After our brush with crime recently, Jay and I decided to go to Home Depot to buy a lock and a new BBQ grill. The lock cost us, like, one piece of good steak, while the grill was a good 20 pieces. (For those keeping a meat count, a new propane tank was selling for six steaks.)
As we picked up the lock from the bottom shelf, we both saw the graphic at the same time and started laughing hysterically. We must have looked maniacal on the Home Depot security cameras.
No, not that lame ladder-on-van picture, but the other one.
How is it that Kryptonite (one of the best lock-makers in the business) chose to use as their “example graphic” a picture of a BBQ grill and a propane tank chained to a deck? Do they know something we don’t?
You mean people buy locks for their grills?
Where did we stupidly think we were living this whole time? Pleasantville?
Apparently, the answer is yes.
Apparently so. You have me thinking that we should chain up our grill that’s in the back, as well. Surely this type of thing doesn’t happen in Houston, only scary places like Seattle, right?
Yes, Seattle is the hotbed of crime. Judging from the goings-on in our neighborhood.
Hi there – we are truly sorry to hear about your loss. Thieves stink! Unfortunately, yes, we do know that grills get stolen. More often than you’d think. Here are the statistics that keep us in business, but on a personal level, they are discouraging.
The FBI reports that there is a property crime every 3.1 seconds. There were over 10 million offenses in 2004, according to them, and over $16.1 billion dollars lost because of this. I could go on, but you get the point – all too well, I know.
We even know that, I’m sorry to say Kerry, theft rings have been known to steel the central AC units from the back of houses in warm climate states. I’m not kidding – it’s not something I’d think of, that’s for sure. Few guys and a truck is all it takes, in most cases.
On a pleasant note – thanks for your kind words about Kryptonite. We hope your new grill is great and is with you for many, many years.
Donna
Kryptonite