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Friday, February 19, 2010
I feel violated.
I have a very highly evolved sense of fairness. That’s just part of my personal constitution: I believe in waiting my turn and paying my dues. I don’t take things from others. Yeah, if I see a $20 bill on the sidewalk I’ll pick it up, but that falls into the category of serendipity.
Theft pisses me off. People may consider it to be a victimless crime because the victims usually aren’t physically harmed in the process, but it still violates the victim in some way.
Yesterday at work Scott’s car got broken into. Don’t bother inserting a “But…you live in Durham - you should expect that” joke here. The same car was broken into when we lived in Carrboro for the same reason. People target certain kinds of cars. That little Honda happens to be one of them.
That geriatric 13-year-old Honda with the leaky sunroof and slow-to-warm heater.
Scott was working late, which is typical for him, and was about to go home at 8-something. He called me and told me the car had been broken into and that he was waiting for security. I counseled him to call 911, too, while he was at it and then we hung up. The car gets parked in a special part of a parking deck that’s for employees only. You have to swipe your badge at the barrier to get up to the level. You can walk up, but can’t get a car up.
I sat here thinking that, “Damn, we canceled the insurance coverage for theft” and how every time we save up a little money to do something (in this case, fix our master bathroom) some shit happens. I imagined that the car window was shattered and the car was a mess.
Fortunately that wasn’t the case. When Scott got home he explained that the window got jimmied, not broken. Which, duh, would make sense given you don’t want to draw attention to yourself in a building that has security guards and cameras. Oh. Did I mention the car was parked in front of a security camera? Anyway, the thief uninstalled the after-market stereo and found the faceplate under the seat. So, yeah. They’re going to be able to sell it. They got it out without damaging the console so it was obviously a pro (it wasn’t one of the ones popular in the 80s/90s with the handle that you can pull out - it was an actual installed radio).
Meanwhile, they also popped the trunk to search around. They lucked out and found a pair of boxed sneakers Scott was going to drop off at Goodwill (they left the bags of clothes, though. Guess they’re not so desperate afterall. *sucks teeth*).
Anyway. We’re glad the car is basically intact. Scott’s not going to bother replacing the radio again. Basically, the thief got away with free money. They’ll get to take the radio (and sneakers) to the pawn shop or sell it on Craigslist and earn a profit off zero investment. The thief probably thinks that we’ll just file an insurance claim and get our stuff out and everyone is cool. (NO, douchebag. You screwed us out of a radio. Thanks for making it harder for us to sell or trade that car, you lemon-sucker.)
And just an FYI - when you’re buying shit like this from pawn shops or Craigslist or eBay and it doesn’t come in the original boxes? That’s probably why - stolen. It’s up to you to decide if you’re okay with that or if you believe the excuse the seller makes for the documentation and box not being available.
That super sucks. When our apartment got robbed I wanted to find the guy and kick the shit out of him. It pissed me off even more because he probably just went on a mad grab, not even looking at what he was taking.
I know - I was so glad that wasn’t the case. That actually happened the last time the car got broken into. It sort of pissed me off then because three cars had gotten broken into at the apartment building and the people on the bottom floor didn’t hear a thing!
I feel violated.
I have a very highly evolved sense of fairness. That’s just part of my personal constitution: I believe in waiting my turn and paying my dues. I don’t take things from others. Yeah, if I see a $20 bill on the sidewalk I’ll pick it up, but that falls into the category of serendipity.
Theft pisses me off. People may consider it to be a victimless crime because the victims usually aren’t physically harmed in the process, but it still violates the victim in some way.
Yesterday at work Scott’s car got broken into. Don’t bother inserting a “But…you live in Durham - you should expect that” joke here. The same car was broken into when we lived in Carrboro for the same reason. People target certain kinds of cars. That little Honda happens to be one of them.
That geriatric 13-year-old Honda with the leaky sunroof and slow-to-warm heater.
Scott was working late, which is typical for him, and was about to go home at 8-something. He called me and told me the car had been broken into and that he was waiting for security. I counseled him to call 911, too, while he was at it and then we hung up. The car gets parked in a special part of a parking deck that’s for employees only. You have to swipe your badge at the barrier to get up to the level. You can walk up, but can’t get a car up.
I sat here thinking that, “Damn, we canceled the insurance coverage for theft” and how every time we save up a little money to do something (in this case, fix our master bathroom) some shit happens. I imagined that the car window was shattered and the car was a mess.
Fortunately that wasn’t the case. When Scott got home he explained that the window got jimmied, not broken. Which, duh, would make sense given you don’t want to draw attention to yourself in a building that has security guards and cameras. Oh. Did I mention the car was parked in front of a security camera? Anyway, the thief uninstalled the after-market stereo and found the faceplate under the seat. So, yeah. They’re going to be able to sell it. They got it out without damaging the console so it was obviously a pro (it wasn’t one of the ones popular in the 80s/90s with the handle that you can pull out - it was an actual installed radio).
Meanwhile, they also popped the trunk to search around. They lucked out and found a pair of boxed sneakers Scott was going to drop off at Goodwill (they left the bags of clothes, though. Guess they’re not so desperate afterall. *sucks teeth*).
Anyway. We’re glad the car is basically intact. Scott’s not going to bother replacing the radio again. Basically, the thief got away with free money. They’ll get to take the radio (and sneakers) to the pawn shop or sell it on Craigslist and earn a profit off zero investment. The thief probably thinks that we’ll just file an insurance claim and get our stuff out and everyone is cool. (NO, douchebag. You screwed us out of a radio. Thanks for making it harder for us to sell or trade that car, you lemon-sucker.)
And just an FYI - when you’re buying shit like this from pawn shops or Craigslist or eBay and it doesn’t come in the original boxes? That’s probably why - stolen. It’s up to you to decide if you’re okay with that or if you believe the excuse the seller makes for the documentation and box not being available.
Posted by Tiffany on 02/19 at 11:52 AM
_______________________________________________________________That super sucks. When our apartment got robbed I wanted to find the guy and kick the shit out of him. It pissed me off even more because he probably just went on a mad grab, not even looking at what he was taking.
Posted by Fraulein N on 02/22 at 04:05 PM
***Hey-
@ least they didn’t smash the window of your old Honda to take random stuff. That’s happened to me in the ‘ham before!
Posted by Paula on 02/24 at 03:47 PM
***I know - I was so glad that wasn’t the case. That actually happened the last time the car got broken into. It sort of pissed me off then because three cars had gotten broken into at the apartment building and the people on the bottom floor didn’t hear a thing!
Posted by Tiffany on 02/24 at 05:02 PM
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