Choose your own adventure time
So, picture this:
You come home from work to discover someone has climbed the fence into your back yard, smashed things, kicked plants over and stolen a few bits and pieces including the cover off your motorbike, kicking it over in the process.
It's a 900SS Ducati, it should be pointed out, so that's very, very, annoying.
You clean up, straighten the bike, make the requisite moans of "Oh no!!!" when you notice it's been scratched in the process, then generally get on with life.
A few nights later after 27 beers, you're walking home from the pub when you spot, in the dark corner of the local park, a large silver something uunder some bushes.
A closer inspection reveals it's your bike cover, converted into a tent, keeping the steadily falling rain off a collection of clothes and junk, some of which used to live in your yard and other stuff which is easily identified as belonging to the bloke who's been wandering the streets for the past few months asking for money and screaming drunken abuse at anyone who comes close.
Do you:
a) Think, "Gosh, somone is so homeless they needed that bike cover to make a house. Poor bugger."
or
b) Pull the tent down, kick the thief's crap all over the place and stomp home regretting the fact there was nobody asleep under the thing at the time to belt.
?
I'm actualy quite curious because this happened to me and when I made my choice almost everyone I know had a go at me for doing the wrong thing.
( difficultchild, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 6:52, 7 replies)

I'd go with B
But then I'd have to go home to get my accord and dispense my own brand of justice.
( gareth_alien will be human again at, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 9:13, closed)

B - definitely.
Or A.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:15, closed)

A
Everytime, if you can't recognise that there is someone a lot worse off than you who needs the bike cover more then you're dead inside. I think you went for A and got lots of abuse from your mates, but I think (hope?) a lot of people would actually go for A if it happened to them, no matter what they might say here.
(octopuspie, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:32, closed)

C
Report him to the police and have him picked up. Could be the first step to recovery.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:33, closed)

^ what porkylips said
I would initially be very tempted to go kick the shit out of his little hut...but I think I would have felt like such a world class grade A cunt afterwards that I wouldn't be able to go through with it.

It could have been worse. He could have stolen your bike instead of just the cover. Then, I think, you would have been justified in going batshit mental....
(berk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:57, closed)

B
being homeless is no excuse for being a thief.

which did you go for?
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:13, closed)

Oh I took the bike cover back...
And didn't lose a wink of sleep over it.
There's other homeless guys in the area I stop and talk to, help out with some change, offer food to etc, but this guy can get fucked.
Ask for help and I'll probably give it, steal from me and I'm sorry but compassion goes out the window.
( difficultchild, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 7:22, closed)