My good deed for the day - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

mikemover · #1 12-01-2003, 06:11 PM

The girlfriend, Jill, and I were driving around downtown Atlanta on Sunday, partially to run errands, and partially just for the pleasure of wasting fuel in my 300SD on a gorgeous day.

I was driving along one of our usual routes home after shopping in one of Atlanta's warehouse districts, which takes us by a long-standing Mercedes-Benz repair shop. Not one that I go to, becuase I do the majority of my own work, and also I feel that they are overpriced.

Anyway, they have a lot of parts cars and customer's cars sitting in the parking lot around the shop, and since they are closed on Sunday, I was wondering why there was a guy inside one of the cars, seemingly tinkering around. Then I noticed that he had parked a Cadillac nearby, had the trunk open, and was putting several random parts inside. Then I noticed he was looking around pretty often, in what looked to me to be a "suspicious" way, and he was carrying a hammer. Jill and I both looked at each other and said, "That guy is breaking into cars!", so we turned around a block or two away, and casually drove by again. He seemed to notice us, but kept doing what he was doing. Jill wrote down the license plate # of his Caddy, and I called 911 on my cell phone and reported what I thought to be a burglary in progress.

We drove on down the street a few blocks, and then curiosity got the best of us, and we just HAD to drive back by and see if he was gone, if the cops were there, or what. Two officers had already arrived, and seemed to be questioning the guy, so we drove on.

Jill then asked, "What if that guy worked there, or was a customer, and it was his car?" I said, "Well, then they'll be able to confirm that, and they'll let him go." I'm pretty sure he was stealing parts, and if so, I hope they whacked him a couple of times and threw him in the clink! Scumbag...

I feel very good about myself, especially since it was an MB shop! What are the odds, eh?

Mike