about people. Specifically the low life's who cause damage to other peoples property and simply walk away or steal or tamper with others property without permission.
A little bit about where I am coming from:
Almost a month ago, my wife's car was backed into.....in our driveway. Now this is the 3rd time our vehicles are hit in our driveway in the middle of the night with no knock or note, I have a good suspicion that its someone visiting the neighbors across the street backing straight into our driveway instead of backing and turning into the street.
This time it wasn't just a scratch and small dent like before. The trunk lid was crushed in and bumper was cracked, so I had to put it in the shop and pay an insurance deductible. Talking to the neighbors yielded nothing as expected.
I had considered installing security cameras the last time one of our vehicles were hit in the same fashion but ultimately decided against it. This time I did buy some and installed them. They work great.
A few nights after getting my wife's car out of the shop, our neighborhood suffered a random theft ring where unlocked cars were targeted and credit cards and IDs were stolen, no cash was taken though 2 vehicles that the keys were present in were stolen. This is the night where my wife didn't lock her car. Nothing was taken as she doesn't leave anything valuable in the car, its just the idea of it. We was able to watch the thief pull the door handles on my truck then move on to her car to find that it was unlocked. The police have the video as well as 8 fingerprints from her car. I don't know whether they were ever caught or not.
So all that went on, and a couple weeks have passed. I finally built a shed to keep lawn equipment which was previously living outside as well as a bunch of other tools and stuff that was in the house. Everything normalized so to speak.
Then yesterday something happened that makes me go about plumb crazy thinking about it and everything else that has happened in the past month. I was at a gas station fueling my truck up. A truck pulled in directly in front of me and parked in front of the store. While the guy was in the store, another vehicle pulled alongside him boxing him in the middle with me behind him. When he came out he attempted to back out and had to do a series of back and fourths to wiggle out. Upon him backing out the last time before he was able to drive off, he bumped my truck. I was standing right there finishing up with the gas pump and he hit my truck, looked at me and then sped away. I yelled at him to no avail. I doubt he cared, he knew he hit my truck and even stopped to look at me before speeding off. Thankfully I had no damage, but it ticked me off something awful.
Im not upset at the fact that my truck was hit or my wife's car was hit, I understand stuff like that happens. What irritates me is the lack of consideration or care from the offending party. I realized (I always knew in the back of my mind) yesterday that people simply have no respect for their fellow humans or their property. I have lost faith in man kind, and do not believe there is any good left in anyone anymore. I hate it, but the events of the past month have proven that to me loud and clear.
Thanks for letting me rant.....heres to a better next month I guess.
A little bit about where I am coming from:
Almost a month ago, my wife's car was backed into.....in our driveway. Now this is the 3rd time our vehicles are hit in our driveway in the middle of the night with no knock or note, I have a good suspicion that its someone visiting the neighbors across the street backing straight into our driveway instead of backing and turning into the street.
This time it wasn't just a scratch and small dent like before. The trunk lid was crushed in and bumper was cracked, so I had to put it in the shop and pay an insurance deductible. Talking to the neighbors yielded nothing as expected.
I had considered installing security cameras the last time one of our vehicles were hit in the same fashion but ultimately decided against it. This time I did buy some and installed them. They work great.
A few nights after getting my wife's car out of the shop, our neighborhood suffered a random theft ring where unlocked cars were targeted and credit cards and IDs were stolen, no cash was taken though 2 vehicles that the keys were present in were stolen. This is the night where my wife didn't lock her car. Nothing was taken as she doesn't leave anything valuable in the car, its just the idea of it. We was able to watch the thief pull the door handles on my truck then move on to her car to find that it was unlocked. The police have the video as well as 8 fingerprints from her car. I don't know whether they were ever caught or not.
So all that went on, and a couple weeks have passed. I finally built a shed to keep lawn equipment which was previously living outside as well as a bunch of other tools and stuff that was in the house. Everything normalized so to speak.
Then yesterday something happened that makes me go about plumb crazy thinking about it and everything else that has happened in the past month. I was at a gas station fueling my truck up. A truck pulled in directly in front of me and parked in front of the store. While the guy was in the store, another vehicle pulled alongside him boxing him in the middle with me behind him. When he came out he attempted to back out and had to do a series of back and fourths to wiggle out. Upon him backing out the last time before he was able to drive off, he bumped my truck. I was standing right there finishing up with the gas pump and he hit my truck, looked at me and then sped away. I yelled at him to no avail. I doubt he cared, he knew he hit my truck and even stopped to look at me before speeding off. Thankfully I had no damage, but it ticked me off something awful.
Im not upset at the fact that my truck was hit or my wife's car was hit, I understand stuff like that happens. What irritates me is the lack of consideration or care from the offending party. I realized (I always knew in the back of my mind) yesterday that people simply have no respect for their fellow humans or their property. I have lost faith in man kind, and do not believe there is any good left in anyone anymore. I hate it, but the events of the past month have proven that to me loud and clear.
Thanks for letting me rant.....heres to a better next month I guess.
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