Never. I'm kind of surprised as I live in an area where muggings and burglars are common. I even walk to work at night several times a week. Soon I'll be moving back to the suburbs, just watch something will happen to me there 
Ever been robbed?
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This thread makes me so 
for everyone who has posted. I've never had anything stolen from me. I was pretty careful in Chicago but I think so much of it was luck. There were some kind of scary moments.
I've been way too lax since moving to CA and I'm thinking I should go lock the door now ...
for everyone who has posted. I've never had anything stolen from me. I was pretty careful in Chicago but I think so much of it was luck. There were some kind of scary moments.I've been way too lax since moving to CA and I'm thinking I should go lock the door now ...
Y'all are reminding me of some old incidents that I'd kind of forgotten about...
House broken into maybe 30 years ago (the meat that I referred to above). Car broken into. Car stolen. Patio furniture stolen. Weed whacker stolen.
And two shrubs stolen. Yes, shrubs. Someone pulled two beautiful arborvitae out of the ground and walked off (well, probably drove off) with them.
House broken into maybe 30 years ago (the meat that I referred to above). Car broken into. Car stolen. Patio furniture stolen. Weed whacker stolen.
And two shrubs stolen. Yes, shrubs. Someone pulled two beautiful arborvitae out of the ground and walked off (well, probably drove off) with them.
And two shrubs stolen. Yes, shrubs. Someone pulled two beautiful arborvitae out of the ground and walked off (well, probably drove off) with them.
I can only asume they needed to appease the Knights Who Say Ni.
^Nice. I'd forgotten about them. 
Well, to bring some levity to this thread, I had a friend who was robbed but the robbers in this case got more than they bargained for: The thieves stole what looked like a large tool box out of my friend's truck, the kind that would hold a bunch of expensive tools. Except this friend was a marine biologist, and the box was actually a cooler containing the corpse of a dead seal on which he'd been performing a necropsy.
My car was broken into in the college dorms parking lot. They stole my parking pass (which I had to replace, but only for a fraction of the cost), a piece of Big Red gum (they left the empty pack though), and my radio...which was a pull-out that included a fancy tape deck and broken radio (keep in mind this happened in 2005). Good luck selling that.
Besides that, the other thing that sticks out in my mind was when I was around 7 and someone threw a giant rock through the back window of our car, on the street outside our house. We found it when we woke up in the morning. They didn't take anything, but seeing that really scared me, and was the first time I realized that home was not necessarily a safe place.
Besides that, the other thing that sticks out in my mind was when I was around 7 and someone threw a giant rock through the back window of our car, on the street outside our house. We found it when we woke up in the morning. They didn't take anything, but seeing that really scared me, and was the first time I realized that home was not necessarily a safe place.
And two shrubs stolen. Yes, shrubs. Someone pulled two beautiful arborvitae out of the ground and walked off (well, probably drove off) with them.
I can only asume they needed to appease the Knights Who Say Ni.
That's amusing, but shrubbery can be worth a fair penny, if you know what you're stealing, at least going by the prices in this small case of theft. Landscaping is expensive and folks will provide both by legal and illegal means. http://fairfield.dailyvoice.com/news/shrub-thefts-reported-fairfield
I can imagine them thinking they'd come across some crazed psycho, and spent days or more wondering, if they were going to be hunted down themselves. That would seal the deal.
In the mid-90s, my family's van was stolen... from a church parking lot. I think it was around that time I started to lose my faith. The police eventually found parts of the van in a nearby town.
My parents have also had some lawn decorations stolen (i.e. small statues and the like).
Thankfully, I've never been mugged. It's actually kind of surprising, as I live in a somewhat sketchy neighbourhood, and I'm always coming home from work after midnight. Here's hoping my luck holds.
The police eventually found parts of the van in a nearby town. My parents have also had some lawn decorations stolen (i.e. small statues and the like).
Thankfully, I've never been mugged. It's actually kind of surprising, as I live in a somewhat sketchy neighbourhood, and I'm always coming home from work after midnight. Here's hoping my luck holds.
My Toyota Matrix was stolen from a parking lot of a Taco Bell I stopped in for lunch. My cellphone was in the car, so that was stolen also. I even saw it being driven away but just thought that it was someone with a car like mine. When I went out to where I parked, there was glass on the ground, so they must have broken the window.
I don't believe in karma, but I love it when it happens!
I can imagine them thinking they'd come across some crazed psycho, and spent days or more wondering, if they were going to be hunted down themselves. That would seal the deal.
