edit: I just want to thank the outpouring of support you've all shown me today! I love each and every one of you so much! For the big donors and the little ones, even the ones that had nothing to give but their well wishes! You are all the best! I have enough to get a new laptop. I might wait until the next bonus discount day at my sisters work (where she gets 20% off instead of 10% ... if laptops are counted in the discounts). Any extra money will go towards paying the glass place for replacing that huge glass pane since as a commercial tenant it is my responsibility. I am definitely gonna get a 'glass only' insurance policy moving forward. The cost to replace it is as much as (or a little more) than the laptop cost. Yikes. All this trouble and the thief didn't get much to help him out, but it sure hurt me!

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I came into my shop this morning only to discover that sometime yesterday, some hooligan smashed in the glass on the front door and ransacked the place. I don't know why they chose my shop. I can't even afford to pay the utilities and rent at the same time.

They only managed to steal around $10 in change (I take home the $1 and $2 coins and all bills every night)... but they did steal the laptop I do my art on. The new landlord was unable to get ahold of me... I am not sure why he didn't get my number from the guy that just sold him the building... but anyway, he authorized a glass place to replace the glass in the door.

When I arrived this morning, I didn't even notice that the lettering on the door wasn't there. I came inside and saw that the chair up front for people to sit in was at an angle I don't leave it at and thought that was weird. Then I came around the desk to put my backpack down and grab the laptop so I could listen to Reddit stories on YouTube as I worked... and then noticed my tip jar empty (it had $1 in change in it before) on my computer chair. Then behind that was the cash drawer laying on the floor empty. I opened the desk drawer it is usually in and that was all rifled through and the laptop was gone.

I started to panic and ran to the back door to check and it was secure and the glass was fine. I checked the windows in the room my ironing table is in and that was all good. Then I came back to the main window/door to make sure the window was locked and it was. Then I realized the glass in the door was brand new.

I checked the shop voicemail and there was a message from a customer who came by because she had an appointment at the massage clinic beside me and she said she had called the police. Then two messages from the police. Lastly, no message, but caller ID showed the glass place calling. Then on my email I had emails from the new landlord, old landlord, glass place and police.

This is disheartening. It feels so violating to know that someone would do this to a little shop like mine... for $10 and a 5 year old laptop that I can't afford to replace. I called the police officer that left me a message and left him a message about hopefully getting the computer back... but I don't think I will.

If you can help at all I would really be grateful.
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Thanks for reading this.