Jananas

Wednesday morning between 6:30-7am, someone broke the front passenger’s side window on Jason’s car. They stole his iPod and our GPS unit. I had just woken up and come downstairs when my neighbour yelled at me through my front window, letting me know. I then had the honour of waking up Jason to let him know (not a nice way to have to be woken up!). Thankfully they were able to get a good description of the suspect.

I went out and took photos (one of which is above), just in case we’d need them later. I also called the police to file a report. Thankfully the officer I spoke with had a good sense of humour, especially given the early hour of the day. After all of that was done Jason was able to call his insurance company to file a claim.

Because he drives a Scion (a sister company to Toyota and not currently sold in Canada), the only place that can repair the glass in the city is a Toyota dealership itself. Its going to be one expensive claim for the insurance company! Oh well, I figure it balances out all the money we saved them by going through low priced auto glass in Austin, Tx when we had to repair the windshield. The other not so great part about Scions not being available in Canada is that it will take 10+ business days to get the new glass in before the repairs can be completed. This sucks for Jason because he’s now out his deductible ($250) plus the cost of the rental car ($3/day) as his car was deemed unsafe to drive (because the window can’t be shut, anyone can access the vehicle thus increasing the potential for further damages and insurance claims).

Even worse is that the individual stole Jason’s iPod. It means that he doesn’t have any of his own music on him. And because all his own music is in Columbus on assorted harddrives it also means that he won’t have any of his own music on him for a while. The description of the stolen iPod follows:

• white 60 gig but was in a black silicone case
• colour/photo
• personalized with a quote from a Saul Williams song “and I know god personally / in fact he lets me call him me“

Hopefully someone out there will buy it from a pawn shop, wonder about the quote on the back, google it, and stumble upon this. By then it’ll probably be too late to save the music or get it back. I would assume that someone purchasing electronics from a pawn shop doesn’t care about the dubious source of those goods. Maybe stumbling upon this would make them think twice about the reprecussions for the people on the other side.

The entire thing is just a bummer all around. We’re out money for the deductible and to replace the stolen items and the individual who stole them wouldn’t have even been able to pawn them for very much. It also has made us feel more paranoid about the street and the safety of our possessions, as the suspect has been seen around on more than one occasion. I don’t like feeling like I can’t trust my fellow citizens to be respectful, kind, honest, etc.