Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Frugal thief
My attention was caught by this item in a Seattle-area police blotter:
Mixed feelings for sure. Nice to see an athletic level of soccer-mom enthusiasm applied to classical music, but basically a horrible experience for the kid.
Then I looked down a couple of paragraphs and noticed this:
No mixed feelings about this. A frugal thief! Took only what he really needed and left the rest. [On second thought, this is probably a prank theft by a friend, and it must have included a note or text message about the need to keep windows and doors locked. Otherwise, how would the owners know that one cigarette was stolen? Cigs are highly valuable now, but I strongly doubt that anyone keeps a precise record of the quantity.] ¶ 6:28 PM
Nov. 12
Disruptive: Police removed a Bainbridge woman from a symphony performance at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Madison Avenue just before 8:30 p.m. BPA staff had called police after the woman disturbed the performance, prompting numerous audience complaints. When confronted by BPA staff, the woman refused to leave. BPA’s executive director told police that the woman, whose teenage daughter was performing in the symphony, had yelled “Boring!” during the performance. The woman told police “that was how things were” between her and her daughter. She refused to leave, saying she wanted to listen and was worried her daughter would not return home. An officer repeatedly ordered the woman to leave before taking her by the arm and and walking her outside the building. The executive director told police the woman has a professional rivalry with the new conductor and does not believe the “boring” comment was directed at the daughter.
Mixed feelings for sure. Nice to see an athletic level of soccer-mom enthusiasm applied to classical music, but basically a horrible experience for the kid.
Then I looked down a couple of paragraphs and noticed this:
Nov. 22
Burglary: An Arrow Point Drive was burglarized during the afternoon. Missing items included $10 cash, a bottle of aspirin with codeine, a roll of toilet paper and one cigarette. Higher-value items, including a laptop computer and TV, were bypassed. It is believed entry was gained though an unlocked front door or window.
No mixed feelings about this. A frugal thief! Took only what he really needed and left the rest. [On second thought, this is probably a prank theft by a friend, and it must have included a note or text message about the need to keep windows and doors locked. Otherwise, how would the owners know that one cigarette was stolen? Cigs are highly valuable now, but I strongly doubt that anyone keeps a precise record of the quantity.] ¶ 6:28 PM
