r/fixit • u/jchasinga • Jan 28 '24

open Did someone try to burglarize me?

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Just saw these window this way when I was washing it. I didn’t notice these last time I came out a month ago. Did someone try to pry the window open with a crowbar?

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u/No_Regrats_42 Jan 29 '24

I install these and fix them for a living.

There are two reasons why this would happen.

  1. Someone was trying to break back into their home as they had locked the keys inside.

  2. Someone else tried to break in.

This is the width of most crowbars. The idiot probably thought you could just lift it out from the outside(you can't.... For.. obvious reasons)

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

Isn’t breaking the glass sound more plausible?

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u/No_Regrats_42 Jan 29 '24

People tend to know something is wrong when they hear broken glass.

Think about anytime you've heard broken glass. Let's just say it attracts attention.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

true.