Company Van

[Pachyderm]

I went to Dublin for the Easter weekend, to do a survey on the Thursday, then spend some time with a friend. Went out on Saturday afternoon and some rotten bastard had stolen the van!

I don't know what some Dublin knacker would want with a water sample collecting pole and some hi-viz jackets, which is about all that was there.

Bastards.

[Aggie]

Brutal.  Time to get out the incident investigation forms.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

OMG! Did you have personal stuff in the van? I imagine that being the company van it was fully insured and no ill will come to you because of it, or at least I hope so.

[Griffin NoName]

Big cities are evil places.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

[pieces o nine]

[Swatopluk]

Can we keep that smiley?

[Sibling DavidH]

That's hard luck.

[Pachyderm]

No, I'm not getting into trouble for it, it was insured and all that good stuff, and, alas, yes, there were some personal items, camera, sat nav (but will get those back from work) and a unique fleece.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I wouldn't be surprised if the van turns up sooner or later.

Sorry for your fleece, mate. 

[Lindorm]

Oh, some people just go to the most unbelievable lengths to get a bit of overtime... 


On a more serious note, good to hear that the personal damage was rather limited after all.

[Darlica]

Sorry about the personal stuff.

Cars get stolen in big cites and in small and even in quagmires... 
I'm happy it wasn't your own.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Sux, man-- what sod would steal a frackin' van?

I mean, I can see stealin' a jag, an MG or a Lotus an'sh--, but a van?  

That's kinda weird, actually---- makes you wonder what they were planing to use it for...?

[Aggie]

I know that here, minivans are the most commonly-stolen vehicles.  A work van, OTOH - ayuh, you might be on to something, Bob.  Grab the van, smash into a store, load the van....   

Then again, it'd be pretty foolish to commit further crimes with a stolen vehicle. But I suppose smart crooks stick to banking.

[Pachyderm]

The Garda reckoned it was either someone stealing it to see if there were any tools in the back (it was a closed, no windows one), or someone stealing it to use in a further robbery, where it wouldn't matter if a picture was taken of it, as it had Northern Irish number plates on it, and any checks would come back as "stolen" anyway. It would be quite handy for crime, as it was a small, unmarked white van, and there are thousands of them on the roads. You could also park it somewhere, and no-one would bat an eyelid, just a workman's van...