Yesterday was a pretty bad one. Yesterday morning Deanna called very upset. Someone had broken into the shop and she was on her way there. Rich had called her. She said she needed her Mom! Later she called with details.
The shop had been vandalized but the vandals didn’t get in. The broke the back window and threw rocks and other objects through the window and damaged the cars. By the end of the day they thought the damage would be around $15K to $20K. They have $10K deductible on their “shop keepers insurance policy”. But they are afraid to use it because it may be cancelled! Three cars are damaged, and one of the owners is very upset, she said. The one who is upset has a very special car and it may have to be repainted completely and that could cost more than the $20K she fears.
The window are not alarmed and the bars were on the inside so now they will look into adding outside bars and motion detection to the system. The sheriff believes that the damage was done by kids and doesn’t believe they were intentionally attacking the shop. But it has still made them very fearful.
Deanna called later last night to be sure that my feelings weren’t hurt by when she said she wanted “her Mom”. I told her no, my feelings weren’t hurt and I recognized that I couldn’t help in the same way Jo Lynn could have. My feelings were not hurt, though I would prefer that I could be more helpful in situations like this.
If they have to pay the money they will be short so I told her I would pay their share of the Hawaii trip and she said they would wait and see how it all comes out. She and Rich are both very upset and discouraged by this. She says that it makes her feel like she did when their house was burglarized a few years ago.
Add to this the problem the chaos at work with to many priorities and everything behind and my day yesterday was a disaster.
