Aggravation

So I'm getting out of my truck at the office, getting back from lunch hour. For some odd reason, I glance down at the ground, in the direction of my front tire. I notice something missing--the little valve stem cover (the thing you unscrew to put air in your tire). I glance back at the back tire. Ditto. Gone. Then it hits me--those weren't just the boring black ones that I got for free with the tire, these are little custom ones w/ a blue Chevy logo (like these) that I had bought from a dealership via eBay. Pretty cool, actually--a little custom but not-too-over-the-top touch to my vehicle.

What poor, inconsiderate, non-moral having loser goes up to a vehicle (either randomly or after having "staked it out") and walks around it unscrewing valve stem covers? Obviously I don't check them every day, so I have no idea when and where it happened. Could've been in my driveway. Could've been at Kroger. Could've been at some other random place. It's not so much the expense--I think I'm out about 15 bucks at this point. But it's just aggravating. You work to get what you want, and somebody else thinks they should get it for free (which might explain why I'm conservative).

And then there's the replacement dilemma. I could replace them with identical ones (the "I'm not gonna let them defeat me!" attitude), and hope that they don't meet the same fate (would the same person come back for his 2nd set?!). Or I could put the normal black ones on there and not worry about it anymore. Or I could invest about $25 in an identical set that is "theft deterrant". Who knows. But nevertheless, my cool little blue Chevy logo air thingees are gone. Bummer, dude.