Inspire: Stolen sense.

I got robbed today.

I didn't get help up at knife-point on the street. Someone ended up walking into my church and stealing some gear from our booth.

I feel violated. Something I valued is gone. Because of this, we don't have lighting at our booth this weekend. And stealing from a church? Is there nothing sacred? I've never seen the guy (statistically speaking), and probably never will. But he took something of value to us. However, more than violated, I feel sad.

I guess being a criminal doesn't pay because the smart money is elsewhere. What was stolen was a lighting controller. Probably a $200 item. Except that he didn't take the power adapter required to plug it in, or the cable required for it to do anything.

I almost want to be there when he tries to pawn the item and can't explain what it is, what it does, or anything. If he manages to go through an ordering process and get a new power adapter for it (I couldn't find anything, including from the states), he MIGHT get $50 for it. Minus the three hours, minimum, of calling and the $120 for replacement parts.

And it wasn't like there wasn't expensive stuff just lying around next to it... guitar amps, even small, portable expensive equipment. There was even an entire PA system ON WHEELS that was ready to be hauled away.

So please, if you're going to rob me, please at least don't do a half-assed job of it. Because I'm mildly miffed about stuff being stolen. I'm more disappointed that the gene pool allows someone with that level of intelligence to continue to survive.