Thief

This morning we discovered that someone had gone into our car overnight. They'd opened the glove compartment and thrown everything around; the car was generally messed up. They stole a few dollars and all Teri's loose change, except for the pennies.

On the plus side, they did no real damage. And Teri is now convinced of the wisdom of locking up the car overnight. This is something I've mentioned to her for quite a while, but I guess a thief is more effective than I am, when it comes to convincing Teri.

Teri was initially going to report the event to the police, but eventually decided not to bother.

Sebastian was a little perturbed by the whole thing, incidentally. He asked why the person took things from our car, and I said "To buy bad medicine." (Given our neighborhood, it's a virtual certainty that the thief was an addict.)

"Why didn't he just ask us?" Sebastian replied.

What a boy.

Thief

This morning we discovered that someone had gone into our car overnight. They'd opened the glove compartment and thrown everything around; the car was generally messed up. They stole a few dollars and all Teri's loose change, except for the pennies.

On the plus side, they did no real damage. And Teri is now convinced of the wisdom of locking up the car overnight. This is something I've mentioned to her for quite a while, but I guess a thief is more effective than I am, when it comes to convincing Teri.

Teri was initially going to report the event to the police, but eventually decided not to bother.

Sebastian was a little perturbed by the whole thing, incidentally. He asked why the person took things from our car, and I said "To buy bad medicine." (Given our neighborhood, it's a virtual certainty that the thief was an addict.)

"Why didn't he just ask us?" Sebastian replied.

What a boy.