re: How upset should I be?

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Was I too careless and naive?

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I mean, yeah...but I get why you're mad.

But yeah...no way I ever leave anything I care about in the back of my truck...even if I;'m just running into a store, let alone an entire football game with no one watching the vehicle.

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Was I too careless and naive?

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Yes. I was robbing trucks' ice chests of canned beer since I was in jr high.

And we would take only cans. Bottles could be traps of piss.

You should know better than to leave any goods exposed.

It really wasn’t too long ago that you could leave things at the tailgate and people would sort of observe the protocol, sort of like not walking on graves when going to a burial, not so much anymore

Do you really think kids stealing beer out of ice chests is some new phenomenon?

25+ years of tailgating, we've only ever had beer/drinks stolen and then only once.

Next time put a live rattlesnake in your ice chest. The offenders will never offend again.

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Do you really think kids stealing beer out of ice chests is some new phenomenon?

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I would always leave an ice chest chock full of cheap beer out in the open for that, no biggie, never had any other issues

Yes, you were naive and kind of stupid, but yes, whoever did this is a total piece of shite. Leaving something in the open and unlocked like that, especially with that many people passing by, you kind of have to assume that someone is going to take advantage. You should think that's the most likely outcome rather than your stuff being untouched when you get back.

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but, this board believes that anything that is not nailed down,locked and protected by armed guards should be stolen.

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Is it that hard to comprehend kids stealing beer from an ice chest left unattended?

Next time you leave food in the back of your truck you'll know to douse it in cyanide before you leave it unattended. More than 1 way to prevent recurrent crime!