More on leaving a car

Wow.  But, I can't even tell you how many people left their cars unlocked and/or running when the kiddo was in before/after school care.  I never did because even though it was out in the country, I couldn't help but think 'what if'?

I do that in my garage (door up) but with it locked. 

someone has broken into cars at our daycare on several occasions. They'll post signs reminding people to lock their doors and remove/hide valuable items. for a few weeks whenever it happens. they also increase police presence during pickup/dropoff. 

Sometimes I'd rather have stuff taken if the door is unlocked, instead of broken windows.  But at that point, just don't leave anything in there.

Yeah, i can see that 6.  It's a catch-22.  Silly insurance.  *mostly kidding*

:: takes notes on good thieving opportunities ::

Yeah, it's pretty lame, especially because my wedding spreadsheet was on my laptop and I know that even if we get my MacBook Pro back, it'll be wiped, so I've lost all of my wedding-related everything.

we always leave the car locked, and never leave anything valuable inside (especially not the kid - or the dog, for that matter). we have what you would call "crackheads" and it's not unusual for cars to get broken into any time of day. it's kind of ridiculous that people don't learn around these parts.

i will say, i was extremely disappointed in myself for ONE TIME leaving my car doors unlocked accidentally. i must have hit the door unlock button by mistake, and some degenerate criminals stole $15 in loose change and dollars i had for emergencies, and they also took my homemade CDs. i was shocked they didn't take a cell phone charger, but the cash is more valuable. i was mad that i also left that $15 in the car for emergencies at all.

In college my brother cashed his paycheck and left the whole wad of cash in the cupholder while he ran into my place for "just a minute".  Yep, no cash when he got back to his car.

H drives me crazy with the way he leaves stuff out.  His work bag looks like a laptop bag, but no laptop, usually just books and papers.  He argues that if someone wanted to steal it, they would put it back after they realized there was no computer.  Ummm, no.  They would break a window, run with the bag and dump it in the trash never to be found again.  He leaves his phone in the cup holder all the time, too.  We are going to have bigger problems if we ever move back to civilization.

Maybe it looked to heavy to carry?  Tell the police to search for scrawny thieves covered in crumbs and hopped up on the Dew. 

Has your neighbhorhood had problems lately or are you the only ones?

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