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Is there something at work in us that makes us assume that the bad guys think as we do (well, as you do, anyway, me being one of the bad guys)? Surely if someone were to rob the place, they'd come in as respectable people would, through the door provided for the purpose. Maybe that explains why people will have four heavy-duty locks on a solid oak door that's right next to a glass window.

People seem to think they should lock-pick or kick their way through solid doors rather than just take a ten-dollar drywall knife and carve whole new hallways into the world. Those people are mere slaves to architecture, spatial captives in a world someone else has designed for them.
Geoff Manaugh, A Burglar's Guide to the City (longer quote here)

Now, seeing this all locked up reminds me of something very important. Trailer couplers are easily damaged, and because of that, they're usually easily replaceable. As such, oftentimes a locked coupler can simply be unbolted, and replaced quickly with a $20 part. So, you need to consider countermeasures like spot-welding your bolts, because a coupler lock does no good if you can simply replace the coupler.

Entrapta: Why'd you stop? Go through the door right in front you.
Bow: Entrapta, there's no door.
Entrapta: Well, the schematics show a door right where you're standing. Data never lies.
[..]
Catra: Whatever, we need a door? (slices a door through the wall) There's your door. You're welcome.

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