Comments on: What Would You Have Done?

By: jameystegmaier

jameystegmaier — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:17:35 +0000

In hindsight, probably the right answer. I think I was a little worried that someone would come along at that moment and be like, “Why are you touching my car?!”

The car is still there, unmoved since the other day. It looks like the seats have shifted position, though–the passenger seat is no longer pushed forward.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:10:16 +0000

I would have just closed the door, but not all the way shut, so it wouldn’t be obviously open but if someone left it open for areason they could still get in the car. Clearly the correct answer.

By: Neeraja

Neeraja — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:33:12 +0000

So is the car still there?

By: jameystegmaier

jameystegmaier — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:41:02 +0000

Good thinking, but we don’t have those resources available. The car is still there, but the door is closed now. I’ll go take a closer look.

By: Neeraja

Neeraja — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:55:25 +0000

Oh crap. Now I’m worried that this person has been dragged into their apartment and is being held hostage in your building. Maybe the open door was their way of signaling for help.

Any chance there are security cameras in your lot? Or a registry that your landlord keeps with the person’s license plate and name?

By: jameystegmaier

jameystegmaier — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:20:13 +0000

Good points, Neeraja and Mr. Dillinger. This morning, the car was still there, and someone had shut the door, but not all the way (perhaps just in case the keys were inside).

That car is usually gone when I leave in the morning. I’m seriously wondering if something happened to the person when they were fishing something out of the back seat (the passenger-side seat was down).

By: Neeraja

Neeraja — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:17:42 +0000

I think I might have closed the door and left a note on the windshield informing the owner that the door was open and I closed it because I didn’t think they had wanted to leave the door wide open.

You know, to really rub it in and make them feel like a total idiot for having left their car door wide open.

By: John Dillinger

John Dillinger — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:39:55 +0000

Even though I went with “other” (“looted and pillaged the car”), technically I probably would have just shut the door, so you can add my small percentage points to that category.