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Life in the big city.
Oct. 17th, 2006 01:16 pmDear Penny-Ante Burglar,
I realize that my car, sitting in an open lot before sunrise, before the attendant shows up, is a very tempting target. It's the tradeoff I make for having a clear field of vision when I get out of my car at quarter past four in the morning, rather than risking a parking garage that provides lots of crannies for lurkers.
I'm not even terribly upset that you stole my crappy $20 boom box with the broken antenna that only read CDs about a third of the time anyway. I have to check whether I left "Nimrod" actually IN it, but even if you got a Green Day CD out of the bargain, I can replace that too.
However, I would just like to point out that the car was UNLOCKED. There was no need at all to smash the driver's side window if you wanted to go looking for goodies.
Clearly, you were too cracked-out to even try the damned door. Now I'm not just out the $20 radio and maybe $7 for a used CD (if I neglected to rip it to my hard drive, because if I did that, hell, I'll just burn a copy). I'm also going to be out however much it costs to fix the WINDOW.
Because, 15-year-old beater? Which this OBVIOUSLY was? Of course I don't have comprehensive on it. Just collision.
What could you possibly get for a cheap semi-broken boom box? $5? One vial of crack?
May that be the one that stops your heart.
No love,
Me
I realize that my car, sitting in an open lot before sunrise, before the attendant shows up, is a very tempting target. It's the tradeoff I make for having a clear field of vision when I get out of my car at quarter past four in the morning, rather than risking a parking garage that provides lots of crannies for lurkers.
I'm not even terribly upset that you stole my crappy $20 boom box with the broken antenna that only read CDs about a third of the time anyway. I have to check whether I left "Nimrod" actually IN it, but even if you got a Green Day CD out of the bargain, I can replace that too.
However, I would just like to point out that the car was UNLOCKED. There was no need at all to smash the driver's side window if you wanted to go looking for goodies.
Clearly, you were too cracked-out to even try the damned door. Now I'm not just out the $20 radio and maybe $7 for a used CD (if I neglected to rip it to my hard drive, because if I did that, hell, I'll just burn a copy). I'm also going to be out however much it costs to fix the WINDOW.
Because, 15-year-old beater? Which this OBVIOUSLY was? Of course I don't have comprehensive on it. Just collision.
What could you possibly get for a cheap semi-broken boom box? $5? One vial of crack?
May that be the one that stops your heart.
No love,
Me
