To the poor soul who took it upon themselves to steal my leather backpack containing my laptop, ipod, wallet, books and my journal containing my own personal grievances, insights and reflections: WHAT were you thinking? None of my belongings were new – it was sure as hell apparent that they contained more sentimental than economic value. My computer, three years old and battered, has hundreds of photos, weeks worth of music, and documents containing stories, letters and schoolwork. Though I backed up some of it, most of it is now lost to me forever. Very little of these things could have any use for you, so SHAME on you for acting on your urge to take my bag as well as another girl’s bag. I hope you settle whatever confusion has been instilled in you that prompts you do act so selfishly before you ravage the rest of Halifax with your malicious deeds. In the meantime, I’ll be using the money I make this summer to pay back for all the things YOU stole. —Infuriated Victim of a Selfish Whim
This article appears in Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2012.
Did you leave it unattended? You’re not living in the City of Angels you know.
“and my journal containing my own personal grievances, insights and reflections”
Boy, are you ever going to be pissed when the perp wins the Atlantic Book award for “Most Hilarious Parody of Catcher in the Rye”
But seriously, thieves suck.
I once left my knapsack containing my camera, passport and personal journal at a coffeeshop in Amsterdam…
Picture it, The Otherside Coffeeshop, April 1994… I was a younger version of myself, just having arrived in the city. I quickly learned why they mix tobacco with their joints.
I wandered off, smelling of Amsterdam skunk. An hour later, admiring the flower market, it hit me – no knapsack! I rush back, only to find it under the table, where I left it.
The moral to this story?
HAHA! SUCKER!
Ya dumb cunts…
we get the ‘I lost it all because it meant the world to me but I didn’t take the 15 seconds to back anything up’ bitch on the regular…
thieves suck but half of this bitch is your fault.
at least if you replace the stuff with other 3-year-old replacements, it won’t cost too much.
you should be able to score a computer for 100 bucks that just holds pics, music and text files…. doesn’t have to play crysis 2 on max settings or anything.
OB…your bitch has left me with so many questions, here are a few of them.
How do you know they were filthy ?
Are you positive they are a poor soul & not just a broke person ?
Did they actually steal (burgle) it, or did you leave it somewhere unattended & someone found it & picked it up ?
As per your bitch OB, it seems you & a girl also lost their back pack…which leads me to assume they were left unattended, as opposed to going into your home & helping themselves.
Do you actually believe this person/persons are about to go on a city/province/nation rampage of nonstop backpack stealing & the entire population of Canada needs to take action to protect our backpacks…or are you just being a bit melodramatic ?
I feel bad for you OP. I’d feel worse if it was a pleather backpack.
meassage to self o.p., don’t leave your fucking stuff around free, for even a second. these things grow legs and fucking run away.as a sideline, in my spare time, i repair, upgrade, and restore data on computers,and i take donations of any older stuff,that you may wanna get rid of. i fix themm up, upgrade to the best of my capability, and give these away at christmas, to those that can’t afford newer systems.
if it should come to pass, that something of this nature comes to me, i usually just wipe the drive, if it has one, then format to put new o.s., on it. if yours should happen by me, send me an email, to gary_more@hotmail.com, and i’ll keep a eye open for it.
i have had a few last year, that i was concerned about, and i got hold of owners, turned out to be cool tho. i even had one come to me, with some very interesting porn on it, but the ops got a gift of the images and videos.be aware folks, you can never clean your drive deep enough, to remove everything, unless you magnetically erase it, and that takes some doing, as not to fuck it up for good.
i have found doctor’s files on one, a protitutes files on another, yep, a hooker, using word, and spreadsheet. you just never know. and of course there are some unique pics as well. but that’s a whole other story. and by the way, i usually call the cops, to check periodially, to see if a certain item has been reported as hot. so don’t try to con me. but seriously, if you have something you no longer want, and want to get rid of for free, then mail me, and i will take off your hands. fuck sending them to the recyclers to be stripped and sold to other countries for big bucks. and yes, they do that shit. check out the net, you will find it all there.