Wednesday, March 22, 2006

More Trash Wackiness:

On Jan. 24th, a Tuesday afternoon, someone stole my trash. It was out on the curb, waiting for pick-up the next morning. Between the hours of 2:30 and 4:00 PM- someone took it.

I called the cops, fearing fall-out from identity theft. They would not take a report. So, I let it go, and hoped nothing would come from it. Nothing did. So far.

Last night, it happened again. This time they came up on my front porch to take it.

The cops still will not take a report.

Now, I have nothing they would want to steal. I have no money. They will find out that I smoke too much and have hungry cats. That's about it.

But, I am dismayed at the fact that the authorities won't take a simple report. I don't expect them to find it. I don't expect them to open a case and try and figure it out. I do expect them to keep track of these things so they can warn the community that this stuff is happening.

The cops were helpful, suggesting I alert Social Security and get a copy of my credit report (which I might do pretty soon). They were polite. I don't want to disparage them in any way. They are just following the rules.

I'm suggesting that the rules need to be changed. Maybe I'll write Jerry Kooiman. ;-)