To keep that from happening take a rubber band and loop it around one doorknob or handle.
Rubber band on front door.
Hook the rubber band around the doorknobs on both sides of the door making sure it doesn t interfere with the latch.
You don t even need to open the door.
This trick is especially helpful when you re unloading an armful of groceries or need to open a sticky door.
According to kim s local sheriff this is becoming more commonly seen in burglaries.
When she finally opened her front door she found a rubber band wrapped around her doorknob.
On 21 april 2016 facebook user kim fleming posted an image of a rubber band stretched over a door latch handle along with a message warning people about a new method of employing rubber bands.
The rubber band holds the latch down preventing the door from latching shut.
Now if the door closes you can push it back open with your body even if your hands are full.
Loop a rubber band around a doorknob so it makes an x that presses the latch open.
The rubber band will cushion the slamming noise.
It might not have sounded threatening but kim knew it was suspicious.
Facebook the woman heard a knock on her front door the person wasn t knocking nice it was as if they were pounding on the door.
It s a sobering thought for anyone who worries about.
It was an ordinary rubber band the same kind that you could easily purchase at any office supply store and it was wrapped around the door latch.
By olivia romero.
A woman shared her story on facebook so if you have a rubber band around the knob call 911.
She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.
Then twist the rubber band once and then loop it around the other knob.
All you have to do is unlatch it.
She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.