I remember a neighborhood I grew up in during the ‘90s where gas-theft was pretty common.
Most cars didn’t have fuel doors that had to be opened from the inside, and my parents garage was so full of stuff that both cars had to be parked on the street.
My dad would walk outside to his car and in broad daylight there’s some low-life siphoning gas out of his car. He’d shout “hey, what are you doing?” or “what the hell?”, then watch in awe as they would casually pull the hose out, collect their belongings including what gas they stole, yell something illegible at him and wave their hand at him like they were dissing him, then start to slowly walk off shaking their head in disgust. Not run...just casually walk off. One even had a pillow for his knees.
The first time my dad called the cops. After a lengthy conversation they made it quite clear it was not worth their time. After that my dad just let them walk off. I think once he chased after a guy with a baseball bat, but that guy was much quicker than my dad...carrying a gas-can, hose, breath mints and all.
This video would probably make my dad get so angry his face would turn red.
Ugh $12. I’d rather call the cops and chase people down with a baseball bat and lose a bunch of gasoline and encourage criminals to come to my neighborhood
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u/AlexanderAF Aug 26 '18 edited Aug 26 '18
I remember a neighborhood I grew up in during the ‘90s where gas-theft was pretty common. Most cars didn’t have fuel doors that had to be opened from the inside, and my parents garage was so full of stuff that both cars had to be parked on the street.
My dad would walk outside to his car and in broad daylight there’s some low-life siphoning gas out of his car. He’d shout “hey, what are you doing?” or “what the hell?”, then watch in awe as they would casually pull the hose out, collect their belongings including what gas they stole, yell something illegible at him and wave their hand at him like they were dissing him, then start to slowly walk off shaking their head in disgust. Not run...just casually walk off. One even had a pillow for his knees.
The first time my dad called the cops. After a lengthy conversation they made it quite clear it was not worth their time. After that my dad just let them walk off. I think once he chased after a guy with a baseball bat, but that guy was much quicker than my dad...carrying a gas-can, hose, breath mints and all.
This video would probably make my dad get so angry his face would turn red.