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AIBU?

AIBU to ask you to explain missing ironing board

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Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:19

Hi,

This may seem trivial to some but it has totally freaked me out to the extent I am spending the night with friends. Please help me see reason!

Yesterday, I had a meeting which required a more formal outfit that was nice and crisp. I have an ironing board which is rarely used but ha ALWAYS been placed in the coat cupboard in my corridor by the front door. However, when I went to retrieve it yesterday it was NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. I am disturbed as I can come up with no logical explanation as to why it was missing. The last time I used it was 3 ish weeks ago.

I live on my own in C. London
My visitors arrive on foot, tube etc
I would notice if they walked off with the ironing board- it is 100% not in the flat.
Why steal a rarely used ironing board

-I live in a secure building with the concierge (until 7 pm)

AIBU to ask you to please explain this. I'm really unnerved. Am I crazy? What would your natural reaction to this be?

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Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:20

Everyone I have told has laughed me off

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BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 20/02/2019 20:21

It has left you because you were ignoring it

PhilomenaButterfly · 20/02/2019 20:24

Breakfast 😂

Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:27

Breakfast I would laugh if the only logical explantion didn't involve someone coming into my seemingly secure flat without my knowledge.

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TheInvestigator · 20/02/2019 20:30

Is it 100% not in there hidden behind something? I lost mine for a week because I put s new shelving unit in the big closer and it was sitting behind it when I pushed the unit back against the wall.

WarpedGalaxy · 20/02/2019 20:31

Does anyone have a spare key? Concierge, master key? Cleaner? Could you have left the door unlocked at some point?

An ironing board is such a bizarre thing to steal unless, now that fewer people iron, they’ve become collectors’ items or something.

I’d be a bit weirded out too by this.

Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:32

My flat is bare! I have checked every square inch!

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BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 20/02/2019 20:34

Did you lend it to a neighbour?

Honestly, if someone came into your flat, is your ironing board the most desirable thing in it?

Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:35

BreakfastAtSquiffanys 100% not! No one has keys

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BrizzleMint · 20/02/2019 20:35

What would your natural reaction to this be?

I'd be celebrating big time once I knew nobody had been in and stolen it.

slipperywhensparticus · 20/02/2019 20:36

Its hiding in plain site, seriously I tripped over mine (more than once) who the fuck trips over an ironing board?

mawbroon · 20/02/2019 20:37

Has anyone else helped you look? I lost my favourite knife for a whole week once. Then I found it on the top shelf in the dishwasher where I had looked for it umpteen times. Another pair of eyes might help?

YourFly · 20/02/2019 20:38

I bet it is beside the fridge/freezer. Mine is well hidden kept there.

Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:38

3 people have searched the flat. We have checked every room/cupboard. Also, my flat has no clutter and is open space.

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WeeDangerousSpike · 20/02/2019 20:39

Have you checked the gap behind all the doors when they are open?

No one has stolen it. No one wants an ironing board, even people who have one dont want one. They're pains in the arse and try to amputate your fingers. Twatting things.

Have you still got the iron or are they cavorting together somewhere?

YourFly · 20/02/2019 20:39

Tip?

Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:40

YourFly not possible.

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Frogzlegz · 20/02/2019 20:40

Did you get rid of it because you never use it?
Did it break?
Did you move it to clean and it fell out the window?
Are you using it as a desk?
Did you lend it to a neighbour?
Give it to scrap man?
Is it under the sofa? Back of wardrobe?

HeathRobinson · 20/02/2019 20:40

Are you sure you haven't lent it to someone?

TC07 · 20/02/2019 20:41

Is it in your hand? When I lose my phone I always find it in my hand

mawbroon · 20/02/2019 20:42

Do you have a shared hallway? Could you have stood it out there while you were cleaning/tidying and somebody took it from there?

MrsCatE · 20/02/2019 20:43

Echo PP above. Did you shove it under sofa / bed!? X

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theworldistoosmall · 20/02/2019 20:43

Possibly in the same place as a roll of carpet runner that vanished. One day it was at the top of the stairs waiting for me to use it. Next thing gone and never to be found again. Really pissed off as it wasn't cheap either.

onemorego2019 · 20/02/2019 20:44

I don't use mine often either. I could honestly go months without missing it!

Following as I'm intrigued....

You could write a book about this, mystery/thriller...

The iron, the witch and the wardrobe?

bobstersmum · 20/02/2019 20:45

Once when I was mopping the kitchen I put the ironing board on top of the chest freezer out the way and it started jamming itself down the back. I realised and rescued it but I would have forgotten otherwise as I've never put it there before. Something similar? Were you rushing the last time you used it?

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