Again they failed, so they tried kicking in the door. At this point GF, dog and I all woke up, with the latter two running downstairs me with baseball bat in hand. They scarpered when lights started coming on and the dog started going ballistic.
Am posting this from home while waiting for the police to show. It has now been six hours since I called them and still no sign. When I called back I was told it was not an urgent case, so I'm at the bottom of a long list.
We reckon the damage to the car is going to be around £500, plus the money we lose long-term through losing our no claims bonus and of course the excess. They took about £150 of CDs from the car, too.
GF is really upset, but I'm more angry that some fucker thinks he can just trash other people's stuff and steal their things simply because he wants to. Am starting to think I'm glad they'd gone by the time I got to the door, otherwise I'd be posting from a remand cell having battered their little brains in. I quite want them to come back tonight so I can have a swing.
This scares me slightly, as it's really not the sort of person I am normally. But I am so, so enraged by it all....
Sorry, just a rant really, and one that's of little interest to anyone else. But I just wanted to get it off my chest so I can avoid screaming at the postman, the police, and anyone else who turns up in the next few hours.
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 09:31 (nineteen years ago)
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 09:37 (nineteen years ago)
(xpost: TS: being at home to scare burglars off/being away when house is broken into?)
― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 09:39 (nineteen years ago)
I've been visiting my parents for a few weeks and twice I have woken up in terror with the (false) impression that someone is trying to break into their condo. Which happened.... um, NEVER when I lived in New York.
Hard to say which is better. Like Hello, I usually feel like someone is going to die when these things happen, because I'm pretty sure that I would attack anyone I actually found them. ie., I can easily imagine myself charging and smashing their heads on the concrete wall. I think in the back of my ind I am convinced that anyone who doesn't run at the first sign of inhabitants stirring is probably going to try and kill me.
― Mitya (mitya), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)
they sound like the stupidest would-be robbers in the world anyway ... i can't quite imagine what they were thinking. "ooh, the car's parked outside the house" ... that would suggest someone was inside, wouldn't it? twats.
the most important thing, ultimately, is that you and your girlfriend (and the dog) are unhurt. i know this sounds a bit glib, but ... well, it's true.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)
― Mike Hanle y (mike), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)
― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)
Having the house broken into though terrifies me. It happens often in our neighborhood and my insomnia often finds me paranoid about every little creak I hear.
Night before last our dog woke us up growling and barking and started in towards the living room. I shake the BF and tell him to go check it out, thinking he'd grab the baseball bat by the bed, turn on lights etc. Instead he takes his time finding and putting on his shorts before moseying around the house, never turning on lights. WTF? I chewed him out about it the next day.
Things like this scare me most b/c it usually is a junkie and who knows what people who are drugged up will do. shoot your dog? come right into your bedroom while your sleeping? ::shudder::
sorry. glad you're okay sunshine.
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)