The most ridiculous/annoying thing you've had stolen

[Insidelaurashead]

We were burgled a couple of months ago, whilst we were petsitting for a friend and our house was empty. They stole the usual (partners PS5, jewellery, a tin of coins we had on the kitchen windowsill, my camera) but also a pillowcase from my favourite, no longer made set, clearly to carry their loot in. Anyway today I've gone looking for a denim bag I have, that I've been sewing flag patches on for each country I've visited, as I wanted to add more to it. It's absolutely not in this house, I've looked everywhere, so they've stolen a cheap bag, with about £75 (25 or so patches at £3 each) flags, in order of when I personally visited those countries-that will be no use to anyone else.

I am cross, not least because spending another £75+ to replace this seems wasteful, but I really did love that bag.

What's the most ridiculous thing you've had stolen?

Pillowcase here too, from a matching set. Also one curtain tieback that I couldn't replace. I imagine the burglars used it to tie something together

@Insidelaurashead
The patches- if you aren't already there is a Facebook group called Facebook campblanket or something.
If you put your story on there you are likely to find people who will send you/trade you flag patches.

I did a boot sale and someone knocked a gold tie clip

55 years ago, made an amazing enamelled badge in metalwork and some bastard nicked it!

I understand your pain!

This reminds me of infant school where some twat stole my T Rex (dinosaur, not the band) pin badge. I’ve held that grudge for decades.

I was in my 20s and on a Metro, which did an emergency stop, because some kids ran across the line. An elderly couple were thrown out of their seats, she was half scalped and his forearm was obviously broken.

I went to help, luckily, there was a nurse on the train. We did what we could, as we waited for the ambulance. I went back my seat and some lowlife had stolen my Raybans. At least they left my bag.

Our car was broken into, along with a load of others on our street. They nick a few Pounds in coins and an ancient Tom Tom, but left half a dozen boy band CDs.

My whole handbag and my pill box from my flat while I slept. I had a thread on here at the time, got called a troll and all sorts. It caused uproar - had to replace all my cards, report work phone stolen. Nightmare. My work locker key was in it too, So I couldn't get at my laptop. Work pass too.

Turned out that my bag had been tipped out in front of my house. Everything, Apple workphone, cards, everything was there (a neighbour had scooped it up and took it away to try and work out whose it was).

I could not work out why they did that till I saw one of those traffic police programmes where they said about car keys being pinched from houses: there are a lot of very tasty cars on my street and the thief was looking for keys.

When I kicked my son's dad out he took all of the food from the freezer

Many years ago - someone stole / pickpocketed my Argan oil lip balm from the Body Shop. I was in Morocco at the time!!!

It was so funny that my local Body Shop replaced it for free when I got back, just for the story.

How low can a man stoop? Bloody hell. That one's a limbo champion at going low. Taking the food from you're son and you. You were well rid of him.

Years ago, my car was broken into.

They didn't even have the decency to try to steal the stereo, which was the only actual thing of value - just grabbed a bag of headcollars and girths that I had brought home from the yard to wash.

Not even good headcollars or girths - just scabby webbing field headcollars and old nylon girths that I used on the breakers' saddles (I was head girl on a schooling yard at the time).

I was so annoyed that I had to pay to get a broken window repaired all for the sake of a completely meaningless theft (I was quite young at the time and so had a massive excess).

The only comfort was the thought of scummy thieves being incredibly disappointed by opening up a bag of stinky, sweaty horsey stuff.

Some of my milk.

Now this will sound like the height of pettiness but hear me out.

I used to work in an office near a large M&S so often picked up supplies there. We had several communal fridges and I often tied up my bag of personal shopping and put it in one of the more out of the way fridges. Milk ran out on a Friday afternoon and someone must have rummaged through my shopping bag, opened the pint I had bought for home, used some and then put it back in my shopping bag but not closed the lid properly.

Only noticed on the train home that my shopping bag was dripping milk. Of course everything was covered in milk. I managed to find someone with a spare carrier bag but train toilets were out or order so I had to carry home wet, milky shopping which all needed washing / repackaging.

So yep that person who nicked a bit of my milk caused me a a lot if unnecessary aggro.

A couple of water pistols out of the boot of my car. Must’ve been kids because they left the old car stereo that was sitting in there after we had actually replaced it with a new one

My first little flat I moved in to after leaving home was burgled & they stole a pillowcase from a set on my double bed. The set had been a house warming gift & was quite expensive so I could afford to replace it at the time. The scroats also took a half bottle of vodka & the contents of my fridge too.

Mine kept a spare key and let himself in while I was out for the day

He stole everything-my bed,bedding,dds cot,her bedding,food,our clothes,sofas-if it wasn't nailed down,he took it

He didn't want nor need it-it was revenge for booting him out-his family actually helped him which says it all

Police didn't want to know but what really got his knickers in a twist,was I didn't go begging for him to come back just so I could get our stuff back

I managed to replace the essentials and built up from there

He refused to pay csa and hasn't bothered with the kids since (unless he gets something in his head and thinks he's gets a say-see the thread about batshit exs)