MetaChat - My relentless pursuit of the guy who robbed me:

MetaChat is an informal place for MeFites to touch base and post, discuss and chatter about topics that may not belong on MetaFilter. Questions? Check the FAQ. Please note: This is important.

21 September 2010

My relentless pursuit of the guy who robbed me: A thief broke into Amanda Enayati's car. She used Craigslist, a dating site, MySpace and a fast food joint to track him down.

post by: NucleophilicAttack at: 10:01 | 6 comments

NucleophilicAttack, you consistently post the best stories here! Kudos sir, you win the internet (in my mind).

posted by msali 21 September | 10:42

Not quite understanding why the guy didn't just dump stuff in the trash. I mean, on the ground at the train station? In a neighbor's yard near the place where he stole from? Definitely up for a Darwin award.

posted by Melismata 21 September | 11:05

Thanks msali! :)

posted by NucleophilicAttack 21 September | 11:51

My favorite part:

hat I missed at first amid my drama of violation and vengeance, was the remarkable displays of kindness I experienced from absolute strangers -- people who retrieved scraps of paper from lawns, picked up piles of discarded cards from a dirty train station floor, drove miles to restore someone's belongings, searched Facebook to find me. If I were mathematically inclined, I might even observe that in my tale, the good guys outnumbered the bad guys, by about 10 to one.

posted by bearwife 21 September | 17:20

Thanks for the link Nuc!

posted by gomichild 21 September | 19:26

Great link, Nucleo!

posted by Twiggy 22 September | 19:53

← Swan's End: Basement Apartment before and after photos || The Daily Wh.At →

HOME || REGISTER || LOGIN