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[elderwitty]

It's a "good news, bad news" situation.  

Good news is that nobody was hurt - bad news is that my car window was broken.  Good news is that the thief, in a fit of consideration (I guess) broke the back driver's side window rather than the actual driver's window (which I'm pretty sure would have cost more to replace) - bad news is that it was still $185. 

Good news is that the fucker only got about $5 (quarters I keep for tolls, or car washing, or...okay, I admit it.  The quarters are for french fry emergencies - when I have no cash, but still need fried potatoes - as one does on occasion).  Bad news is that he (I'm assuming, here) also stole a business card holder that I keep my pack of gum in.  Why, you ask?  To keep the foil overwrap from coming undone in the heat (not now - in the summer) and spewing an avalanche of separated sticks of gum all over the place.  Got it on clearance and will probably never find another. 

Other than that, nothing was taken, that I can tell.  I got off very lightly.  Had to call in late to work, and wait for the glass people to show up to replace the window.  I could have gone to work and had it done there, but was unwilling to drive on the interstate with a lack of glass - not so much for cold, but because it's so freaking LOUD.   Luckily I found a company to do it today, most said it "couldn't be done 'til tomorrow, but, hey, it'll be 50 degrees, so that's fine."  Heh, yeah.  Not when I get off work at 11pm tonight and have to drive home, it won't.  


I think mostly I'm offended at the thief's ineptitude.  Let me paint you a picture.  My car is a black '95 Toyota Corolla 4-door sedan.  Black is sort of a misnomer, though, what with my lackadaisacal attitude towards washing & waxing.  The sides are black, but the hoods and top could best be described as looking like  Bo and Luke Duke have been sliding across them in their sandpaper pants.  "Scabby" is a word I've heard used.  My car has ONE hubcap, and it's in the trunk.  There's a quilt on the backseat (in case of breakdown), and it was, at the time, accompanied by a large box filled with cardboard destined to be recycled on the way to work.  The quarters were in a small open console between the front seats.  However, they were NOT visible from outside, as the gum pack and a couple of other things were on top of them.  There is only one car on my street that I would consider as looking less likely to have any sort of money or valuables in it.  It's a late '60s convertible with no top, just a tarp for when it rains/snows.  What the FUCK was this moron doing breaking into my piece-of-shit looking (but smooth running) car in search of treasure?  

It has been pointed out to me that if you are so stupid that you think stealing is an easier life than working, than you could very well be stupid enough to not pick any of the other 30 or so, much more prosperous looking vehicles to bust into.  I guess it just irks me when people are bad at what they (try and fail to) do.   

 In conclusion, venal stupid people are fuckwits and should just die already.  They're wasting my oxygen.