Well this morning I have a tale of a random act of unkindness. Last my night my husband and I went to bed to be awoken by the teenager that lives with us at midnight because when he walked home from a neighbor’s house he noticed all our car doors open and the interior lights on. My husband and I sprang out of bed (my wallet was in the car with over $200 in it)to find that our car was ransacked. We normally lock our car doors every night (this isnt’t the first time someone has come and robbed our car in our front yard) before bed but last night I forgot to remind my husband and he forgot to lock them. The thief stole many items: our roadside emergency kit worth about $200, our daughters’ DVD players worth $250, my husband’s GPS worth $500, our phone charger and adapter for listening to music on the radio, our cargo net and racheted tie downs, and they even took the girls’ sunglasses. On top of all that my husband and I lost over 3 hours of sleep after calling the police (thank you SLTPD for your quick response) and sitting in utter disbelief. The one shining light out of this is that my wallet was left untouched on the passenger seat of the car. Money to buy food for my family is more important than the material possessions taken from us.
It is so upsetting to know that random people just walk down our street (Oakland) and check for unlocked vehicles to steal from. We work hard for what we have and it is really disturbing to have some low life come and rip it away from us. If anyone happens to see any of the above items for sale on craigslist or the street please be kind and email me at snoheather@yahoo.com
Thank you for listening and I hope more kind, rather than rotten, things happen to people today.