People stealing stuff from cars in mall parki
By crimsonflaw •
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Just a heads up guys be carefull-
Today in Citi Center Mallaround 10pm, ground floor parking carrefour side, saw a guy shortish, heavy set, dark skinned near my car, the alarm in some car near mine was going on like crazy.
The guy had a sheepish guilty look, tried to help me with loading my car, i brushed him off - couldnt do anything against him cause i didnt have any proof.
Guess simply locking ur car doors isnt enuff anymore, need alarms.
Good point.
While I can agree somewhat with tallg on the "dark skinned" reasoning it may be a bit hard to look out for such a person in a country where 80% of its inhabitants can be described this way :)
As for car alarms, my son plays with my car key and has set mine off numerous times. Again this may have all been circumstance.
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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"
The crime rate isn't almost zero here in Qatar...its definitely here. Ask Novi...she was a victim of theft.
Common sense tells you that no matter where on the face of this earth, you should cover or put away anything of value in a parked vehicle..even if you are gone for 5 minutes into a store. It only takes a car theif 15 seconds to pop the lock on a car, with or without an alarm system.
As far as the man offering help loading groceries...don't be afraid of them...they are just trying to help and earn a bit of money for food, ect. I've found them to be extremely nice and polite.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the main difference between a dog and man.
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never leave your valuable items in the car coz crime rates are increasing in Qatar
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Moreover, "crimsonflaw" most of the guys do offer their help or services to load your shopping items in your car so you don't have to get frightened from them. Also, you're in a Mall's Car parking so definitely no person would be dumb enough trying to rob you as there are people on foot & also in car searching for parking.
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So don't worry in such dense spots & be COOOOOL man
If he'd just robbed another car, whose alarm was "going on like crazy", do you really think he'd still be hanging around?
There are always guys in car parks trying to earn a few riyals by helping you load your car. I agree they're a bit creepy and are best avoided, but I don't think they're thieves.
Regarding the mention of "dark skinned", I think the poster was merely trying to provide a description so we can keep an eye out, rather than any thing racist. If you're describing a person for whatever reason it's quite normal to mention they're skin colour (though "dark skinned" isn't the most PC way of doing it, but hey, we're all anit-PC on here anyway!).
It was me moonlighting. I promise I had no intention of stealing anything..
No doubt that in Qatar, the crime rate is almost zero. Petty theft do sometimes occur and with the current recession and job less around, there is no guarantee that this will not happens. Just the look as usual, these guys at carrefour parking lot are mostly car cleaners, dark skinned from the Indian subcontinent?.
poor fellows hardly living for the soul... if a guy is dark will he be a thief?? the alarm always blow for any kind of small movements... a positive thought cannot be find a dark thief or white thief instead of humans... think positive, be positive :)
Recently my car breakdown on myway to sanaiyya... I was in a hurry to reach that spot. So just took some things that i needed from my car and left the place. It happened at 2:00p.m. My car was parked near a bus stop and usually more people (dark skinned .. lolz) will be waiting there always for private taxi/bus etc.
I came back at 10:00pm with a breakdown service, the place was very dark and no lights any where. Then only I realised my car was not locked. And my car stayed there untouched by anyone..! What you say... crimson...
"Never love a person you can live with,
Always Love a person you can never live without"
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you dont have "dark skinned" people in Pakistan?
Damn those racists!
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Alot of the times these guys are in the parking to help out with loading your car as they are asking for money. Poor souls, some of them are pretty bad off.
If you dont leave your car open, or any valuables visable you should be ok. I dont get it sometimes, we are dilligent with this back home but as we feel Qatar is so safe we are more lax.
Its like waving fish in front of a starving cat, what would you expect?
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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"
always call the attention of security.