Hi Sandra, Sorry to hear about all this mess and thanks for reporting this as it will make a big difference knowing what is going on in Observatory.
Your incident has been recorded in the Combined Crime Report and on http://www.turnitaround.co.za/crime_report/detail/2685 Regards, Frank On 16 November 2011 11:38, Sandra Pienaar <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday when I cam home from work, I found that the tap had been > stolen from my front garden at 41 Oxford Rd. > > Years ago, when I had this tap put in, a cheap grey metal tap was mounted > on the wall, with a plastic pipe going into the ground. The tap had a > removable brass top which I ALWAYS keep in the house. > > Yesterday, someone jumped over the front fence, cut the plastic pipe, bent > it into the ground to stop water spurting and took the just cheap grey > metal tap, as the brass top was in my house. > > So much damage for so little gain! This morning I got the plumber in and > now I have a really, really cheap, unattractive plastic tap. > > Yesterday was also refuse collection day in Oxford Rd and I wonder if this > theft was planned for that day. Standing on a bin would have made getting > over the fence easier. > > I find it so annoying that the homeless people going through the rubbish > make SUCH a mess and don't clean up. I always speak nicely and > respectfully to them and ask them PLEASE to NOT tear, tip and take the > refuse bags, but rather look carefully and neatly. I like to keep my bin > clean and always use bags, but often, after collection, I have to rinse out > my bin as there are remnants of such a mess in there, I'm sure from refuse > from other bins being added to mine. > > I feel sorry for the people living on the corner of Oxford and Bowden, as > the bins are often collectively placed there and there is much spewing and > rummaging with a terrible surrounding mess made, which someone else has to > clean up. > > I would be much more sympathetic to the vagrants if they would learn to > clean up the mess they make. > > I would also like to see Vetus Schola patrol more on refuse collection > days. I have reported this incident of tap theft to them. Frank, please > can you record it for stats. > > Thanks Sandy > 41 Oxford Rd > > ### > > UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN > > This e-mail is subject to the UCT ICT policies and e-mail disclaimer > published on our website at > http://www.uct.ac.za/about/policies/emaildisclaimer/ or obtainable from +27 > 21 650 9111. This e-mail is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is > addressed. If the e-mail has reached you in error, please notify the > author. If you are not the intended recipient of the e-mail you may not > use, disclose, copy, redirect or print the content. If this e-mail is not > related to the business of UCT it is sent by the sender in the sender's > individual capacity. > > ### > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
