MistyMarie

Ouch... I don't think I would put these two things on the same plane. Now stealing the pattern and then making the quilt and showing it... that is another thing entirely. If I show a quilt at my guild meeting that I sewed, I am NOT a thief. No need to go to confession on that, in my book.

Dee

Cannot believe what people think and do now days. Pretty soon all the stuff will behind glass. Stealing is a part of life now.

MistyMarie

I read through all these posts and am just sickened by how so many lack morals. I see this all the time at the middle school where I teach. I cannot leave anything of value out. Last year I had at least 300 pencils "borrowed" and not returned. I had my purse stolen out of my desk once. My co-worker had her cell phone stolen out of her desk in her office. I have lost over a hundred books in the last five years that kids have stolen from my shelves. It gets old. So many of my kids have no conscience when it comes to stealing. There rarely is a day that some e-mail doesn't come through saying a kid got an IPod or a cell phone stolen. It is getting worse, folks.

amazon

Past experience has taught me to always check pkg. at the service desk or check out. I have the cashiers check to make sure that everything is there. A cashier at Kmart did not want to open the crockpot & check, I told her the one I just brought back was missing the little mini crock, I explained that I lived 25 minutes away , I did not want to come back. She had to call the manager to do it. When we opened the box, it was supposed to be red, but the legs were pink! I had to really bite my tongue to keep from saying Ha! told you so!Third time was a charm.

lucyb

I work at a pharmacy.People steal everything,but the one at the top of my list was an open box of pregnancy test. I looked inside and it was still there,but when i took it out someone had already taken it to the bathroom peed on it and put it back in the box, back on the shelf.

ozarkmama

Now we know why everything we buy is put in packages that are nearly impossible to open when you buy them legally, take them home and it takes a hacksaw and hammer to open the package. Grrrr-

ozarkmama

Oh, this is priceless! Was she pregnant? Hehehehe.

lucyb

Oh, and then there was the stolen locks. We found the packaging. I guess he didn't trust anyone. He sure wanted to lock up his stuff!!

Gerbie

Hey folks, this is not just in retail. When I was teaching I had the same problem with my food stuff and school supplies. No it wasn't just kids stealing but teachers. Now weren'tthey good role moels for our youth, some are still working. I had some snack crackers and goodies on my shelf in the cabinet and when I opened the cab. to get them for my afternoon snack, GONE! Found out later who it was, the P.E. Coach - here's the kicker he later became Superintendent of our local school District. Several years later at a diff. school my lunch disappeared from Staff Frig. on three different occasions, I complained to the Principal, she brought it up in a Staff Meeting and informed all if she ever caught whoever was doing this, they would be fired. It never happened again.
I would never make a thief, I cannot even get the plastic holders off of most things when I get home, it usually takes 10 min. or longer, or get DH, let alone think of trying to do that in a store. I don't think anyone is really that desparate. Just really sorry. If it was food for their family or kids because they were hungry, that would be some different, but it is anything now.

sherriequilts

and that is why blades are so expensive and HF is backordered! Bet they raise the price on theirs when they get them back in! How hard it is for honest people.