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I believe you have my stapler (Thievery thread)
Quethal
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Don't touch it, right? Some people didn't learn this lesson, or they took a bunch of meth and forgot it.
So my girlfriend recently had something stolen from her, a common occurrence in my city:
One of these little things.
Eugene has the right conditions for it to be a hotbed for thieves, similar to the armpits of that kid who never bathes is for bacteria. There are a lot of bums, a woefully understaffed police force, a revolving door jail due to underfunding, and a lot of targets (being a somewhat affluent college town).
What have you had stolen from you? Conversely, did you ever catch someone trying to steal something and unleash swift justice upon them?
So my girlfriend recently had something stolen from her, a common occurrence in my city:
One of these little things.
Eugene has the right conditions for it to be a hotbed for thieves, similar to the armpits of that kid who never bathes is for bacteria. There are a lot of bums, a woefully understaffed police force, a revolving door jail due to underfunding, and a lot of targets (being a somewhat affluent college town).
What have you had stolen from you? Conversely, did you ever catch someone trying to steal something and unleash swift justice upon them?
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money
the innocence of my youth
that's about it
Once when I was younger during Halloween a kid who happened get in the same pace as us grabbed my brother's pillowcase full of candy and ran off with it into some woods.
And some bitch made off with my heart
Reminds me, I need to call the detective back. Hope they caught the fucker.
It looks like someone has a sweet tooth
for justice
You too? This ruined me as a kid.
they only took the good ones.
Damn. As a kid, that's a murderin' crime.
lent my limited edition Pokemon Stadium blue+yellow N64 to a friend of a friend
who then moved half a week later
taking basically all of the best games
They snagged my charizard, and I never looked back.
I was walking back from work at about 9 PM and this dude on a skateboard comes up and asks me if he can borrow my phone real quick to call somebody to pick him up. I say "sure, can I see your skateboard?" and he tells me nevermind and rides off
we did spend the rest of the night trying to find him with baseball bats
but, you know
Halloween.
NEVER VISIT EUGENE unless you want to come here to kill a bunch of bike thieves, we're the worst per capita for bike theft in the country. There is this really great bike lock you can buy that looks similar to this one:
Only with a thicker chain and bigger loop that comes with a warranty for your bike so that if it gets stolen, they will replace your bike, up to $2000. Unless you live in New York City, LA, or Eugene, Oregon.
Haha, awesome job man.
5 years later he had matured into a hilarious teenage pipsqueak, and gave it back to me out of the blue one day.
one time someone stole my bike and we found it two blocks away in front of a power pole with the wheel bent a little bit
also i had yugioh cards stolen from me
I tracked it down
and stole it back
I'd hoped that if I blew it hard enough a new pet dog would show up.
I also didn't know how dog whistles worked.
i think all masterlock combination locks have this problem
oh wait i misread that as pop can, it's probably the same in theory anyways
This day just keeps getting better and better.
How'd you track it down?
but i then turned around and stole somebody else's
turnabout is fair play
He went shopping at Wal-Mart and when they left bam, car was gone.
The thieves were a Bonnie and Clyde-type, and basically drove the poor thing south and abandoned it on the highway when it ran out of gas.
But not before living in it, with all of their filthy, disgusting clothes for several days, and apparently it was Bonnie's lady-time cause they found presents among the refuse. They tried to rip out his stereo but only managed to fuck it up.
They were eventually caught after trying to steal another car and thrown in jail.
a truly sickening amount.
his car was stolen from in front of the house because he left the keys in the ignition and the car unlocked
he still to this day does this
needless to say he has moved back to the country
he also was upset that the cop taking his statement kept questioning why he would do such a thing. we assume because the cop thought it might be for insurance purposes, i found it hilarious
Stale: I imagine it must take a lot of hats before a man could get sick of them, especially if they're classy hats (does Hat World carry classy hats? I've never been to one)
Fort: That's kinda dumb. But, if he's a country boy, I can see how he'd not be accustomed to the idea of locking things.
Someone must have wanted that new bike badly to jimmy open the backyard fence door. =/
God, me too. A seething hatred.
My Specialized bike got stolen here in Seoul back in October. It was old, but still expensive, and I certainly don't have the money to replace it and then ship it back to the States when I leave. I blame myself, because I left it locked outside of work until eleven p.m. one night while I went downtown; Korea lulled me into a false sense of security. I would never have done something that fucking stupid in Chicago.
Anyway, a friend who's moving back to Mexico gave me her old bike, which is cute and all. Just not the same.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
or my car
but I don't leave the keys in the ignition. That's just ignorant.
let us be comrades in woe. This same thing happened to me in college and I understand completely how you feel about bike thieves. The person who stole it even had the pleasure to leave my cut lock neatly placed where the bike was, just as a friendly 'haha fuck you i just stole your bike' message