Loose Cannon Rant

Ok so I finally got to move into my apartment. My friends that live nearby have been very generous and have been helping me out a lot. I thought I should start off this rant on a good note. So there is. Now for the bad. Someone stole my money. Someone stole my freakin' LAUNDRY money dang it! I realize that it was only 2 or 3 dollars worth of quarters but still. I don't have a job yet and I don't have very much money so every cent counts!

Anyway here's what happened: I was doing laundry yesterday at the laundrymat over by the married/boy apartments (the brown ones with the big letters on them) and I was coming back with my friend Kristen to put my clothes in the dryer. I put the finished load into the dryer and pull my sack of quarters of my hamper (that I had left there btw) and put a quarter into the machine. Well I didn't want to take the money back with me because 1) I was wearing my sweatpants and my pockets were already full (and pulling my pants down) and 2) I was sure that if I took it back with me to the apartment, I'd put them down somewhere and forget to take them back with me thus making me walk all the way back blah blah blah. So I put the sack of quarters back into my hamper and tucked it under my box of fabric softener so it would just be sitting there in broadsight. I come back sometime later and my money was gone. There was no one around so I couldn't ask around to see if anyone saw anything.

I called Kristen (who was back at her apartment at this point) and asked her is she saw me take the money back with me (yes I am that absent minded...) and she say that she thought she saw me put the money back in my hamper. It was at this point that I was extremely hacked. Well I didn't want to jump to conclusions so I go back to my apartment and look around to see if I really did bring it back by mistake. Conclusion: No. I did in fact leave it where I thought I had earlier and someone took it! Now I was really, REALLY mad. Fortunately Kristen was kind enough to lend me some more money so I could finish drying my clothes.

Ok people, it's soapbox time. I do realize that despite all the signs on that place saying that it's only for students and faculty, anyone could have walked in off the street. If that was the case, he/she has issues. If it was a student...well if this is a habit of yours, I hope you get caught. Not just because I'm hacked off at you but maybe when you finally get caught in the act, you'll realize what you're doing is WRONG. I usually don't play this card because I feel that it's a tad bit self-righteous but I think it's appropriate for this situation: I go to a Christian school and yet I can't trust anyone not to go through my things and take something. It wasn't like I just put the money on a table with a giant lit sign saying "PLEASE TAKE THIS!" Yes, it wasn't very much money but it's the principle of the situation. I don't care how lazy or broke or whatever you are, taking something that is not yours is not only wrong, it's rude and selfish!

*insert exhale here*

Okay...I'm done now.

Misfit