Someone Really Really Wanted Our Car
By DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
United States
November 5, 2019 11:31am CST
Good afternoon! I just sat down to have a cup of coffee. I had routine bloodwork done at the lab for next week’s doctor appointment, read to my little darlings at the library where I volunteer, and then headed for a class at my gym. Whew!
About the car.......We had it in valet parking while we were having dinner in Providence Sunday evening. Some random stupid car thief snuck into the parking lot and tried unlocking our car with a random tool without looking at the alarm notice on our window.
To make a long story short, the alarm went off, we were notified by whomever monitors our car, the valet attendant called the police, and the idiot was arrested. Thank goodness there was no harm to the car.
The owner of the restaurant didn’t charge us for our meal or the valet parking. He also insisted on giving us a gift certificate to use the next time we are there. My husband left tips for the waitstaff and valet parking attendant.
We aren’t pressing charges, but hope the jerk of a wannabe car thief learned a good lesson.
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34 responses
@LindaOHio (183228)
• United States
5 Nov 19
What a nice gesture by the owner! I would have pressed charges. I'm glad the car wasn't damaged. Whew! What a time you had!
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@LindaOHio (183228)
• United States
5 Nov 19
@DianneN I forgot that you will be leaving fairly soon. Best get my $ together so I can fly with you. lol
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@arunima25 (87894)
• Bangalore, India
5 Nov 19
Thank God!! The theft could be avoided and that jerk got arrested. So professional of the restaurants to offer you free meal and valet parking and free gift certificate. I really appreciate the alertnrss of the valet attendant.
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@arunima25 (87894)
• Bangalore, India
9 Nov 19
@DianneN You would have burned all the calories of the dinner
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@samysotelo18 (7744)
• Mexico
5 Nov 19
I'm sorry for what happened to your car, fortunately they weren't able to take it and at least restaurant owners tried their best so you didin't leave with a bad aftertaste and actually wanted to go back despite the stealer dude
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
5 Nov 19
I hope they did learn a lesson from it and so glad they didn't take the car.
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@Nakitakona (56484)
• Philippines
6 Nov 19
I admire how the resto owner treats their customers for losing their patronage. How often do you dine in that restaurant?
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@Nakitakona (56484)
• Philippines
6 Nov 19
@DianneN That's nice of him. That's good you pay him a visit when time permits.
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@shaggin (72455)
• United States
5 Nov 19
That was so nice of the restaurant to give you your meal, valet parking and gift certificate for free. You will definitely return there with such wonderful staff like that. It shows they really value their customers to go above and beyond that way. Kind of you not to press charges. I hope he learns his lesson to but probably not.
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@ptrikha_2 (47134)
• India
6 Nov 19
Thank god, the thief was caught.
My car was stolen last year November.
And even though we somehow managed to buy a new one, we were without a car for almost 2 months.
Also the mental agony and the financial setback due to that theft still linger on.
So we park our car mostly in safe places.
Yet the fear remains.
But the question is: How that person managed to sneak in?
Does he know one of the parking attendants?
Police ought to enquire this.
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@ptrikha_2 (47134)
• India
7 Nov 19
@DianneN
Well it was a hard time late last year and early this year.
And the Police wasn't helpful.
One of the cops asked me
"Why didn't you park in a Paid Parking? "
And I had to tell him that there was no paid parking till a lot of distance from that place.
But now, I do try to park at paid or covered parkings.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
6 Nov 19
I’m so sorry your car was stolen. I can imagine how awful that must have been for you. I’m always fearful of things like that.
From what I know, the thief snuck into the parking area while the attendants were busy with customers.
No, the attendants claim they didn’t know him.
The thief wasn’t too bright.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
6 Nov 19
You have a good heart by not pursuing any charges against the thief. We don't know the real score about the thief but there might be a big reason why he did it.
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