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Axel Hasenkox, owner of OP Office Products, is fed up with the sa国际传媒渦nreasonablesa国际传媒� behaviour he frequently sees around his Duncan Avenue business near Penticton Plaza.
Hasenkox was shocked Monday (Nov. 23) to discover someone had apparently tagged the top of his building in broad daylight during store hours.
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Hasenkox said he and his co-workers thought they heard sa国际传媒渂irds on the roofsa国际传媒� before they ventured outside and discovered the crude graffiti.
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He estimates it will cost $5,000.
sa国际传媒淲e called the RCMP because this is an ongoing thing where people who hate everything go around tagging,sa国际传媒� said Hasenkox.
| Axel Hasenkox, owner of OP Office Products in Penticton, is fed up after his store was tagged by an unknown person Monday Nov. 23, 2020. (Jesse Day - Western News) |
Overall, hesa国际传媒檚 growing tired with the seemingly never-ending stream of vagrant and delinquent behaviour in the area surrounding his business.
Hasenkox has owned OP Office Products for 25 years. He said owning a business in downtown Penticton has gotten harder and harder as years have passed.
Constantly finding drug paraphernalia littered around his shop and crossing paths with people sleeping on his storesa国际传媒檚 doorstep when he opens in the morning has Hasenkox fed up.
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Hasenkox said hesa国际传媒檚 just going to have to put up with the graffiti on his store for now until hesa国际传媒檚 able to remove it.
sa国际传媒淩ight now wesa国际传媒檙e in a tough spot because itsa国际传媒檚 too cold to paint and wesa国际传媒檇 need a cherry picker to get up there,sa国际传媒� he said. sa国际传媒淲esa国际传媒檙e trying to keep things reasonable but itsa国际传媒檚 just gotten worse and worse over the years.
sa国际传媒淎s time goes on Isa国际传媒檝e become less and less sympathetic because itsa国际传媒檚 costing more and more.sa国际传媒�
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