robbed

[rodekill]

We were robbed today.

My entire DVD collection, gone.
Playstation 2 and all the crap that goes with it, gone.
Same for Gamecube.
I'm still investigating for more.

The worst are the DVDs, because I had a lot, like over 50, and some were limited edition and are out of print now.

Oh, and we may not be covered by insurance.

Also, there are about 600 finger prints all over the place, but apparently police don't investigate breaking and entering, so too bad.

So basically, feel free to rob whomever you want, because as long as you aren't caught in the act, you're free to do whatever you please.

Do cops actually do anything? I'm serious here, what are they for? Seems like if it's not a murder, riot, or traffic violation then they write a little report and go off to Burger King (yeah, I saw the cop that was at our place there right after). I swear, there are greasy fingerprints everywhere. Couldn't they at least put them on file or something? Or is that too logical?

I suppose that's a bit dramatic, but I can't think of an instance ever when a cop has helped me with anything. Even when I was almost killed in a hit and run accident, they were rude and insensitive. I was in fucking shock and they just made a report and sent me on my way.

edit: Oh yeah, and I broke a tooth in half today. GOOOO ME!

[DGMacphee]

Shit, first hacked now robbed.

If there is a God, Rode, I'm gonna kick his ass for you.

And cops are hopeless -- Once, when my old car was stolen, the cops found it and said I had to move it cause it was blocking the road.

However, I could only move the car without touching anything, cause of prints.

How the fuck am I supposed to move it when I can't even touch the steering wheel or gear shift, Einstein???

It takes a certain kinda mentality to be a cop -- a fucking hopeless mentality.

[Gilbert]

Rode, I feel sorry hearing that, these robbers do know where and what to rob, truly.

Maybe some of your lost treasures will be available in the Motherland sooner or later...

[Bionic Bill]

that's terrible rode...

the only experience i've had with the police is extreme grumpiness over traffic violation, and absolutely no help when my friend's place got robbed. it wouldn't surprise me that if you made a stink about it, they might do something about the obvious evidence left. i don't know though; when my friend lost a tv, he didn't care enough to bother about it.

[Quintaros]

Yeah that's the really rotten, Rode.  Whenever I get ripped off (and it happens often enough), I always feel worse about the violation than the actual loss of possessions.  It always puts a crimp on my faith in human nature.  

[Grundislav]

My sympathies, Rode. My house has been broken into 3 times, and as a result it looks like a jail with all the bars all over the place.

The cops are useless when it comes to robberies, and there really is no worse feeling than thinking some complete stranger came into your home and took your stuff. I hate thieves with a passion. Don't worry though, I'm sure karma will do something good for you soon.

[Scummbuddy]

Jeez, I'm sorry as well. I can't believe that they won't investigate.  Why wouldn't they.  Have you gotten an explanation as to why they don't?  I'm curious.  Why dont you just become a vigilante, kinda like CLeks... but without a boss.find out who did this yourself.  You'd be a rogue, you'd live your own adventure.  Then you'd come back and make a game out of it.  Or just make the game now.

Seriously, I'm sorry that this happened.

Gilbot, were you referring to the motherload?  Cause I wanted to laugh, but I didn't know to laugh or say thats not funny.  But i kinda laughed.

Yeah, seeing the cop right after coming to your house just lounging around would really piss me off too.  
Make this into a game. You go around town and investigate it.  You can stop at the local BurgerKing and see the cop.  Stuff like that.

[Las Naranjas]

Police have finite resources. Whilst they could investigate, they would be under an obligation to investigate every robbery.

And there are alot of robberies.

Thus their role in incidences like this is reduced to a taker of statistics and a verification stamp for insurance.

[rodekill]

Thanks guys. Sometimes you just need to feel the sympathy.

And yeah, I understand the theory behind it. There are too many robberies to investigate blah blah, but I mean, wouldn't the fact that punks know that these crimes aren't investigated only lead to more robberies?

What a disaster.

You know, once in high school I told a girl that one day she'd see a story on the news about a real-life Batman, and it would be me. This may be that day.

Anyways, my big fear now is that they'll return for all the stuff they missed the last time, which, while not likely, includes my old adventure games and my guitar, and so I've decided to build an ingenious trap of somekind. Something devious and vile. Like an eyeball-melting-acid-device.

[Grundislav]

Hehe yeah Rode, I know exactly how you feel.  Part of the feeling of violation is that fear that they'll return. I remember setting up a trap the last time we were robbed. I put a chair against the door or something like that.  I doubt they'll come back though. Now that you're expecting them, it'd be rather dumb of them to.

[Lucky]

x.X Sorry to hear that.

[remixor]

Damn dude, that's quite shitty.  That's a bunch of bullshit, regarding the police, too.  I can't even believe they would act that way, even if it is a logistics thing.

I know how you feel, in some part anyway.  My entire CD collection was stolen a few months ago.  I've been rebuilding it since then, but it's a pretty damn daunting task and I don't know if I'll ever get it back to what it was.

Best of luck destroying the bastards if they come back.


