Last night I went to bike the 2 short miles to Wapping to play a bit of footy. My rusty, old commuter bike was locked downstairs in the car park of the development I live in and as I approached it, I saw a sign on the wall above it. My immediate thought was “oh no, I bet it says that you can’t keep bikes down here in the car park as it clutters up the look of this beautiful development… etc”, or something along those lines. To my surprise, some cheeky tenant was actually accusing me of stealing his wrap-around bike lock! The sign read:
“Can the person who “BORROWED” my Kryptonite wrap-around lock kindly return it to the place it was taken from as soon as possible. Many thanks.”
The nerve! I have never stolen anything in my life. But if I did, I certainly wouldn’t opportunistically snatch a lock from a fellow member of the cycling community and then use it in the very place it was taken from! If the tenant feels so strongly about it, he can come and view my online receipt!
I’ve managed to calm myself a little since last night, but I still feel fairly aggrieved. I understand it is upsetting to have your belongings taken, but that doesn’t justify pointing the finger at anyone who happens to have bought the same popular brand of lock that you once owned. The question now though is how should I respond?
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The cheek! Perhaps you could leave a sign pointing out to your accuser that if it is indeed their lock then they should have the key to open it. Unless they are also accusing you of stealing the key or they were silly enough to leave the key in the lock in the first place. How about "To whom it may concern, you know how it is, I saw the word Kryptonite and thought...Yours Superman"
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