SAFETY IN STRIP PARKING GARAGES

Not directed at anyone, but never leave anything visible inside the car.  Mail, purse, phone, keys, weapon or something that might look like a weapon, package with store logo, luggage, any little thinkg could tempt a perp to break in hoping it might be something useful.  Parking garage, parking lot, street parking, your own driveway.   Church parking lots are targets, as a perp would figure plenty of time while people are inside.  We all know Christmas time is worse, especially if wrapped packages are visible, but any time is risky for leaving packages, merchandise, clothing, anything.  Perps know that folks who park in a casino lot or garage may have valuables in their car.  I don't know how many casinos have brought valet parking back, but valets aren't immune to temptation, and they know exactly what is in a car they park.  Can't trust anybody.  

Candy

I misspoke. It's in District Court. But Clark County definitely has a small claims court. It's a department of the District Court. You show your ignorance when you say Nevada doesn't have a small claims court; small claims courts are not state courts, so of course there isn't a Nevada small claims court. But every county and many municipalities have them.

It might seem as if you're calling me a liar, but that would be the act of a pure unmitigated asshole, and surely, that's not you.

If you haven't had any problems while visiting Vegas, well, then, bully for you. I'm sure that your own personal experiences are the perfect measuring stick for what everyone else in the world should or should not have experienced. Assuming, of course, that you're not telling a "tale" and you've actually been robbed 35 times.

There is no Small Claims Court in Clark County. A person may file a small claim (less than $10,000) in the Justice Courts. In order to file a lawsuit in District Court the amount must be $10,000 or more. I'm not calling you a liar, but losing more than $10,000 in goods from you car seems incredulous. Even more icredulous is having your windows shot out, while driving, with no response from the police. For an armed robber, probably a junkie jonseing and really desperate, not to take your wallet is simply amazing. Makes me wonder why an armed robber wouldn't pistol whip you or shove the barrel of the pistol in your mouth and take the wallet. Your original post comes across like you have an agenda against the Las Vegas Police Department as well as the strip casinos.

We've driven into Las Vegas for well over 150 trips with nothing untoward happening to us or the cars. I guess that puts us at the top of the lucky Las Vegas visitor list.

Yeah yeah Packer, I have a radical liberal agenda, want to turn the entire country SOOOOOOCIALIST, and I want to defund the police and give free crack to everyone. And yes, of course, I have a vendetta going with the Las Vegas police. Yep yep yep. Agenda. Yes sirree Bob.

My suit against the casino is not for the value of the stuff I lost. They explicitly aren't responsible for that. I am seeking damages for their refusal to cooperate with me in investigating who did it. The $10,000 limit is neither here nor there--and yes, there is a small claims court in Clark County. You can believe otherwise, just as you can believe that Trump won the election. I'm not going to debate it with you.

When I had my windows shot out, I called the police; they showed up; I filed a report. That was all that ever happened.

I have been held up at gunpoint or knifepoint three times in my life, and each time I told the robber that he could have the money in my wallet but not the wallet itself. I said that there were items, such as my identification, that would be hard to replace but would be of no value to him. Should I have just forked over my wallet? Probably. But I knew that the asshole just wanted cash.

By the way--you should look up the word "incredulous"--it doesn't mean what you seem to think it does.

I promise not to belabor this thread past this last posting. Your wallet, with ID and credit/debit cards, is the real haul not the $37.

Incredulous: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incredulous

A quick synonym is skeptical.

Have a great day and stay safe Kevin

Rich

You misused the word. What you meant to say was "incredible." "Incredulous" refers to the reaction of a person to an unlikely event, not the event itself. You misused the word by using it to refer to the events I described.

WARNING:  Off topic.

Kevin, one I'm hearing daily, and by people who should know better, is nauseous vs nauseated. 

Nauseated=the condition of feeling sick.

Nauseous=causes nausea; causes feeling sick; the odor of natural gas may be nauseous to some.

Nauseate=used as a verb. "The odor from the garbage dump nauseates some people.

"Harry is nauseated.  Get the airsick bag."  Or "Airplane turbulence made Harry nauseated."  Or, "Airplane turbulence nauseates Harry every time.

"The chemo infusion made Sally nauseated."  Or "The chemo infusions nauseate Sally every time."

If someone says that poor "Sally is nauseous", they are saying (unfairly!)) that Sally is a sickening person, that her presence makes people feel sick.  

Though I understand that all have been deemed acceptable usage since they are close in meaning.  Still...)

Your pal in grammar,

Candy

I believe that "nauseous" as an adjective, equivalent to "nauseated" has reached common usage, even though technically incorrect. Two dictionaries I consulted list that as a definition.

It's interesting to consider whether dictionaries should be "prescriptive" (this is how you should say it) or "descriptive" (this is how everyone is saying it). For instance, "they" or "them" as a non-gendered pronoun, or "ax" (ask) in Black Urban English. They may or may not belong in a prescriptive dictionary, but they definitely belong in a descriptive dictionary.

Every year, a symposium gathers to decide which words to add to the dictionary--recent ones are "meme" and "vax." It's quite serious stuff, actually 

I recall incidents from a few years ago where people were assaulted in parking garages.    Property theft is rampant at any parking garage.   The fact that they dont have security cameras in the area is inexcusable.    If they are going to make you pay to park they need to invest money to monitor the lot.    

Its good that you made note of it here.  I would recommend making a note of it anywhere that gets views.   If the casino thinks they can sweep stuff like this under the rug they wont do anything to address it.    For all of social media's flaws  the one good thing is the ability to publish feedback about businesses to the general public.     Yelp, TripAdvisor, Google....get on there and let your voice be heard about this.

PJ, I'm sure that every single shit move they've made has generated mountains of negative feedback, on social media and elsewhere. Is there any indication that at any time, that feedback has mattered and they've reversed their policies?

Hell, even on this site...is anyone saying that's it, I'm not going?