Classified of the Week: Bike Crime

Nick Richards | May 19, 2013 11:00 am | 7 comments | 1223 reads

Beijing's diversity and Internet anonymity make for strange bedfellows. Nowhere is this more true than in our website's Classified Ads section. We've seen it all – and then some. And that doesn't even cover the ads we must disapprove because they just aren't fit for a good, clean, wholesome website like ours.

This guy had his bike stolen. His plea so touched our very hearts that we decided to share it with you. We've all lost a bike or two in our day and know the pain far too well. Oh, the anger:

You've not only taken my property, but force me to squeeze in a bus and smell the subway odor. My dusty shoes weep tears for their aching soles as we dip and roll through the craters in the pavement. Put me on wheels!

This is no laughing matter. If you see this man's bike please give him a call.

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nickrr's picture nickrr Submitted by Guest on Sun, 05/19/2013 - 18:53

wmpoylee wrote:
You know I fully empathize with SBLS (stolen bike loss syndrome). But then Jean comes on as an elitist Westerner who is too good to take buses and subway...and even too good to walk the streets, many which are uneven or with holes of varying sizes, but also many of which are in great shape.

So you're saying preferring to ride a bike rather than walk is elitist?

Nick Richards, Arts & Culture Editor

Guitarist, The Beijing Dead

BumbleBeeTou's picture BumbleBeeTou Submitted by Guest on Sun, 05/19/2013 - 16:38

wmpoylee wrote:

Well, Jean lost me there and while I am against SBLS, I am as against SOB foreigner attitudes. I hope Jerry finds his bike, but moreso, I hope he finds his common humanity.

Oh, and stick this up your 'foreigners bad attitude blah blah blah' opinion while you're at it.

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/04/10/2982s692407.htm

Chinese people are just as unhappy with the blatant crowds,

So, what will you say to your country men who think there are too many people? What SOB reply do you have for them?

Jerry's picture Jerry Submitted by Guest on Sun, 05/19/2013 - 16:37

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Well, Jean lost me there and while I am against SBLS, I am as against SOB foreigner attitudes. I hope Jerry finds his bike, but moreso, I hope he finds his common humanity.

Gitanjean is the reader who lost the bike, not me. My "humanity" is just fine, thank you very much.

Jerry Chan, Digital Marketing & Content Strategy Director

wmpoylee's picture wmpoylee Submitted by Guest on Sun, 05/19/2013 - 13:19

You know I fully empathize with SBLS (stolen bike loss syndrome). But then Jean comes on as an elitist Westerner who is too good to take buses and subway...and even too good to walk the streets, many which are uneven or with holes of varying sizes, but also many of which are in great shape.

Overall BJ subways do not smell, or when they do, it is not so terrible that it's an imposition. Subways and the buses are often not overcrowded nor are the streets always cracked and pot-holed, as this biker, walker, taxi-taker, and subway rider knows from 4 years of living in BJ.

Well, Jean lost me there and while I am against SBLS, I am as against SOB foreigner attitudes. I hope Jerry finds his bike, but moreso, I hope he finds his common humanity.

William Poy Lee

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