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husniack
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
203 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-09 00:36:42
November 09 2014 00:35 GMT
#1
I have this feeling in my gut that when I go on vacation, my landlord comes into my room (she has the key to it) and snoops around. (She lives on the bottom floor of the complex.)

I'm looking for some tips on how I might rig something to verify my suspicions. I was thinking about sticking a piece of paper in the slit of the door so that if it opens, the paper should drop to the ground, but I tried it a few time and it doesn't seem very reliable. Any suggestions?


Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27156 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-09 00:45:57
November 09 2014 00:45 GMT
#2
Tape hairs across the door.
Dust a doorknob.
Dig a pit trap.
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husniack
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
203 Posts
November 09 2014 00:53 GMT
#3
On November 09 2014 09:45 Manifesto7 wrote:
Tape hairs across the door.
Dust a doorknob.


Mind explaining how these work?

Good to see the Manlyfesto back in action.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24744 Posts
November 09 2014 00:56 GMT
#4
What do you plan to do if you discover the landlord did in fact snoop around your room? If you are just curious, then you can use whatever method you want. If you actually plan to take some sort of action, you will need proof that the landlord came in, so things like taping hair across the door won't be sufficient.
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hellokitty[hk]
Profile Joined June 2009
United States1309 Posts
November 09 2014 00:57 GMT
#5
Tape hairs across the door and they'll break if you open it.
Ofc you have to take the window out if you want it to be on the inside.
People are imbeciles, lucky thing god made cats.
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
November 09 2014 01:39 GMT
#6
Put a big piece of glue paper in front of the door.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
hellokitty[hk]
Profile Joined June 2009
United States1309 Posts
November 09 2014 02:37 GMT
#7
Leave a big red sticky note somewhere super obvious and write DO NOT FORGET TO BRING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
When you're gone call your landlord with an urgent voice and ask if you had forgotten anything.
People are imbeciles, lucky thing god made cats.
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
November 09 2014 03:06 GMT
#8
Put a punji pit in your house. It is a hole in the ground with sharp stakes at the bottom, covered by leaves. When she steps on the leaves, she will fall to her doom.
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Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
November 09 2014 03:11 GMT
#9
Leave a note that's visible and obvious once you open the door that reads "Whoever keeps breaking into my room, you are on camera."
Then you come home and see if your room has been turned upside-down looking for the camera.

Or what my brother used to do (I was a shitty older brother) was have a shirt or something tucked into the top of the door which would fall when it was opened. He got really good at hiding it, too.
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Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
November 09 2014 05:06 GMT
#10
empty a sack of pit vipers in there before you go. If you find her dead and bloated in the hall when you get back you will know the truth and you will have already dished out some sweet justice.
Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
November 09 2014 06:08 GMT
#11
Doesn't your landlord have full rights to inspect the premises, especially while you're on vacation? Unless she's straight up stealing or damaging something, I feel like you could just talk to her.
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Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
November 09 2014 06:11 GMT
#12
On November 09 2014 15:08 Xenocide_Knight wrote:
Doesn't your landlord have full rights to inspect the premises, especially while you're on vacation? Unless she's straight up stealing or damaging something, I feel like you could just talk to her.


Here in Canada the landlord has to give at least 24h notice and you get to be there. There are a lot of tenancy rights here though.
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Pangpootata
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
1838 Posts
November 09 2014 07:11 GMT
#13
Install a pinhole camera duh
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
November 09 2014 07:18 GMT
#14
Leave your fetish porn out and see if she says anything about it later
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Pangpootata
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
1838 Posts
November 09 2014 07:41 GMT
#15
On November 09 2014 16:18 MysteryMeat1 wrote:
Leave your fetish porn out and see if she says anything about it later

Even better, photoshop your land lady's face onto your fetish porn images and leave it out.
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
November 09 2014 13:56 GMT
#16
pull a jackass high five when the door is opened.
MountainDewJunkie
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States10344 Posts
November 09 2014 22:15 GMT
#17
My landlord also made an unsanctioned stop at my place recently... How disappointed she must have been to see I spent the entire day before cleaning my property and house on a whim.
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Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
November 10 2014 08:54 GMT
#18
On November 09 2014 09:56 micronesia wrote:
What do you plan to do if you discover the landlord did in fact snoop around your room?


murder her ofc
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
November 10 2014 14:09 GMT
#19
Hair across door and drawers etc.. is the most practical solution here
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
MarlieChurphy
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States2063 Posts
November 11 2014 15:41 GMT
#20
Rig up a trap that fucks with intruders. A good one would be to make it so whoever comes in 'accidentally' breaks something that either has value to the landlord or looks like it has value to you.
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Nemesis
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2568 Posts
November 11 2014 16:49 GMT
#21
Get a piece of tape, and cut it halfway through then attach that to the crack of the door outside. When the door opens, it's gonna rip.

If you are paranoid that your landlord might replace the tape, sign your name or something in the tape too. Best to use tape that easily rips.

if you want to be more creative you can tie a string(like thread or something thin) to something inside the house and tie it to your doorknob when you leave the house. Make sure that it's not too long so that when they open the door, the string breaks. And then you can even be more creative, and add something like when the string gets pulled, something happens. You can even add traps like a cup of water falls on them or something by attaching a string to a cup of water on a bookshelf/ladder beside the door and tie it across the door so when they pass through it gets pulled and the water falls on them.
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icydergosu
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
528 Posts
November 11 2014 17:14 GMT
#22
Can't you just change the lock?
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24744 Posts
November 11 2014 17:15 GMT
#23
Typically you don't configure your living space so that the owner cannot get in.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32091 Posts
November 11 2014 20:37 GMT
#24
On November 09 2014 15:08 Xenocide_Knight wrote:
Doesn't your landlord have full rights to inspect the premises, especially while you're on vacation? Unless she's straight up stealing or damaging something, I feel like you could just talk to her.


It varies a lot place to place. Generally I think most places it has to be announced in a reasonable timeframe, usually like 24hours, but they could very easily invent a 'valid' reason like saying there was a leak they thought was in your unit and they happened upon your dead hooker storage.

Having busted tape or a piece of torn hair as proof of their snooping wouldn't be proof of anything even if it were illegal. You'd most likely need video proof of their entry, and proof that it was without merit. It's a lot easier to just get a cheap safe and lock up anything valuable/thigns you don't want them to see. Do some door thing to see if anyone came in and if they did I guess figure out something with your laptop camera
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Nemesis
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2568 Posts
November 14 2014 04:32 GMT
#25
So any updates?

From what I understand, for now he's just curious if his landlord is indeed entering his room, and for his purposes, that should be plenty sufficient.

But yes, obviously if you want to go to court or something, then you need some better proof like a video or something.
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iVLosK!
Profile Joined December 2012
Djibouti545 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-16 05:22:03
November 16 2014 05:18 GMT
#26
So I notice that "camera" hasn't been mentioned much...

This is called a game camera. It takes a picture when it senses motion.
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
November 17 2014 10:35 GMT
#27
It's also $70, which is quite an investment.
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