Speaking of cops, I've met great cops who were very acommodating and have let me off with more speeding warnings than I deserve, but then again there's the time my friends and I were literally being chased for almost an hour (and fucking almost SHOT) by four guys in a Honda, and when we called 911 we were told "I'm sorry, we can't send out a vehicle until one of you has been injured", despite that I know for a fact that all the local cops do is hang out at 7-11 (it's notorious in my town).  By the time we finally lost the guys, we harboured a fairly intense animosity against law enforcement...

[Timosity]

That sucks heaps, being robbed sucks,

In 1995 I was robbed and they stole my 8086 which had the only copy of an adventure game I created in GW basic, I had it somewhere on a 5.25 floppy but don't know where it is or have a drive to use it.

They took my stereo, and some cd's, some rare ones too,

It was odd that they left the tv in the lounge room, and the only stuff stolen was from my room, The front door was broken. I had suspicions of one of my house mates but couldn't prove anything. He even used his insurance and ptretended it was his room to get it.

I ended up getting a better stereo, but my computer game was gone, They left the funny looking plant that had been sitting on my stereo too.

I'll never know the truth.

[Nostradamus]

That really sucks Shawno.
I can't think of losing my movies or games collections.

Don't worry about it happening for the 2nd time because criminals do not return to the scene of the crime.
But anyway consider putting better locks on your front door.
And if insurance doesn't cover that lose that oinsurance cos it ain't worth a shit anyway and go to an insurance company that will actually give you money when stuff like that happen. GI mean damn you pay to them every month and when finally something happens that you need their help and they ignore you.

Since the bastard-no-good-donout-eating-"move-along-nothing-to-see-here"-idiot-cops aren't doing anything about it, this sounds like a mission for Rodney Kill to me  

[Anym]

Im sure this crime was inspired by the game 5 Days  Stranger which proves once again that computer games are responsible for all the society's ills. Not just violence, but also crimes against property.  

Seriously tough, sorry for you.



Bad cops, bad cops,
Bad cops, bad cops.

Bad cops, bad cops,
Bad cops, bad cops.

Springfield cops are on the take,
But what do you expect for the money we make?
Whether in a car or on a horse,
We don't mind using excessive force!

Bad cops, bad cops,
Bad cops, bad cops.

[SSH]

Insurance tip: use a digital camera to take photos of important things that you want to prove to the insurance company that you had. Store photos outside house (ie. on work womputer, or website (hidden) or both, on CD given to friend, etc.)

Another tip: thieves quite often come back a do a place again once the insurance company has replaced all your old stuff with shiny new stuff, so do that trap

In the UK, the poilce now say that they won't even investiate a burglar alarm going off unless it is a monitored one (ie you pay a subscription to a monitoring company...!)

However, if you're going to investigate yourself as some have suggested, there is one question: if was there any broken glass, which side of the window was it??

[DragonRose]

That really sucks, Rode.  Please don't feel bad about all cops, though.  My cousin is a cop, and he really does try to help people.

However, just to prove that robbers are morons... it's story time with Auntie Dragonrose.

My dad used to work at the planning and development offices for my hometown.  They recently changed offices, because the old building was quite old, and there was a lot of structural stuff that they don't use anymore.  For example, an enourmous walk in safe.  They didn't really keep anything important in there, just some archived road designs.

One day, my dad comes into work, to discover the police are there. It turns out that someone had broken a window and had broken into the offices.  They had shifted some extremely large filing cabinets that are next to the door to the safe out of the way. Then they dug a hole through the wall into that safe.  It must have taken them quite some time, because the wall was really thick.  Now, I'm sure they were quite disappointed to discover nothing but road plans.  They left without taking so much as a piece of paper, and completely ignored the state-of-the-art, brand new computer systems that had been recently given to all the executives, as well as the smaller safe that they have for when people pay for building permits parking tickets.

So poor robbers got away with nothing but some heavy excercise.  But what makes their time of labour, pouding away at the wall even more rediculous is this: the safe is never, ever locked.

[Nellie]

Man, that sucks, Rode.  We've been burgled twice, but they only took generic crap like the TV and stereo, so I can't imagine what it's like to lose a collection of your personal belongings.

[c.leksutin]

Rode:

Thats fucked!  if you want, I'll start hanging out on your door-step with a gun or something.  

I was robbed once, while I was home, they tried to rough me up a bit, but didn't do a very good job.  not only did they NOT get anything, but I managed to get one of their hats.   I never told the police, because I plan to find them my self....

C.

[Robert Eric]

Don't worry, Rode.  Once I'm done watching the DVDs, I'll send them back to you.

How did they break in?  Pick the lock?  Break a window?  Found the key under the doormat?  That completely and utterly sucks.  I have to agree about the police part.  The law enforcement in this country has become (and for many places have been) a complete joke.  If it wasn't for my dog, my downstairs tennants, and the alarm system I had put in, I would have been robbed many times.  Seriously, get a dog.  Not those small barking attrocities, but a large one.  Times up.  I have to go.  I'll finish this post later.

* Robert Eric ducks under his desk