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The Crate Stealer
So we're sitting in the turn lane at a stop light one day, right by
Wal-Mart here in Gilroy. In the center divide is a plastic milk
crate, a sign, and some personal effects, so you can tell that the
panhandler obviously just stepped away for a few minutes. Perhaps
to use the restroom or use some of the money for a cup of coffee or get
some lunch. It was obvious the
person was going to be right back. There's a guy in a brand spanking
new Toyota Tundra pickup a couple of cars ahead of us. We can see
that the truck is so new he doesn't even have a rear license plate yet
(darn, because I was going to write it down). A young white man,
looking sort of Vanilla Ice-ish, dressed in trendy clothes jumps out of
the pickup, takes a look around very furtively, then swipes the
panhandlers milk crate and puts in the back of his truck before quickly
jumping back in his truck. If I'd have had a camera on my cell
phone at the time, I'd have taken a picture of the guy and his truck and
posted it here as well as forwarding it to the police. Okay, this guy
can afford trendy clothes AND a brand new pickup, but he's got to steal
the chair of a panhandler? A panhandler who may well be a homeless
person? Why? No use he could possibly put it to could equal
the importance of its use by the panhandler. If I'm begging for
change in a center divide and that crate is all I have to sit on, and is
perhaps my only chair no matter where I go, then my crate is as
important to me and his truck is to him. We were hoping to see the
panhandler before we left the turn lane so we could tell the person who
took their crate, but it didn't happen. We never saw the person
who was stolen from. So I'm putting out a big SHAME ON YOU! to the guy
in the brand new Toyota pickup. You, sir, are lucky that this time
I didn't have a camera phone. I now have one and I'm looking for
you and people like you who do cruel, thoughtless things to those who
have way less than you. If I catch you again, you're going to be
famous. Stealing is still stealing, even if you're stealing from
fringe people. |
