The restaurant looked fairly new in that there wasn't a huge crowd at a normal lunch hour and that it was very clean... very clean, save the glass shattered all over the floor, a door with no glass in it, and a guy working on the door.
We sat down and waited for a server. She arrived with menus, silverware, and a request for our drink order. During the exchange, we asked about the door. She said they had been broken into over the night, which we figured as there were 2 very large empty spaces on the walls where tvs might have fit.
It was one of these kinda fibro days where every noise seemed amplified so I asked if we could sit outside. I risked the fumes from the parking lot and street but I took that chance - we could always move back inside.While outside, another guy arrived and was helping the door guy. We chatted a bit and discussed the break-in. The new arrival was actually the insurance guy and he said that they broke the window in the door, got in, took the 2 tvs, and left.... all in 45 seconds.
We all looked rather impressed (in a bad, go to prison, way) and the insurance guy said it wasn't their first rodeo.
But there's GOOD NEWS.... They have it all on the security camera.
As we left, I told him I would help by looking for large tvs with a distinct restaurant smell when I was looking through craigslist :).
And is it really any easier to do what they are doing than getting a job and buying their own crap. Those tvs aren't that expensive anymore and selling them used can't bring that much money. Or is my head in the sand?
I hope this is their LAST rodeo.... OR if they get caught and go to prison, maybe there will be a whole different kind of rodeo for them.
Is it bad that I feel that way? I will have to do a little soul searching on that one.
In the meantime, don't buy any smelly used tvs.
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