This is never a good thing! Wednesday night we woke up to banging on our front door followed by someone rapping on a side window. By the time we got out of bed they were pounding on the spare bedroom window. I peeked out, saw two Sheriffs then went to the front door to meet them. It seems the Whittier PD (where our business is located) had the San Dimas Department come out to let us know our building had been burglarized. After a "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" to the office to survey the damage and secure the building and a "Dodge the Drunks" drive back at 2:00 in the morning we crashed and decided to deal with it all on Thursday.
I think anyone who has had their home or car or property violated understands the mixed feelings of frustration and anger it causes. We lost our iMacs and some accessories (we own a graphic arts business) but have insurance that will cover the majority of expense, I hope. Most of the day was spent cleaning up, every desk and file cabinet drawer was opened and dumped. All the shelves in the warehouse rummaged through and just the mess of everything being tossed about. It's just stuff and I'm fortunate to have back-ups of about 30 years of art, minus the last few weeks, stored safely to re-install in the new systems, BUT, IT STILL PISSES ME OFF that there are people out there that lack even a gram of respect or consideration for anyone other than themselves.
Thanks all for letting me rant, ok karma, time to do your thing!
Mike
.....and on a glass half full note, since I can't really do anything productive here today, I'm going to head home before lunch, tend to my wines in primaries, secondaries and in a few Drinking Glasses too for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Cheers!
I think anyone who has had their home or car or property violated understands the mixed feelings of frustration and anger it causes. We lost our iMacs and some accessories (we own a graphic arts business) but have insurance that will cover the majority of expense, I hope. Most of the day was spent cleaning up, every desk and file cabinet drawer was opened and dumped. All the shelves in the warehouse rummaged through and just the mess of everything being tossed about. It's just stuff and I'm fortunate to have back-ups of about 30 years of art, minus the last few weeks, stored safely to re-install in the new systems, BUT, IT STILL PISSES ME OFF that there are people out there that lack even a gram of respect or consideration for anyone other than themselves.
Thanks all for letting me rant, ok karma, time to do your thing!
Mike
.....and on a glass half full note, since I can't really do anything productive here today, I'm going to head home before lunch, tend to my wines in primaries, secondaries and in a few Drinking Glasses too for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Cheers!