Trouble for scrappers in Detroit
I've noticed a disturbing trend around here. A couple of weeks ago I was in Flint, a suburb of Detroit. There were several big billboards, and the headline was SCRAPPERS followed by some thing like "If we catch you you'll go to jail!"
Scrappers? Don't they mean THIEVES?
In addition, one of the TV stations is running a series on scrap THIEVES. It's title? Scrappers!
I'm afraid to see what is coming...
Trouble for scrappers in Detroit
in my time at Kettering university, I had to chase off several of these "scrappers". one was trying to take our event grille for scrap.
on the flip side I always gave the guy down the street scrap when I was there, because he mowed our lawn for us, helped me fix vehicles, walked his poodle on a route he tied around his waist through his belt loops, and drank steel reserve like it was the most delicious beverage ever invented.
he loved me when I showed up with a case of it for him.
now, if I would have done what I should have done to the guy that broke into several cars over the years in the parking lot... I did catch him twice, and twice I showed physical mercy. not verbal mercy.