Originally Posted By: SeaJay
Back in the day, the neighborhood I lived in was full of lazy guys who did not believe much in the concept of work at a steady job.
They would steal anything they could get their hands on. Bread deliveries left outside of a deli before the place opened. UPS packages. They borrowed a truck, went to the government cheese depot and would get a load of the gov't five pound cheese blocks that are supposed to go to the food stamp recipients. They sold it to the local housewives for $1 per 5 pound block. Steaks from the local grocery store.
Anything at all that had a least a little monetary value, or could be traded for a future can of beer was stolen.
Oh yeah, New York. We had an office there once at a previous job. One day we couldn't call there because the junkies had stolen the copper wires on the telephone poles. Took a few days before they ran new wires. This was before cell phones were popular and only one guy there had one.
