Two tales of caution this Friday for anybody thinking of putting up their shingle to run a small, indie business in the big city.

First, we found a SPD report of a business break-in early Friday morning in the 600 block of E Pine. We knew Third Man Video had been welcomed to the Hill with a break-in back in February. Owner Shane Benson confirmed for us that, yes, his store was again broken into this morning but this time, the damage was much worse. Benson tells CHS that after the February burglary, he spent more than $1,000 adding bars to the store’s doors. The bars didn’t stop this thief, Benson said, telling us the burglar used “a huge ass crowbar” to pull the doors open and enter the store before making off with a couple hundred dollars cash and a stack of Blu-ray discs.

Meanwhile, a bother of another variety for a Capitol Hill business on Madison has the operator thinking creatively about her response. Vanny Him of Madison/15th’s roll-up Baguette says she wouldn’t normally want to draw attention to a hateful tag of her business but that she has plans to turn the vandalism on its head. The big, gold R U VIETNAMESE? tag showed up on Baguette’s roll-up door last week. Him’s answer is, of course, yes. And she’s also planning to take her response one step further. Him says R U VIETNAMESE? Baguette t-shirts are coming soon — along with a big, thick coat of gold paint for her roll-up door.