that was a new experience that I had to
deal with last year my car was stolen I
know if anybody's ever had their car
stolen before I didn't love my car I was
also not done using it
more than like seriously more than
anything was just a massive
inconvenience I came out came out of my
apartment building one morning cup of
coffee was just street parking came over
and there's just car car no car
no broken glass on the ground or
anything and I was like I totally forgot
where I parked my car this Aston listen
cuz you don't just default to evil or
anything you just you're like no I'm an
idiot I probably forgot where I parked
it walked around the whole block
chuckling myself she was so funny worth
on my car I make a hole Luke come back
around like yeah alright now I need to
make a phone call
apparently and there's a part of me that
thought you know maybe my car was towed
because my car had been towed before I
had some parking tickets with the City
of Seattle I thought my parking tickets
were decent although according to the
city I also had several outstanding
parking tickets
oh not to brag but the
they don't give those out to anybody but
it also didn't quite feel like my card
been towed cuz normally when your car
gets towed it's because you left it
somewhere you don't feel a hundred
percent about like maybe you're in a big
hurry to get somewhere you get like the
last spot on the curb in front of like
the restaurant you're going to but then
like the back third of your car is
hanging a little bit into the crosswalk
to the point where as you're walking
away you're like you say you're French
guys if you don't mind I'll just remove
my car quickly they're like what are
they gonna do what are you gonna tow
your car and then your car gets towed
and those people disappear they will not
drive you to a tow yard later so I
called the police actually first I
called a buddy of mine who lived about a
block away whose car had been stolen a
month earlier and I was like hey dude I
think my car got stolen you just went
through the whole thing what do I do
he's like ah that's it's terrible just
call the police they'll start walking
you through it and I'll get in touch put
in your insurance and everything I was
like all right he's like what do you
think they stole your car I was like I
don't know like two of the morning or so
he said Oh sucks don't you wish you
could have caught the people stealing
your car no actually not at all you've
met me before like what what would you
imagine I have done I just would have
walked Hey
that's not yours hey wow they're
stealing it faster now all right that
really bothered her huh
so I called the Seattle Police
Department I said uh yes I believe my
vehicles been stolen they're like okay
what kind of car do you have like I have
a 1998 Honda Civic evil chuckling like
oh I've stolen one of those yeah do you
have a Civic it's very easy car to steal
I never realized how easy was to break
it - except for one time I accidentally
bumped into it a little too hard and the
driver's side door open and the engine
started which i think is a design flaw
it's how I call the police I was like I
have a 98 Honda Civic they laughed and
they're like yeah that's gone uh
probably not gonna get the back just get
in touch with your insurance so I called
my insurance agency and they started
walking me through the process asking me
a lot of questions about my car about
the condition who was in to kind of
determine what the value was going to be
and my car was not in great condition
because it had gotten to a point where
I'd had it ever since high school and
now it was just about kind of getting
from point A to point B it's not it's
not cool anymore it's just your car like
a gain of personality I don't know if
anybody else named their car I named my
car
I named him Doug because which I know
it's not a fancy kind of name but it
fits cuz he had one headlight that kind
of looked off in another he just gave
off this kind of vibe like it was just
but he had a lot of cracks and dents and
scratches and things just didn't look
very good so as this woman is asking me
all these questions I figure she's gonna
get to the end and be like okay based on
our calculations we'll be sending you a
bag of gummy bears
I didn't have high hopes somehow it got
to the very end and she said okay based
on our calculations we're gonna be
sending you a check for $4,200 and I
said yep that sounds right hung up
really fast and I took the $4,200
combined it with my wife's sterling
credit history and together we got a new
car which was great
follow up on that story about eight
months later I got another call from the
Seattle Police Department and they said
hey we've we've located your vehicle
that's okay hey I don't what you guys
got your way or anything we've all kind
of moved on he was like no it was
abandoned in a neighborhood we've towed
it down near the stadiums you can go
down and take a look see if you any of
your personal effects are still there
also we've been in touch with your
insurance agency they're sending
somebody down there as well and my first
thought was oh no they were gonna want
some of that money back thank you
there's gonna be a guy walking around my
car with a clipboard be like hey whoa
wait wait we paid how much for this 4200
now supposed to be $42
somebody moved a decimal point that
headlight doesn't even look in the right
direction I don't
you