...just when you try to regain some faith in humanity, someone out there does something completely despicable.

During the last few weeks, Tim Hortons, whom I work for, has been raising money for 'Camp Day' - when they send underprivileged children off to camp, which their parents couldn't afford on their own. I know that last year's effort raised $9 million. And on one day - June 3rd - all the coffee profits go to this charity.

Why am I telling you this? No, not trying to raise money - in fact, I'd sooner see families provided with food, clothes and shelter than provide their kids with marshmallows to roast and insect bites. But anyway, aside from coffee profits (Or, 'Coffits' ), there is a large plexiglass box on the counter for people to freely make donations, complete with some poor, marshmallow-starved child on the cardboard backing. Now, these actually work, since the last time I checked there must have been close to $100 in there, and that's just my store.

Though, during my shift last night - at precisely 3:14 AM - my co-worker and I noticed something amiss. The cardboard backing was there, thrown aside, but the box and its shiny round contents was GONE. After some frantic looking around the store and surroundings, and a schadenfreude-tastic phone call to my boss at that hour, we determined that it was stolen, and within the last half hour or so.

So, 4 hours later we finally got to see the video. Sure enough, some 20-something, cap-wearing, goatee'd jerk creeps in, making sure to close the doors slowly and quietly, and swiftly moves in to unfasten the chain holding the box down. He did this so precisely, the guy must have been watching us from the shadows for quite some time. A lot of effort for that small amount.

With that in mind, I have to ask, who does this? I mean, it's one thing to rob the store itself - no sleep lost for the multi-billion-dollar corporation - but to grab a box, filled with money donated freely but dozens of individual, good-hearted people, which is meant as a charity for children...?
...wow.

Was he THAT desperate for his next drink/pack of smokes/Pokémon cards/whatever he's addicted to? To sneak in, taking a risk, and steal less than $100 of donated money? Some people, I tell you. I hope they catch this guy. Frankly, I feel personally insulted that he pulled that crap. I was merely 30 feet away, around a corner making donuts, and my co-worker was preparing a mop to clean the floors - somehow, he kept so quiet, neither of us heard him. Too bad we have no bells on the doors or anything to indicate a new customer.

All it took was three minutes of not watching the front. Heck, I was so mad, after I saw the guy on the video, I really wanted to drive around the town looking for him. Stupid punk. Can't wait to see my regular customer's faces when I have to tell them where the box went. Just amazing, huh?