or he thought the camera only worked in daylight
Nope, I had him install 2 large motion detector equipped flood lights at either side of the camera, we spent hours testing the sensitivity and coverage area of both the lights and camera. Going to have to chalk this one up to plain old stupidity.
I think I must be be getting old and grouchy as I can help but feel that the younger generation seem to have an inherent sense of entitlement to do, act and take whatever they want and when they get caught feel a half assed apology completely redeems them from the financial loses to others of their actions. When I called this clown to ask him what the f&*k he thought he was doing he said in a rather off hand dismissive manner, " Oh yeah sorry about that, I'm really angry at myself for stealing your diesel" with no offer of replacing it. Maybe I'm behind the times but at that age I would have expected replacement and an ass kicking at a minimum.