There's b
een a rash of thefts of
Macs and
Apple produc
ts lately, particularly from parked cars. Some friends of mine have lost
Powerbooks (left stupidly in the car's back seat in plain sight) whi
le buying burgers, and others have had their windows bashed in to get an iPod visibly mounted on the dash (another stupid practice in this da
y and age) while they're off watching a movie.
Oddly enough, a lot of vehicle break-ins have occurred even when the desirable
item is totally hidden out of sight, like a Macbook under the
seat in a bag, or in the boot, or an iPod in the glove compartment. Now how in
heaven's name would a thief sniff out that a vehicle has some Apple valuable in
it? Are they psychic?
Simple.
I've come to the conclusion that it's that Apple sticker on th
e window.
Thieves have wised up, and the ubiquitous complimentary white Apple sticker tha
t comes with every boxed purchase isn't always a good thing. If you stick it up
, they stick you up.
As a consequence and symptom of the Halo effect, these stickers are popping up
like white mushrooms on vehicle windshields all over, and has become a screamin
g invitation for malcontents to stomp on the glass and check if there's somethi
ng nice and juicy like an iPod Touch somewhere inside your new
car.
So just a friendly warning and safety reminder from your Friendly Neigh
borhood MacADoodler. If you value your Apple stuff (or at least the ex
pensive safety glass of your car), don't flaunt that sticker. Stick it up on a
more discrete surface, like the inside of the door of your room, on your bathro
om mirror or something less public.
We all know you have a Mac or an iPod. No nee
d to announce it to the world. Stay cool and lay low.
The problem with Filipino mentality is to have this "hangin sa ulo" when it com
es to owning expensive gadgets. Let's face the fact that Apple products are coo
l, stylish, reliable and EXPENSIVE. THAT'S WHY THESE GUYS WANT TO SHOW WHAT THE
Y'VE GOT BY PUTTING THOSE APPLE STICKERS ON PLACES MOST NOTICEABLE BY THE PUBLI
C. PARA SIKAT SILA. Sad but true. In a Windows OS dominated society like the P
hilippines, owning a Mac makes one feel special, unique and "sosyal". I know be
cause when my friends see my Macs, they only say one thing, WOW! MAC! SOSYAL! T
hese perceptions bring the "hangin sa ulo" mentality. Yes, I'm a Mac freak and
would never buy a DELL. I have owned several Macs from PPC 601 CPU to PPC G3-G4
up to my present Intel Based MacBook Core 2Duo and MacPro Quad Core but I neve
r put those
colored and white stickers on public display. Mac OS 10.5 Leopard is coming to
town, engineers at Redmond are now very busy what to copy again. Macs rule!
Pride is dangerous but it's also something we can't avoid specially if we own something expensive. Vehicle break-ins are becoming more common and we can never think and sniff like thieves because fortunately God did not gift us with that kind of dangerous, unwanted, illegal talent. Whether our iPods have stickers or not people knows we own one because we are not the only ones who are able to afford expensive stuffs. If stickers attract danger it's sensible not the stick one.
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