They saw him rolling

15 September, 2009

To whom this may concern

I am writing to sincerely apologise about a disturbance that took place down your street last monday. Me and a few mates done some burnouts down your streets and also rubbish has been left down there regularly. I am personally going to make sure this Kind of stuff does not happen in the future. And that the street is cleaned on a regular basis. Once again I am sorry for my actions and it will not happen again.

Yours sincerely [redacted]

This letter, handwritten and placed in an unaddressed envelope with a local employer’s logo on it, was in our letterbox last night. Did the young man’s employer catch him? And under what circumstances was he sufficiently chastised to undertake this letter-writing by way of punishment and reparation?

We were home last Monday and we didn’t hear a thing.

Tagged as: apologies, burnouts

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Anonymous 1 January, 1970 at 13:00

Des von Bladet 15 September, 2009 at 21:48

You have a vacancy for a neighbourhood burner-outer? It’s almost a shame I am in an inconvenient hemisphere…

harvestbird 15 September, 2009 at 21:53

The boys that work at the panelbeaters around the corner park their cars at the entrance to our street, accompanied by a certain amount of end-of-day loitering. I am sure they would be impressed by your left-hand-drive and inscrutable Continental ways.

Des von Bladet 15 September, 2009 at 22:14: I used to drive on the Imperial side of the road, but this is very much one of those things in which a little cultural relativisme goes a long way.

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Shar Izat Kasumajaya 15 September, 2009 at 23:32