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STEALING FROM THE DESTITUTE
Published on July 27, 2007 By Moderateman In Current Events

 This morning I put out some older clothing from me and Colleen, perfectly good clothing, worn but still in real good shape.

I also put out some bedding, complete with pillow shams, bed-skirts, fitted sheet, flat sheet and quilt. Two complete sets. Colleen and I just were not using these colors anymore and decided to donate them to Saint Vincent De Paul which picks them up curbside.

They give you this huge yellow cardboard placard so the drivers can see it from the street.

I happened to be outside to water one of my plants when I noticed that both sets of bedding were gone, but the clothing remained, as I was picking up the clothing to bring it back inside around the corner came the pick-up truck, so I stopped and questioned the driver if he had already stopped here once and gotten the bedding. He replied "nope this is my first time here for pick-up"

SOMEONE STOLE the bedding both sets! I live in a pretty upscale place, gated community, everyone here is well off, not rich per say but well off, understand?

To Imagine someone stealing bedding that was going to help poor and destitute families is just so wrong in so many ways.

I was so angered that I really wanted a cigarette, but thank GOD I had none around and was not willing to punish me for someone else's horrible crime. How could anyone live with themselves doing such a thing?


Comments
on Jul 27, 2007
I too can't believe the nerve of people some of the time. I guess they think if it's curbside that it's free but if it had a big yellow placard that should have clued them off that it wasn't theirs for the taking.

Someone stole the hanging baskets of petunia's off my 86 year old grandma's front porch. How is that for pathetic. The worst thing is that you know it wasn't a kid who took them. I mean what kid gets his jollies from stealing petunias? They'll all have to answer for it someday.
on Jul 27, 2007

In my area, or should I say in the area where my in-laws live, if it's at the curbside, no matter for what, it's subject to disappearing pretty darned fast.

About the only way to guarantee it gets to a charity is to carry it there yourself, or not put it out at the curb and instead make the people picking it up knock on the door to get you to bring it out.

I guess one of your (Moderateman's) neighbors figure that since it was being given away it was fair game for them to get first crack at it.   Perhaps you saved them a trip to the rummage sale to go get it there (or perhaps your neighbors are too 'high class' to actually shop at a rummage sale and prefer to just shop the curbside instead )

on Jul 27, 2007
LocamamaJuly 27, 2007 14:34:58


I too can't believe the nerve of people some of the time


As many times I been around the block, one would think something like this would just be matter of fact, but today it blew me away.
on Jul 27, 2007
(Citizen)terpfan1980July 27, 2007 14:40:30


I guess one of your (Moderateman's) neighbors figure that since it was being given away it was fair game for them to get first crack at it. Perhaps you saved them a trip to the rummage sale to go get it there (or perhaps your neighbors are too 'high class' to actually shop at a rummage sale and prefer to just shop the curbside instead )


When I say folks here are well off terp I mean that exactly, to steal from the poor is just so bad, so very very bad. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior.
on Jul 27, 2007
(Citizen)little-whipJuly 27, 2007 15:04:03


Some blue-collar worker with other business in your upscale, gated community was in need, saw them, and picked them up.

Just because you and your immediate neighbors are well off doesn't mean everyone who sets foot there is. I'd imagine many of these people pass through on a daily basis, mailmen, delivery drivers, pizza jockeys, furnace and a/c repairmen, appliance repairmen, roofers, carpenters, landscapers, trash collectors, pool technicians, domestic help, babysitters....think about it, babe.

For all you know, the poor relations of one of your neighbors happened upon them during a visit. Much better to assume the best in this scenario instead of the worst. (remember the snap judgements that so offended you recently, at the grocery store?)

You really don't know who took them, or why, and if thinking one of your wealthy neighbors took them upsets you so, recognize that you could be, and probably are, wrong!

(smooche)


who ever it was they could have knocked on my door and asked, I would have said yes if they really needed it.

Stealing is wrong, rich, middle class, or poor, stealing is a crime and in this case damn poor judgement and poor taste.
on Jul 27, 2007
(Citizen)little-whipJuly 27, 2007 17:06:46


And if indeed some tight-fisted rich person took them? ~shrugs. It's not like you can take it with you when you go...and what goes around comes around.


true, I took a shower and feel better. thank you Sabrina.
on Jul 27, 2007
Look at it this way; out of the kindness of your heart you wanted to give these things to someone who needed them. You succeeded.
on Jul 28, 2007

Reply By: MasonMPosted: Friday, July 27, 2007
Look at it this way; out of the kindness of your heart you wanted to give these things to someone who needed them. You succeeded.

I just hope the scavenger was not taking the stuff for resale.

on Jul 29, 2007
I just hope the scavenger was not taking the stuff for resale.


That does happen here. There's a store that sends vans around to pick up things on the curb. It's awful when they get it instead of a neighbor who will need it and get it for free and not have to bump into it at that store and pay a high price that it's not worth.


That's one of the reason I'm glad that now you don't really see anything sitting on the curb for long because lately so many more families around that are in need, they get the stuff!



Hopefully someone who really needed it got it!
on Jul 29, 2007
Last I checked, St. Vincent's also resells a lot of the stuff.
on Aug 07, 2007
SOMEONE STOLE the bedding both sets! I live in a pretty upscale place, gated community, everyone here is well off, not rich per say but well off, understand?
To Imagine someone stealing bedding that was going to help poor and destitute families is just so wrong in so many ways.



i assume you have people coming there to mow lawns

also just because someone lives in that area doesn't mean that they don't need help.

or maybe they know someone who needed the bedding