police? How about if the story was a little more believable and it was 1pm?

How far does it have to go before you think "this is a bit dodgy", just use intuition?

 

[Insel affe]

Thats a strange coincidence, I heard a group of young black lads outside Preston Park Station about 12.30 last night talking about they were going to get back to Clapham Junction but didn't have any money.

You know what he was white. Although not surprisingly it was the first question the police asked me when I phoned up.

 

[Insel affe]

If someone done the same to me would you recommend calling the police? How about if the story was a little more believable and it was 1pm?

How far does it have to go before you think "this is a bit dodgy", just use intuition?

Call me stupid I am not sure where you are going or implying ?

We have had cards put through our door by the police advising us that bogus callers have been in the area, and as I said two elderly ladies live next door and a few others on the road. I called more out of concern for them and it is still odd at 11.30 where we live asking for train fare.

 

[countryman]

A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding
on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a stranger stands in the pouring down rain.

"Can you give me a push?" he asks.

"Not a chance" says the husband -- "It's 3 o'clock in the morning!". He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was it?" asks his wife.

"Just some guy wanting a push" he answers.

"Did you help him?" she asks.

"No, I didn't -- it's three in the morning and raining like crazy out."

"Well, you have a short memory" says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down on vacation and those two strangers helped us? I think you should help him."

The man does as he is told and gets dressed and goes out into the pounding rain and calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"

"Yes," comes the answer.

"Do you still want a push?" calls out the husband.

"Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.

"Where are you?" asks the husband.

"Over here on the swing!"

That is brilliant.

 

[albion534]

Call me stupid I am not sure where you are going or implying ?

We have had cards put through our door by the police advising us that bogus callers have been in the area, and as I said two elderly ladies live next door and a few others on the road. I called more out of concern for them and it is still odd at 11.30 where we live asking for train fare.

I think what they are saying, is that if you got a knock on your door at 2 in the afternoon asking for petrol...would you phone the police thinking its dodgy?

 

[User removed 4]

Thats a strange coincidence, I heard a group of young black lads outside Preston Park Station about 12.30 last night talking about they were going to get back to Clapham Junction but didn't have any money.

They'd have been lucky to get a train at that time

 

[Ernest]

They'd have been lucky to get a train at that time

Probably couldn't get through the gates at Brighton so walked to Preston Park, nice long wait as first one from there is 0512