yes, i got upset, and i believe i have the right to be.
here's a background story:
my hubby and i bought two identical scooters - same brand, same colour, same accessories and installed a special child seat on its rears instead of keeping the standard storage boxes. we used these scooters for our son's sake - peddling back and forth between work, school and home. this for us is the easiest way to travel and avoid the traffic and parking dilemma in the city - and it works perfectly for us. until one glorious morning, we discovered that one of the scooter was missing from where it was parked - inside our property, in the garden, behind the unlocked tool shed (where we keep our bikes, lawn mowers, winter sleds, etc). don't ask me how they managed to transport it - i haven't the faintest idea! i was so upset - i felt violated in my own home, and at the same time i got pretty scared and restless since it happened. the idea (and the nerve!) of these kind of people robbing other people of their belongings in their own homes is a very disgusting thought. we reported the incident to the police and gave them all the information they needed. the following day, we rigged the perimeters of our property with alarms, which in itself is both good and bad. it's good because it gave us this (false) feeling of security - and bad because you'd get jumpy at the slightest unfamiliar sound and wail of the alarm that it gave me sleepess nights - a wayward cat can easily trigger off the alarms ... .the theft happened only last year - june 2006. somehow, it was a blessing in disguise that it happened because the next month, july 2006, my hubby figured in a freak car accident and thankfully, he walked away scathfree from it - i will elaborate on my next post later. and then, the month that followed, in august 2006, we sold our house (where the theft happened) and bought a new house ideally near to my son's new school and our place of work.
and then this call from the police this morning ...
i learned that our missing scooter was confiscated by a police patrol car when they stopped a guy during a routine traffic check. since the guy driving the scooter could not show papers of ownership of the bike, the police checked the chasis number instead. noting that the scooter was reported stolen, the police confiscated the bike on the spot. the guy of course had a lot of explaining to do but has maintained that he bought the bike in good faith and has no knowledge whatsoever that it was stolen. well, you might think that this is an open-and-shut case, but you are very wrong. you see, this guy, i learned, has every right to claim ownership of my bike because he paid for it!
upon hearing this, i got very upset. sweden have very complicated laws based on "equal rights", and that one has "the right to defend himself", and i do not contest that - but for goodness sake, 1) it was my bike 2) i have papers to prove it 3) someone stole it from my own property. how the heck can he claim "ownership" for something which really belongs to someone else?
equal rights my eye!
i was the one who was violated in my own home when someone tresspassed and stole my bike! i have all the supporting documents pointing to me as the rightful owner - so what is else there to contest its ownership? now, i have to face the other "claimant" and establish my right. and that if we disagree among ourselves, the case will have to go to court where it will decide who is the rightful owner of the bike. what a waste of time and the taxpayers' money!
equal rights my eye!
i support the very core and importance of this so-called "equal rights" - but in this case, i hate it! pardon my irritation, but i honestly believe i have every right to be upset!
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