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Posted on December 14, 2008, by Hanna Ingber Win, under Crime.
My car was broken into this weekend. Glass everywhere. For a GPS system. Thoughts while sitting on the street, in the cold, waiting for two hours for police to come: Jerks. Violated. Pissed. Annoyed. Not excited about waiting for police, filling out report, dealing with GEICO, finding a glass repair shop on a Sunday night, buying a new GPS stysem because now I am dependent on it to get anywhere. At least I have something interesting to write on my Facebook status. But so not fun.
Update: Passers-by very sympathetic. One gave me suggestions for glass repair shops, and offered me cashews. The police eventually came, after I called three times. Not so sympathetic. They said no, they haven’t seen more theft because of the economy. Not yet anyway. GEICO was rather helpful and will be here tomorrow. I parked it in a garage over night. The garage man said they have seen a lot of these GPS-thefts. The kids who steal them sell them for five, ten dollars, according to the garage man. I would have given them five dollars. I didn’t even have the GPS visible, but the suction thing was on the windshield. The garage man said the kids see the charger and know it’s there. Oh Brooklyn.
keith on December 15, 2008
good that you garaged the car overnight. glad that it all worked out w/o any major problem.