Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Symbols of Thieves

Below is a warning posted in a friend's apartment building entrance that explains the following symbols should they appear by the door.

It's a bit blurry, I know.  Camera phone.  Now, if I recall correctly - the triangle means the house has been robbed, don't remember the next, the X signifies on vacation, the squiggles "muy buena," the complete ladder means there's a dog, and the semi-complete one that there are only women, while the three circles signify that they're willing to be robbed, and the interconnecting cees points to a disabled tenant.  Classic.  And seven out of eight five hours later ain't bad for the ol' short term memory either.

2 comments:

  1. I wonder whether these symbols are universal, or at least used across BCN, or if they're associated with just one gang of burglars...

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  2. good question. the building was located near el palau de musica, which has recently seen an uptick in burglaries, so if I ventured to guess, I'd say a local gang

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