skhill
10-13-2011, 11:15 AM
(aka a very bad day)
Yesterday, I came home to find that someone had broken in and taken my laptop computer, MP3 player, and camera. Not broken in, really-- seems that I had left the back door unlocked that morning. But how stupid were they: 2 bikes were in plain sight, as well as several musical instruments, all worth more than the electronics. Harder to hide, though...
Weird item #1: All the stuff they took was on the coffee table in the living room. My dog spends the day sleeping under the coffee table. He's old and deaf, and somehow slept through the whole thing. And how brazen do you have to be to do your theft around a sleeping dog??
Weird item #2: When I went to console the cats with some catnip in the evening, I noticed one other thing they took: a big jar of homegrown catnip. They must have thought it was pot. I hope they try to smoke it. Hope it makes them sick, too.
BTW, I have contacted my bank and card folks, as well as the police. What a pain. But now I have a new (if cheap) laptop, and the cop had a giggle when I added the catnip to the list of stolen items...
Yesterday, I came home to find that someone had broken in and taken my laptop computer, MP3 player, and camera. Not broken in, really-- seems that I had left the back door unlocked that morning. But how stupid were they: 2 bikes were in plain sight, as well as several musical instruments, all worth more than the electronics. Harder to hide, though...
Weird item #1: All the stuff they took was on the coffee table in the living room. My dog spends the day sleeping under the coffee table. He's old and deaf, and somehow slept through the whole thing. And how brazen do you have to be to do your theft around a sleeping dog??
Weird item #2: When I went to console the cats with some catnip in the evening, I noticed one other thing they took: a big jar of homegrown catnip. They must have thought it was pot. I hope they try to smoke it. Hope it makes them sick, too.
BTW, I have contacted my bank and card folks, as well as the police. What a pain. But now I have a new (if cheap) laptop, and the cop had a giggle when I added the catnip to the list of stolen items...