A younger girl has been left devastated after her laptop computer was stolen, with the thieves leaving a merciless observe behind.
“Sorry you should take security seriously. Blame the council and get a refund for your laptops,” the observe learn.
The thief ended the observe with a seemingly sarcastic “sowwy” and a tragic face.
Rachel, an after-school employee from Seaforth Community Centre in north Sydney, described the observe as “really vindictive”.
“It’s like ‘I’m going to steal your laptop and I’m going to rub it in your face that its gone,” she mentioned.
She described herself as a “broke uni student” and is now confronted with having to pay 1000’s of {dollars} to get a brand new pc and dropping all her work simply earlier than her closing yr of research.
“I’m broke, I’m a uni student, I’m still studying,” she mentioned.
“I don’t have enough money to get a new one, I only got it a couple months ago and I literally haven’t even paid it off yet.
“I literally live off that, my whole life is on that laptop.”
She says the laptop computer was left in a locked workplace in a single day and has no concept how the house that she believed was safe.
The police have taken the pen and paper used to jot down the observe and can have a look at discovering fingerprints if doable, nonetheless the younger girl says she received’t take the matter additional if the thief returns the laptop computer after posting about it on-line.
“Especially if it‘s a high school or primary school kid that’s just bored and breaking into s*** for the sake of it, I’m hoping that if a parent sees the post they’ll come hoe and see a laptop that‘s not themes and be like ‘I know where that’s from’,” she mentioned.
“I don‘t really care who has taken it I just need it back, even if they call me on a private number and arrange to drop it off at a certain time.”
Concerned community members responding to her post offered advice that she should get a new laptop through the council’s insurance coverage, nonetheless because it was her private laptop computer she has been advised that it received’t apply.
She has additionally resisted urges to arrange a GoFundMe or comparable fundraising marketing campaign to fund a brand new pc.
“I’ve always learnt that if you want something you have to make it work for yourself,” she mentioned.
“[Losing the laptop] is not that big of a deal in comparison to people that are homeless or struggling.”
