So Georg drops me off at the mechanic this morning to pick up my car. The car is there, you will recall, to finish repairing the damage from a break-in a few weeks ago. I wasn't too upset about the break-in, even though the damage was fairly expensive, because they hadn't managed to get the CD player. I guess it was wedged in there too well or something.
Anyway, this morning I pay the mechanic, glad to have it all over with, get in my car, adjust the seat, mirror etc, am pulling out of the lot when I look down and realize that there's a hole in the dash where my CD player used to be, with a bunch of wires sticking out. The CD player was stolen! From the mechanic's lot!
The mechanic was really cool about it. I went in and told him, "um, my CD player is missing. Your guys wouldn't have had a reason to remove it?" He came out and looked, asked for the receipt (which I luckily had in the car), went inside and credited my mastercard for the full amount. He said they hadn't had a theft problem since they had installed the security fence a few years ago, and he was really surprised by this. There are several auto businesses inside the fence; I wonder if it was an employee of one that did it.
I'm not even upset about it; it's just funny. Ironic actually, that the original break-in failed to get my CD player, but then it was stolen while I was getting the windows repaired. I really can't spare the time to have a new one installed, but I guess I'll have to!
Maybe there was something about that particular CD player that made people want to steal it? It wasn't particularly expensive, but it looked rather overbearing. I ought to replace it with something a little more unobtrusive.
Leave a comment