You Can’t Be Too Careful
IllustrationStory★★★★When there was an unexpected knock on the door, Mrs. Smith first opened the peephole and asked, “Who’s there?” “Parcel Post, with a package for the Smiths.” “Where’s the package?” she asked suspiciously. The deliveryman held it up. “Let me see some ID,” she said, still not convinced. “Lady,” he replied wearily, “if I wanted to break into your house. I’d probably just use these.” And he pulled out the keys she had left in the door.
The point
An overly suspicious homeowner's elaborate security checks prove unnecessary when a deliveryman humorously reveals the simplest solution was already at hand.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Ironic
To tell aloud
under a minute · 77 words