This is not a tale about theft. We should expect no less from a society that glorifies deceit and amoral behaviour, where what-ever-the-cost profiteers are honoured over do-gooders and arrogant liars are rewarded while honest Johns are the laughing stock.
This is should be a testimonial outing those who falsely proclaim they are there to serve and/or protect, but in actuality make demands of others solely for their own benefit. It should be a lesson in expecting nothing less from the hordes of profiteers and legions self-serving liars.
The story begins on a sunny afternoon in the neglected city (could be any city, they’re all the same), where our honest John unwittingly leaves his wallet and all its contents at the local grocers. Our first nasty profiteer snatches the opportunity and the wallet, pays for their groceries with the pilfered credit card and slinks off to the nearby park to ditch the wallet less its valuables - for sure. Soon after, our do-gooder finds the discarded wallet and, having recently suffered a similar fate (quelle surprise), very kindly returns the wallet and its remaining contents to our very grateful, albeit poorer John.
Fortunate John, striving to be a do-righter, dutifully reports the theft to our second profiteer, the credit card company (no names needed, they’re all the same), who promptly and efficiently cancelled the ill begotten card to stop their potential losses. They promised all would be taken care of and they would assume any unauthorized charges on the stolen card. Pretending to care for their customer, Profiteer No. 2 suggested a report be made to the local constabulary, falsely giving the our victim John a faint hope for some justice
Persistent John did just that. Upon reporting the robbery to the tireless boys et girls in bleu, these arrogant (and once moustachioed) liars had the gall to inform him - with a chuckle to boot – “Oh, no, no, no, we don’t do anything when people are robbed”.
Down-but-not-beaten John thought the grocer might want to pursue this matter further, so he reported the unfortunate events that had transpired on their premises. The Manager of the third profiteer diligently faked interest and promised to review the surveillance tapes and return with the findings. Profiteer No. 3 saw no profits in keeping their word and was decidedly never heard from again.
With all the sad lessons learned that could be learned, beaten John tried to move on and not waste more time on this fruitless endeavour. This valiant effort was interrupted however by Profiteer No 2.’s subsequent attempt to recoup their meagre losses (cost of groceries charged by Profiteer No. 1) by stealthily charging them to victim John. Jilted John, mustering what remained of his shattered spirit, demanded their pilfering be stopped. They again promised they would but now demanded weary John to go and file a report with the bebadgioed authorities and return with the information they now all of a sudden so urgently must have.
Despondent John complacently trudged on to report the theft and was required to write out every minute detail of the crime on the thin-blue-lined report. Foolish John completed report and then, again with a slight glimmer of hope for some justice, even more foolishly inquired what they would do with it now? The arrogant overtly coddled and heavily armed liars responded - with that familiar chuckle – “Oh, no, no, no, we don’t do anything with these reports”.
Defeated John relayed the required liar’s information to the insistent profiteer and finally gave up.
This is not a tale about monetary losses, which can be easily replenished and forgotten.
This should be a testimony exposing those who renege on their mandate to serve and/or protect others, but in reality only serve and protect them selves. This should be a warning that you will be taken advantage of by the ubiquitous profiteers and liars every single step of the way. It is none of these.
Instead, this is an account of one poor sap’s last attempt at giving a shit.
Have a hoot, don’t waste your time
This is should be a testimonial outing those who falsely proclaim they are there to serve and/or protect, but in actuality make demands of others solely for their own benefit. It should be a lesson in expecting nothing less from the hordes of profiteers and legions self-serving liars.
The story begins on a sunny afternoon in the neglected city (could be any city, they’re all the same), where our honest John unwittingly leaves his wallet and all its contents at the local grocers. Our first nasty profiteer snatches the opportunity and the wallet, pays for their groceries with the pilfered credit card and slinks off to the nearby park to ditch the wallet less its valuables - for sure. Soon after, our do-gooder finds the discarded wallet and, having recently suffered a similar fate (quelle surprise), very kindly returns the wallet and its remaining contents to our very grateful, albeit poorer John.
Fortunate John, striving to be a do-righter, dutifully reports the theft to our second profiteer, the credit card company (no names needed, they’re all the same), who promptly and efficiently cancelled the ill begotten card to stop their potential losses. They promised all would be taken care of and they would assume any unauthorized charges on the stolen card. Pretending to care for their customer, Profiteer No. 2 suggested a report be made to the local constabulary, falsely giving the our victim John a faint hope for some justice
Persistent John did just that. Upon reporting the robbery to the tireless boys et girls in bleu, these arrogant (and once moustachioed) liars had the gall to inform him - with a chuckle to boot – “Oh, no, no, no, we don’t do anything when people are robbed”.
Down-but-not-beaten John thought the grocer might want to pursue this matter further, so he reported the unfortunate events that had transpired on their premises. The Manager of the third profiteer diligently faked interest and promised to review the surveillance tapes and return with the findings. Profiteer No. 3 saw no profits in keeping their word and was decidedly never heard from again.
With all the sad lessons learned that could be learned, beaten John tried to move on and not waste more time on this fruitless endeavour. This valiant effort was interrupted however by Profiteer No 2.’s subsequent attempt to recoup their meagre losses (cost of groceries charged by Profiteer No. 1) by stealthily charging them to victim John. Jilted John, mustering what remained of his shattered spirit, demanded their pilfering be stopped. They again promised they would but now demanded weary John to go and file a report with the bebadgioed authorities and return with the information they now all of a sudden so urgently must have.
Despondent John complacently trudged on to report the theft and was required to write out every minute detail of the crime on the thin-blue-lined report. Foolish John completed report and then, again with a slight glimmer of hope for some justice, even more foolishly inquired what they would do with it now? The arrogant overtly coddled and heavily armed liars responded - with that familiar chuckle – “Oh, no, no, no, we don’t do anything with these reports”.
Defeated John relayed the required liar’s information to the insistent profiteer and finally gave up.
This is not a tale about monetary losses, which can be easily replenished and forgotten.
This should be a testimony exposing those who renege on their mandate to serve and/or protect others, but in reality only serve and protect them selves. This should be a warning that you will be taken advantage of by the ubiquitous profiteers and liars every single step of the way. It is none of these.
Instead, this is an account of one poor sap’s last attempt at giving a shit.
Have a hoot, don’t waste your time
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