Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Car was broken into

True Mike! It wouldn't be worth reporting it to the insurance company. It goes on your record as a claim even if nothing was paid out...at least here in the US it does.

Boy, that indeed sucks. Last year, my dad had his vehicle (with golf clubs in it!) stolen right out of his garage. Sadly, he left the keys in the car! He lives in a quiet neighborhood, and had never locked the garage the 20 years he'd been living here. He immediately reported it to the police. A few days later, a rude police officer showed up at his door at 5:30AM asking all sorts of questions about his vehicle. It came down to accusing my dad of crashing it, then abandoning it in an alley. Understandingly, my dad was pissed the officer didn't know it had been stolen in the first place. The officer was embarrassed as well. Anyhow, the thieves ended up being young teens. But, that seemed strange because it looked like adults were practically living out of the vehicle. Inside were photos, an empty booze bottle, and young children's clothing on hangers! We think the parents of the teens were using the vehicle...probably happy their son brought home a nice gift for them!

That sucks man...

I hope the cop offered an apology to your father, Mary. I would suspect the 5:30am timing was deliberate as well.

Just further proves that "the cops are not your friend".

Unless they are. Don't let a small sampling of individuals tarnish an entire group of people.

I've found that there are differences between various regional,provincial and federal police forces as well.

I'm actually waiting for the small sampling of good individuals of said occupation to outweigh the bad ones, in a profession where there shouldn't be a semblance of questionable conduct.

All you have to do is look at the number of police officers vs. the bad ones you hear about, bet it comes out to less than 1% much like most things in life say good kids vs. bad kids etc. The majority are good but you never remember meeting them only the bad ones stand out.

Sorry to hear Fred, I hope your car/home insurance will cover your loss because golf clubs could cost a small fortune.

Regards, Bill

Same here.