Premature Decoration! Here we are in October and it is happening, the dreaded Christmas decorations.
Just when you thought it was safe to leave your homes and venture out into the vulnerable world of the shopping centre, cue Jaws music – the premature decorators!!!!! I call them The PD club.
Have you ever watched Crime Stoppers and thought, I never knew that he or she was capable of that? The neighbours are interviewed and they say, “he was a quiet person, lovely family, I never knew that this street could house people like that,” and then look shocked.
Well the PD club are like that, they just look like meek and mild people, harmless and quiet, but deep down they are hiding a secret, perhaps even hiding tinsel in the wardrobe, who knows? But once they are out together, anything is possible. Similar to the zombie apocalypse?
Scientists still can’t work out the chemical imbalance in the PD’ers brain that gives them the urge to pull out the odd Santa and tree before December.
Statistics have shown that most grow up and run shopping centres, kid’s warehouses and the most hardened PD’s usually run department stores in the city where they can PD in about August.
Thankfully they are testing drugs at the moment that may stabilise the chemical imbalance to make PD’s actually want to start decorating in December.
Trials have begun.
So as a security professional I am not really sure how to stop the PD club, however I can tell you that Christmas time is a great time for the baddies to come out and play. A couple of years ago a business near our business office left the gate unlocked, left for the Christmas shut down and boom the opportunist struck. All over Christmas in fact!
Hey, the buildings were alarmed but all the stuff in the yard (worth mega dollars) was laying there in all its glory, saying take me, pick me!!!!
There was a very well-executed clean out that lasted the entire weekend, because the baddies knew that this business was closed for business.
How? Because it had a sign on it saying, back on what-ever date.
“Yippee,” the baddies screamed and happily cleaned them out of all the stock in the yard – 30 grand of crafted sandstone, to be exact. Thankfully, good old NRS (my security company) was across the road and with the use of our cameras, the offenders were tracked down, caught and some stock returned. The other stuff was sold, oh and of course they burnt a truck out as well.
So let me ask you this? How would losing 30 grand from your business affect your operations? How would losing 30 grand from your house affect you?
So while you may say, “nah we will be right mate!” think about your security needs over Chrissy. Alarms, cameras, patrols, guards or whatever!
There are some things I can help you with and some things that I can’t, such as shopping and listening to “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” in Coles on a 36 degree day in November.
So there you have it, the PD club will overrun us one day, think about your security and may your Christmas shopping begin!
