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From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:42 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: My X-Mas (bitching and venting)
My wife works for Wells Fargo bank as a phone banker. Phone bankers are
available 24/7, 365...so she had to work X-mas day (she had Thanksgiving
off tho). So my x-mas was spent cleaning out the garage (which I was
glad to do, as it needed it).
When my wife got home from work, she parked our truck in the street,
since my garage-cleaning project was still in full force, and the
driveway was full of garage-type-things. She intended to move the truck
into the driveway when I was done and had everything cleared away, but
never did.
The next morning (Fri), she got up to go to work (I was still in bed, as
she works earlier hours than me). It was about 6:30 am, when she came
into the bedroom very panicked. The truck was gone, and the door from
our garage to the laundry room was propped open.
We had been robbed.
Apparently, since she meant to move the truck into the driveway, she
didn't bother locking it up. During the course of the evening, somebody
(i'm assuming, for some reason, 2 people...so I'm going to refer to
"they/them", for no good reason...it could be a he/him) was having a
pretty good time going up our street knocking over recycling bins. When
they got to our house, they saw the truck in the street, saw that it was
open, and found the garage door opener on the visor. Since the garage
door is normally closed (and the truck locked), we don't normally lock
the door from the garage to the laundry room...so they had access to the
house.
They didn't grab much...seems like they just ran in and out...but they
got enough. My wife's purse (with house keys and truck keys, and wallet
and credit cards, and cell phone), my wallet (with credit cards and
about $80 cash), my iPaq (with expansion sleeve and 512MB sd card), and
my camcorder (with a videotape still in there containing video of my 18
month old daughter's first steps).
On the way out, since they had found keys in my wife's purse, they
helped themselves to our truck as well (a 2000 Mazda B-3000).
We've spent the last few days cancelling credit cards, closing out bank
accounts, getting new licenses at DMV, cancelling cell phone accounts,
having locks re-keyed, trying to find a rental car at X-mas...it's all
been very trying.
Oh...and the thing that really concerns me...I found a hammer on the
floor of the living room that morning. *my* hammer that I had hung up
on my pegboard while I was cleaning the garage. There were people in my
home while I slept...no more than 20 feet from where my daughter was
sleeping...helping themselves to my belongings, and carrying MY fucking
hammer in case any of us happened to wake up.
Of course, I could take the view that we're lucky nobody *did* wake up,
and that nobody was hurt. I just can't stop feeling like I wish I had
woken up. Even if I got my ass kicked, at least I would have had an
opportunity to try and do something.
I hate not having my iPaq...I hate that somebody is looking through my
appointments and contacts. I hate that somebody has video of my
daughter, given all of the Elizabeth Smart type stories out there. I
hate the fact that the ONE day my wife doesn't lock the truck (and it
truly was the ONE time...she is very very anal about locking the
cars/house/etc), some pieces of shit happen to be going down my block
and get lucky.
I just want these guys found (yes, we filed a police report, for
whatever good it'll do). Even if they're prosecuted and walk, at least
I'll have names...I can get addresses...
...then I'll bring my hammer over to their place. If, in the near
future, you don't hear anything from me for roughly 3 - 5...you'll know
why.
<sigh>
charlie
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