Be Cautious of Helping People With Your Lock Picking Skills
Sure you are proud of your lock picking abilities and may be willing to impress others by showing them. But always be wary of whom you show and how you decide to show them. Even if you think you are helping or doing a good deed, the person you are helping may be lying to you.
Case in point:
Example 1—You are passing through a parking lot and pass what seems to be a stranded motorist who has locked their keys inside of the car. You happen to have your set of auto jigglers on you and feel that you should help them out. You offer to help and open the door for them, but you do not really know if they are the owner of the car or not. They may have just been somebody wandering by and noticed a set of keys locked inside the car. If it wasn’t their car, now you are an accomplice in grand theft auto, as well as practicing locksmithing without a license.
Example 2—You see someone standing around outside of a house milling around. You ask them “What they are doing?” and they say that they have lost their keys. Do you offer to pick open their door? Is the address listed on their I.D. good enough proof that they live there? Even if they have an I.D. listed at that address, they may not belong there. It could be an ex-spouse, and you don’t know what plans they may have. You could be guilty of breaking and entering or worse.
Be careful, responsible, and use good judgment. Helping people is nice, but know as much about the situation as you can before offering any services.