I haven't been straight up robbed. I don't dress like I might have a lot of money on me, and when walking down the street I keep very aware of my surroundings. Steer clear of anyone suspicious looking if the street is otherwise dark and quiet, etc... Not sure if that's ever actually helped or if I've just been lucky, but it makes me feel proactive at least.
Had my car broken into, some stuff stolen, but I don't leave anything expensive in there, and my car stereo is complete shit. The worst thing about that was that they left the door ajar which caused the lights to stay on which in turn drained the battery, and thus I needed to get a jump before I could go anywhere.
Though if you ask me that same apartment lot where my car was broken into, my apartment complex stole my car. That is they had it towed with no warning or provocation. Apparently I didn't park in a designated spot. Though of course there weren't really any designated spots since the paint had all faded away. There was a sign designating the lot one way, so I parked on the left side along the curb in the same way cars were parked on the right side curb, both curbs being unpainted and having no designations. I had seen other cars parked there before.
Cost like 400 bucks to get the thing back, and I was quite late for work the next day. Really annoying.
I left a brand new extra large sized box of dryer sheets on top of the dryer at a laundromat. I realized I had forgotten it about 30 seconds after leaving. Came back, gone. There were four or five groups of people in there, and of course, none of em saw anything. Thanks laundromat people.
In college, my Young Guns DVD totally disappeared.
My dad always gets expensive fishing gear stolen because he's lazy and leaves it out without keeping an eye on it at all times. Because even at some isolated lake in middle of the woods in northern Minnesota, some asshole will always be ready to steal your shit.
Had my car broken into, some stuff stolen, but I don't leave anything expensive in there, and my car stereo is complete shit. The worst thing about that was that they left the door ajar which caused the lights to stay on which in turn drained the battery, and thus I needed to get a jump before I could go anywhere.
Though if you ask me that same apartment lot where my car was broken into, my apartment complex stole my car. That is they had it towed with no warning or provocation. Apparently I didn't park in a designated spot. Though of course there weren't really any designated spots since the paint had all faded away. There was a sign designating the lot one way, so I parked on the left side along the curb in the same way cars were parked on the right side curb, both curbs being unpainted and having no designations. I had seen other cars parked there before.
Cost like 400 bucks to get the thing back, and I was quite late for work the next day. Really annoying.
I left a brand new extra large sized box of dryer sheets on top of the dryer at a laundromat. I realized I had forgotten it about 30 seconds after leaving. Came back, gone. There were four or five groups of people in there, and of course, none of em saw anything. Thanks laundromat people.
In college, my Young Guns DVD totally disappeared.
My dad always gets expensive fishing gear stolen because he's lazy and leaves it out without keeping an eye on it at all times. Because even at some isolated lake in middle of the woods in northern Minnesota, some asshole will always be ready to steal your shit.
I can imagine them thinking they'd come across some crazed psycho, and spent days or more wondering, if they were going to be hunted down themselves. That would seal the deal.
I've had my car broken into a few times, but I rarely keep anything worth in it (just CDs and crappy sunglasses), so the main hassle was replacing the window glass.
They also stole the family car a couple of times, but they were just out for joyrides, so the police found it a couple of days later.
I had my wallet stolen once, but I was stupid and I left it unattended in my backpack on the beach. I got lucky they didn't steal the whole backpack!
Never been mugged, but that's already a rare occurence around here.
They also stole the family car a couple of times, but they were just out for joyrides, so the police found it a couple of days later.
I had my wallet stolen once, but I was stupid and I left it unattended in my backpack on the beach. I got lucky they didn't steal the whole backpack!
Never been mugged, but that's already a rare occurence around here.
This blows my mind. Here in Italy, everybody always lock their door. The idea of leaving the door unlocked is virtually unthinkable to me. It's not that effraction are particularly common, it's just something that you don't do.
It's the same here, at least in the cities, though I've heard semi-reliably that people in smaller villages sometimes left their doors unlocked, back in the day. I assume that when you knew everyone in the village by reputation, if not personally, you didn't feel those insecurities that to us are just sensible precautions.
My grandparents have taken several holidays on Malta, and always insist that the locals there often leave their doors unlocked to this day. I'm not sure if that's the case, but they like mentioning it during their periodic condemnations of crime in general. My grandparents still live in the village they grew up in (it's now a large town and part of a sprawl of towns, of course), so they're probably used to the idea that you should be able to trust anyone, and the fact that you can't still offends them, I think.Similar threads
