Atleast it's close to the laundry room...

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A bit of a drama in the building tonight: The neighbour's son had a row with a gang of youngsters, a door was viciously kicked at, & the police came.

The neighbour claims it was the gang who fought with her son. I would be less inclined to see that as pure bovine manure if I hadn't called the police on that guy myself last year, when he had a fit and slammed the door repeatedly, broke glass, and screamed at his mum that he was going to kill her.

That gene pool needs some chlorine...

 

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Weeeeeird.

Background story:
Last autumn, I got a call from contractor who said that my landlord ahd called them about a break-in. The door to a cellar storage room had been bent out of its frame, as if someone had tried to pry it open. The contractor wanted to know if I had a key to the padlock and could open it, or, if I wasn't too keen on saving the padlock, if they might cut it open so they could replace the door.
I thought: "hmmm, so my landlord doesn't bother contacting ME about my storage being broken into, they only call a contractor?" but out loud I agreed that the padlock could be sacrificed, because I had no idea where to find the key for it.
The contractor cut the lock, replaced the door, I bought a new padlock, went down, checked that nothing had been stolen, nothing had, everything was there, and replaced the padlock.

Moving forward in time to yesterday:
I seldom have any buisness going down to the cellar to check on the stuff in my storage. The night before last, however, there was some disturbance in the building, and the police rang my door asking if I had a key to the cellar so they could inspect it. I was curious to know what had happened, but the police didn't seem keen to gossip, so I didn't press for details. Instead, I went down there last night to see what had happened. I couldn't see any damages that might have been caused by the row the night before, but I did find that my storage room had been emptied. Everything was gone. The fake fur made out of finest acrylic nylon. The boxes of school books from senior high. The boxes of old note pads, drawings, and possibly the drafts for most of my stories here at Lit. (Dammit!)

Now, break-ins happen, and a padlock isn't much of a match for a burglar with a strong pair of bolt cutters. But the weird thing is, THE PADLOCK IS STILL IN PLACE! UNtouched, as far as I can see.

What burglars open a padlock with a picklock, remove old high school books and a jacket worth at least $25 in your local flee market, clean the floor, and put the lock securely back in place???

 

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Now, break-ins happen, and a padlock isn't much of a match for a burglar with a strong pair of bolt cutters. But the weird thing is, THE PADLOCK IS STILL IN PLACE! UNtouched, as far as I can see.

What burglars open a padlock with a picklock, remove old high school books and a jacket worth at least $25 in your local flee market, clean the floor, and put the lock securely back in place???

Tidy ones? Are you sure your landlord isn't trying to reclaim the storage space?

 

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Tidy ones? Are you sure your landlord isn't trying to reclaim the storage space?

Considering that they decided to change the door when they first suspected a break-in without telling me about the break-in attempt or the door-changing plans... you never know. This is one fucked-up company that I rent my apartment from. Unfortunately, it's the only one. All others offer condos only, and I can't afford the down payment.

 

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Considering that they decided to change the door when they first suspected a break-in without telling me about the break-in attempt or the door-changing plans... you never know. This is one fucked-up company that I rent my apartment from. Unfortunately, it's the only one. All others offer condos only, and I can't afford the down payment.

I don't know what your laws are where you live, but over here, depending upon whether the storage is included in your lease or not, you might sue the landlord, if the goods taken were of sufficient economic worth.

 

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I don't know what your laws are where you live, but over here, depending upon whether the storage is included in your lease or not, you might sue the landlord, if the goods taken were of sufficient economic worth.

They weren't, but thanks for the tip.

 

[Handley_Page]

I don't know what your laws are where you live, but over here, depending upon whether the storage is included in your lease or not, you might sue the landlord, if the goods taken were of sufficient economic worth.

They weren't, but thanks for the tip.

Maybe, but you don't have to tell him that.
And, let's face it, High-school notebooks really are irreplaceable, aren't they?.
It's worth a strongly-worded written complaint, at the very least.