Today was like any normal Thursday. I work nights and usually wake up around noon. I was expecting my kids to come over today so I wasn't surprised at a knock on my door at about 11:45.
However, it wasn't my kids at the door but my neighbor. I live in a U shaped apartment complex with a parking lot in the middle. It is a smaller complex. I think only sixteen apartments. He told me I may have just been robbed.
My neighbor had heard some power tools and looked out his window to see somebody "working" on my car. He thought it might be me because he could only see legs sticking out from under the car and we are roughly the same size. But then he saw some chick in a car parked next to mine acting all shady and looking around so he ran and got a pen to jot down their plate number. By the time he wrote down the plates, the guy under my car had his jack out and my catalytic converter!
In broad fucking daylight!
In about the time frame of 10-15 minutes this lowlife jacked up my car, made two cuts with a power saw and was gone with his girlfriend to score some meth.
So I call the cops and they do a preliminary drive around the area. The cop runs the plate of thieves car and guess what? It was stolen off some rental car two years ago. He basically tells me i'm SOL. translation: SOL =Shit outta luck. (for the global community):)
In case you are wondering what the big deal is beside being robbed. Catalytic converters on automobiles contain platinum and some other rare metals that are worth some money if you sell them for scrap. They are even more expensive to have replaced! In order to fix this, will probably cost me over $1000.
I just know that this was some junky tweeker looking for the next one and it drives me nutzo because this epidemic of crazy-drug abuse is so rampant that any sort of enforcement barely puts a dent in it.
I say "crazy-drug" because meth and heroine will make you do things no other sane person would do. I smoke weed everyday. But i'm not robbing my fellow man and doing fucked up shit!
With the looming boom in homelessness, It will probably get worse. I just need to find a cabin in the woods with good wi-fi. Far away from scumbag junkies. Rant over.
Just had a bad day that is all. Thanks for reading and as always...
Keep being Cool Hivemates!!
