I’m starting to feel more safe now. Still not 100, not even 30% honestly, but each day that passes, I feel 1 or 2% safer. I’m still jumping at noises, still lock my room when I go to the bathroom, and have a just I’m case knife on my bedside table.
I finally wrote an email to my care team informing them of the situation, they’ll probably start checking in more frequently, and will also put pressure on the org to replace my stolen and damaged stuff. The police assistance line said I should call the station handling the case tomorrow if they don’t contact me first, but tomorrow’s a busy day so I might give them a bonus 24 hours. My spare room is still a “crime scene” though, so I can’t work on cleaning it up, or go tinker with my projects.
In a kind of dark and twisted way, it’s also ironic that they moved him in here to cut costs (Resi is expensive), and in the end it’s probably coated them the same if not more. I’d say he’s caused about 1-2k in property damage to them alone, plus about 1.5k to me (plus another 1.5k in theft). They also had to have 24/7 staffing while he was alone, and even now since I still don’t feel safe, they’re still paying for an overnight worker. Really the only thing they really “saved” was not having to buy groceries for him, but it seems like he was bad with managing money, so they probably had to anyway. Seems like the cost cutting really worked for them 🙄🙄
Oh, also, I think I have permanent, irrevocable “I told you so” rights now…
I already had a fairly low opinion of the department of human services
That’s why they rebrand every 2 years, silly! Since 2013 I think it’s gone DHHS > DHS & DoH > DHHS > DFFH & DoH. They split and merge the department of health and the department of human services more often than Melbourne rebrands public transport agencies and operators. For now, it’s the department of families, fairness, and housing, until they want to merge the department of health in again
I always thought “fairness” sounded strangely informal. Like why aren’t they the department of equality or something? “Fairness” just sounds wrong to me
I can get to it quicker than anyone else could. Nobody would get through the door without me hearing (their best option would be giving the door a good shoulder until either the door frame collapses, or the hinges snap.
Edit: also this dude stole 6 of our knives and a pair of scissors
Don’t know how they’d get in. You could probably pick the lock, but I don’t think he knows how to do that. Can’t shimmy the lock because it’s a deadbolt. Can’t get through the window because it’s locked (it’s one of those old school locks you have to turn to lock/unlock), can’t unlock it from outside. As far as I can tell that just leaves the option of breaking the window, or applying enough force to the door that the hinges or door frame break off. Both of those things make noise
I’m starting to feel more safe now. Still not 100, not even 30% honestly, but each day that passes, I feel 1 or 2% safer. I’m still jumping at noises, still lock my room when I go to the bathroom, and have a just I’m case knife on my bedside table.
I finally wrote an email to my care team informing them of the situation, they’ll probably start checking in more frequently, and will also put pressure on the org to replace my stolen and damaged stuff. The police assistance line said I should call the station handling the case tomorrow if they don’t contact me first, but tomorrow’s a busy day so I might give them a bonus 24 hours. My spare room is still a “crime scene” though, so I can’t work on cleaning it up, or go tinker with my projects.
In a kind of dark and twisted way, it’s also ironic that they moved him in here to cut costs (Resi is expensive), and in the end it’s probably coated them the same if not more. I’d say he’s caused about 1-2k in property damage to them alone, plus about 1.5k to me (plus another 1.5k in theft). They also had to have 24/7 staffing while he was alone, and even now since I still don’t feel safe, they’re still paying for an overnight worker. Really the only thing they really “saved” was not having to buy groceries for him, but it seems like he was bad with managing money, so they probably had to anyway. Seems like the cost cutting really worked for them 🙄🙄
Oh, also, I think I have permanent, irrevocable “I told you so” rights now…
That feeling of safety should hopefully return soon back to 100%.
Such a fucked situation that no doubt people in these agencies should have prepared for.
Don’t let them get away with not replacing your stuff. That’s the least they can do.
I already had a fairly low opinion of the department of human services. And yet they still continue to fuck up.
That’s why they rebrand every 2 years, silly! Since 2013 I think it’s gone DHHS > DHS & DoH > DHHS > DFFH & DoH. They split and merge the department of health and the department of human services more often than Melbourne rebrands public transport agencies and operators. For now, it’s the department of families, fairness, and housing, until they want to merge the department of health in again
DFFH always sounded like someone trying to say DHHS with a potato in their mouth, which is apt
I always thought “fairness” sounded strangely informal. Like why aren’t they the department of equality or something? “Fairness” just sounds wrong to me
It’s got 1984 (the book) vibes. The Ministry of Fairness.
Never read it, but I keep hearing about it. Is it a good book?
Classic dystopia novel. It’s not a long read I read it in high school at your age.
put that knife away, why are you leaving a weapon out for possible assailants
put wedges under your doors
I can get to it quicker than anyone else could. Nobody would get through the door without me hearing (their best option would be giving the door a good shoulder until either the door frame collapses, or the hinges snap.
Edit: also this dude stole 6 of our knives and a pair of scissors
don’t be foolish, you can’t be awake 24 hours
But I imagine I can be fairly easily woken up if somebody is beating down my door
what about stealthy people?
Don’t know how they’d get in. You could probably pick the lock, but I don’t think he knows how to do that. Can’t shimmy the lock because it’s a deadbolt. Can’t get through the window because it’s locked (it’s one of those old school locks you have to turn to lock/unlock), can’t unlock it from outside. As far as I can tell that just leaves the option of breaking the window, or applying enough force to the door that the hinges or door frame break off. Both of those things make noise