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When you wish to retain something, appropriate measures must be taken to secure it.
No longer do we relish in a society where front doors are left unlatched and bikes lay untouched upon suburban lawns — this is a time of chains, bolts and barricades, where what is left unfastened leaves faster than you can say “1950s.”
The 21st century is a thief’s haven. The highwaymen awaiting to swindle your bounty are no longer strangers brandished in bandanas or Halloween masks — they’re your neighbors and friends, unmasked and ready for their taking and we are all too willing to give without consent, or so it would seem.
Lately, especially on the University of Maine campus, students have been adverse to locking up, and so they wind up losing out on their most precious possessions.
Unlocked bikes whisked from racks across UMaine grounds; cell phones pocketed from open lockers at the Rec Center; laptops kidnapped from knapsacks left unattended amongst the shelves of Fogler — all vanished with no trace.
Those robbed work up quite a racket whilst coping with the fury of loss, only to be answered with an indifferent whisper — you should have popped and locked it before you dropped it.
We at The Maine Campus are frankly fed up with all the news feeds chock-full of dearly departed odds and ends, especially when it could have been prevented. Locks aren’t expensive. In a world where we are bound by possessions, it’s best to have stuff stuck on you rather than sticking out like a sore thumb.
Don’t contribute to the kleptomaniac’s keepsake or the Police Beat any longer due to a lack of assurance. It may not be ideal, but lockdown is the now — and hanging by a chain is far better than dangling by a thread of naivety.
Lock up, UMaine, or lose out.
