Sorry to read that ,, But I hope this puts a smile on your face ...
The conciensous thief ....
One Saturday Morning , Mrs left early for work ,,,,,she comes up Your ladders have been nicked ,, OMG and all he rest you say when you realise you have been robbed ,,, espeacially when you woken from a drunken slumber. well they had taken my ladders off placed them beside the van on top of each other too , ,,, and blagged my bungee cords ..
I hope you can get to work , M1 j15 , if you want to borrow a ladder