Faking Home Security

I helped gut a bank that was being demolished.

A souvenir I kept was the clear, "bullet-proof", lucite pass-though box that allowed a customer (or employee) to place something inside, without being able to pass their hand all the way through, and kept the second door closed until the first was also closed.

The machination is fascinating. I imagine it cost a good deal from a specialized supplier.

The funny part was that the only thing securing it to the counter was a single drywall screw run up from the underside and only penetrating the base of the box by about 3/16". Another screw about 2 inches away was only piercing the counter surface by the very tip and only that tip was barely contacting the underside of the box.

Someone could have very easily simply pushed the box off the inside edge of the counter with moderate force.