I am so disappointed in people and how nasty they can be. I am just amazed also how brazen - broad daylight with lots of people around.
$400 is a big hit for a poor college kid - foretuntely his renter insurance will cover some of it.
My DS is away at college and rides his bike to campus every day. This morning while he was in class, someone cut the chain and stole his bike.
When I was in college, as a baby boomer, theft on a large state college campus was rare. Though we were "rebellious" we had a sense of right and wrong. Our country has gotten way far from the idea that there are absolute rights and absolute wrongs. People are not held accountable for their actions and blame others. And it comes down to the parents wanting to be their children's friend instead of their parent. Big difference. Lack of discipline in the home, extended to the school, has caused this country grave problems. Lack of integrity in business, prisons over crowded; I could go on and on.
My 2 cents.