Thieves at work.

[Deus Machina]

No, not a coworker. We're honest people, even if some of the crew are varying type of idiots.
Some of you know I work mortuary transport.
So color me surprised when dispatch called me, and said "Hey, keep in touch, we've got a situation."
So I call back... turns out that the senior day driver keeps his van at his house when there's not a night driver in it. Common, useful--he's saved us headaches by rushing to our help that way before.
Except some halfwit stole the mortuary van from his driveway.
What's better: some halfwit stole the mortuary van from his driveway, and did not toss the LED-lit gps tracker attached to the dashboard.

So dispatch calls 911, reports it stolen "Do you have any idea who might steal it?" "No, but I can do you one better."
About three hours between the van being stolen, tracked to the next town, to the cops showing up and finding two guys asleep in it.

Story to be continued as I am informed of new chapters of the epic tale of fuckery.

[Falcon16]

Nobody ever said thieves were a smart bunch

[Seajay]

It's like they had a death wish or something...

[Falcon16]

Ba zing! groan lol

[DavidBoren]

Just let them sleep... they must have been dead tired.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Stolen in the dead of night by a couple of stiffs... What deadbeats.

[Paintslinger16]

Just dying to get in the van, but we’re they dead asleep?

[Rainmaker]

Ha ha, very interesting. Looking forward to more of the story

[Axel]

Let's see-

1. Grand theft
2. Overlooked obvious blinking tracking light
3. Fell asleep with the goods parked in plain site

Drugs....?




....drugs.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Meth! Lots of room for a portable meth lab in a van. Also handy for B&Es

[DavidBoren]

Could just be desperate... there have been a lot of layoffs, lots of evictions... people gotta sleep somewhere and it's not like the usual occupants of the van are in a position to complain.

But it's probably drugs...

[Deus Machina]

Update, as secondhand info:
They did recover some stuff, including the stretchers. They had dumped them in a relatively nearby pond.

[Nish]

Sleepin with the fishes?

[DavidBoren]

From now on, keep mannequins in the stretchers/coffins in the van(s)... at least next time you might give them a scare.

[Scrapiron]

I watched "The Other Guys" last night and thought about this thread.

Hope the van can be disinfected.

[Clam-I-Am]

At least it wasn't a Prius.

[Nish]

Listening to all your stories man one thing is for sure. Your job is ANYTHING but boring.

[Deus Machina]

Oh, yeah. This job is a lot of things, and boring isn't one.

[XEMON]

As long as the passengers don't talk back you should be fine 👍

[bellicose]

I about spit out my coffee.