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...

[Aggie]

I tend to just get windows smashed out on work trucks, and sample coolers rifled through because they think coolers = beer. (avoid leaving coolers in the trucks downtown, now; my new neighbourhood seems slightly better so far). Lose a few tools out of the dry box, once in a while, if it doesn't latch well on the particular truck.  I make sure to haul all the electronics and expensive equipment out each night no matter where I'm staying.

You figure that anyone wanting to steal the thing for tools would have been able to see there wasn't much there as soon as they cracked it open, but it may have been a case of "well, I got it open, why not take the lot anyways?".

[Griffin NoName]

I can see two white vans of similar description in my road fromm my window right now. Yes, no one is taking any notice of them, except me.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

And who do you think they're are listening to?

[Griffin NoName]

And who do you think they're are listening to?

Oh yes, already considered that. Is why I keep an eye on vans 

These two are a bit small so the listeners probably have cramp.

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

And who do you think they're are listening to?

Oh yes, already considered that. Is why I keep an eye on vans 

These two are a bit small so the listeners probably have cramp.

Well, you **could** call a friend who is in on it, and place your phone next to a speaker.  Then put on some techno- or heavy metal, and crank up the volume.... serve'em right, says I.

[Aggie]

I'll get out the Choking Victim...  see what they make out of a little satano-political ska-punk.

[Swatopluk]

Copenhagen car burglars seem to be polite fellows. Some years ago we found our minibus with the back window removed and put (with the edges protected by paper) on the back seats with only the rubber normally holding it in place cut. The only stuff stolen were coke (and citrus lemonade) cans. The police thought that those might have ben mistaken for hard liquor. But on the long way home to Berlin there suddenly was a 'ping' and the pane turned into glass powder. One cannot actually blame the burglars for that.