Last Monday at around 2 am Dubbo resident Kodie Stirling was on her way home, feeling exhausted after a long night of working, only to find that her car had been broken into and the windows smashed.
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Ms Stirling said the situation proved to an enormous "inconvenience".
"I realised at about 2 am when I walked past the car and saw that my window was smashed," Mrs Stirling.
"I then had to call my husband. We live in Narromine, and he was supposed to be bringing me the kids," she said.
"But I couldn't drive my kids in the car due to all the glass.
"We called the police, and they did have someone come and fingerprint the car while it was being fixed."
Mrs Stirling said her husband had to take the day off work to help her get the window fixed, so they had two working cars to be able to get their kids around in.
"We are lucky we had the money to get it fixed straight away as I know many wouldn't," she said.
"It made me more furious that they did it outside the ambulance station."
Mrs Stirling said her car had been parked under a camera at the Dubbo ambulance office.
"We are at work helping other people and their families while they are taking away from mine," she said.
"It definitely causes unwarranted stress. I was exhausted after a night shift, and instead of going home for a rest, I spent until 3 pm in Dubbo getting my car fixed.
"By the time I got home, I couldn't keep my eyes open; I was so tired I felt sick. I will never understand how anyone thinks it's okay to damage other people's property they have worked so hard for. How would they feel if it happened to them? My husband and I work long hours and extremely hard for what we have."