Some thieves are professionals. You might say stealing is their job, or even their career. They might end up in that line of work out of circumstance, for a lack of other options. Or they may have a compulsion or proclivity.
(Is someone born to be a thief? Has anyone ever taken a Myers-Briggs test and learned that he or she is best suited to a life of taking other people's stuff?)
Then there are those who steal to support themselves or others, or habits or hobbies. That type of crook sometimes changes his or her ways, whether from a change in life circumstances or getting busted.
Finally, there are the ones whose pilferage is focused on a particular item or category of goods. They may start off by taking something for their own use or to sell but, for whatever reasons, stealing that specific thing becomes an obsession.
That last category of thieves includes 57-year-old Hiroaki Suda. A security video showed him taking two seats at a train station and parking lot for bicycles in Higashiosaka, just east of Osaka, Japan. That led to his arrest on 13 February.
While admitting to the charges, he told police he'd been stealing bicycle seats for "about 25 years" to "relieve stress at work." "Gradually," he said, "collecting them turned out to be fun."
How many did he collect? 5800. At least, that's how many Osaka prefecture police seized from a storage facility Suda rented.
I'd like to know what's in that collection. Are there any long-since-discontinued Brooks or special-edition Ideale saddles? Perhaps there's something from a Japanese maker whose wares were never exported. Or something made from an exotic material.
As for his motivation: Somehow I don't think any therapist has recommended stealing bike seats as a way to relieve work-related stress.
(Is someone born to be a thief? Has anyone ever taken a Myers-Briggs test and learned that he or she is best suited to a life of taking other people's stuff?)
Then there are those who steal to support themselves or others, or habits or hobbies. That type of crook sometimes changes his or her ways, whether from a change in life circumstances or getting busted.
Finally, there are the ones whose pilferage is focused on a particular item or category of goods. They may start off by taking something for their own use or to sell but, for whatever reasons, stealing that specific thing becomes an obsession.
That last category of thieves includes 57-year-old Hiroaki Suda. A security video showed him taking two seats at a train station and parking lot for bicycles in Higashiosaka, just east of Osaka, Japan. That led to his arrest on 13 February.
While admitting to the charges, he told police he'd been stealing bicycle seats for "about 25 years" to "relieve stress at work." "Gradually," he said, "collecting them turned out to be fun."
How many did he collect? 5800. At least, that's how many Osaka prefecture police seized from a storage facility Suda rented.
I'd like to know what's in that collection. Are there any long-since-discontinued Brooks or special-edition Ideale saddles? Perhaps there's something from a Japanese maker whose wares were never exported. Or something made from an exotic material.
As for his motivation: Somehow I don't think any therapist has recommended stealing bike seats as a way to relieve work-related stress.
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