Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Tag
The truck for the William Temple House Thirft Store has been tagged again. This time it was the side toward the street, so this tagger was a little more daring. I don't know why people tag. Is it a bravery thing? Is it a thrill of doing something illegal? I can only speculate. However, here are some facts about the tagging that upset me.
The William Temple House could be fined if we don't do something about it. So, we are having to pay to have it professionally painted on both sides. (The tags are huge and cover some of the writing on the side of the truck). This is gonna cost our organization money. Money that could have been used to help people, but will now have to go to a painter to take care of our truck.
The William Temple House provides counseling for the poor, food, clothing, and other assistance to those in need.
Being a 501C3, we don't have money for security, so that makes our truck an easy target. So, if it is bravery and daring that gives the tagger a thrill, bragging points should be taken away. A lot of bragging points should be taken away. If it's the thrill, then thrill points should be taken away since it is easy to get away with tagging our truck (not that we like it that way, but again, security costs money).
What really upsets me, however, is that we will get the truck painted at the cost of hundreds of dollars plus it will be a day we won't be able to use the truck to pick up items, thus costing the WTH more money. Then, in a week or two, the tagger will again hit our truck, and again, it will wind up costing the WTH money. Vandals go after easy targets. They seem to be too scared to go after corporate targets who can afford the security. But they are definitely willing to do what they can to hurt the poor. That qualifies them as assholes in my book.
The William Temple House could be fined if we don't do something about it. So, we are having to pay to have it professionally painted on both sides. (The tags are huge and cover some of the writing on the side of the truck). This is gonna cost our organization money. Money that could have been used to help people, but will now have to go to a painter to take care of our truck.
The William Temple House provides counseling for the poor, food, clothing, and other assistance to those in need.
Being a 501C3, we don't have money for security, so that makes our truck an easy target. So, if it is bravery and daring that gives the tagger a thrill, bragging points should be taken away. A lot of bragging points should be taken away. If it's the thrill, then thrill points should be taken away since it is easy to get away with tagging our truck (not that we like it that way, but again, security costs money).
What really upsets me, however, is that we will get the truck painted at the cost of hundreds of dollars plus it will be a day we won't be able to use the truck to pick up items, thus costing the WTH more money. Then, in a week or two, the tagger will again hit our truck, and again, it will wind up costing the WTH money. Vandals go after easy targets. They seem to be too scared to go after corporate targets who can afford the security. But they are definitely willing to do what they can to hurt the poor. That qualifies them as assholes in my book.
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