This article was supposed to be news. But since I am lazy as hell, it comes 4 days late. Anyway, here goes…
On friday morning, I was hungover. It was The Jam Night in the Undercroft bar of University of Westminster on thursday, and, although I wasn’t even supposed to be there, I was hitting it hard. So no wonder that I was late for my Japanese class on that friday morning. I didn’t want to go at all, but my coursework was due. Seriously, deciding to study Japanese while up to my neck with Journalism work was a bad idea.
So there I was, at about 1o am, walking down the Oxford Street, feeling really bad, when I heard motorcycle roar. I turned my head and saw two men on their motorbikes in front of the Leslie Davis Jewelers shop. Black bikes, black clothes, black motorcycle helmets. And those guys were really making a lot of noise, as if trying to attract attention. So, naturally, there was a big crowd on the sidewalk, looking at what was happening. And what was happening was the third guy casually gathering jewelry through a smashed window, with his both hands, and putting it in a black bag. And, man, was he taking his time! After about a minute, the fourth guy appeared from the shop. They were looking identical, all dressed in black. And very cool. The crowd was just watching from a distance, and, judging by the look on everyone’s faces, enjoying the show. Then the men got on the bikes. One of the guys actually saluted the spectators as they were going away! And people were almost cheering. The regret I felt about forgetting my camera that day was immense… All what was left was the sledgehammer lying on a sidewalk amongst the broken glass.
The financial crisis has hit the country hard. Does this mean that the intelligent, carefully planned robberies are coming back? It seems to be a victimless crime, as good a way to earn money as any other, if slightly more dangerous. I say, hell yeah…
