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People are stupid. Just plain stupid. I understand this. People have to be smart enough to learn from their mistakes. Or, be eliminated through crude Darwinism. Case in point, this mini article / crime blotter expansion on some happenings in West Whiteland Township, about forty-five minutes ENE of Philly.

The 155 word story briefly touched on the idiocy of A) leaving your car unlocked and B) leaving valuables in your [unlocked] car. Doh! and double Doh!

One of the victims left a PIN with her debit card, and the thief, who showed up on the bank surveillance camera, made four cash withdrawals for a total of $600, Malloy said. He said the surveillance photos are being shared with authorities in West Goshen, where similar thefts have occurred. "If we are dealing with the same subject, he is responsible for dozens of cases so far," Malloy said.

Left a PIN with her debit card. Good god. The only excuse for this is that she had recently had her debit card stolen out of her [obviously] unlocked car and was just returning from her bank with her new card and new PIN. But then I thought, don't most banks mail out debit cards and PINs separately and not do it straight from the physical bank? In that case, this idiot couldn't remember her four-digit pin and had to carry around her PIN and compounded that idiocy by leaving her car unlocked. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume that she left her wallet/purse either on the dashboard or in the passenger-side seat. Open.

I would've ended the article with a different sentence:

If we are dealing with the same subject, she is responsible for encouraging dozens of cases so far.

I'm not saying stealing from stupid people is okay. But as Chris Rock likes to say, "But I understand…"

I can't wait until I read a 155 word story on a spate of stolen cars in West Whiteland Township. Cars stolen because the keys were left in them.

Now that I think about it some more, leaving your PIN with your debit card is akin to the kids in middle school / high school who would write the combination to their locks on their fucking locks.

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