To want to put something disgusting in the milk

[ariane5]

For the past 3 weeks somebody has stolen the 2 pints I get delivered from my doorstep each friday.

Iam so tempted to mix something horrible in with the half a pint I have in fridge, stick lid back on neatly and put it out for the morning.

AIBU

Years ago, back when we still had milkmen, someone began stealing ours. My mom cancelled the service. She thought she knew who it was, we lived in an apt. building and she thought it was someone down the hall, but was afraid to make waves, with her being a single parent at the time, and on the timid side.

I had this a few years back. I knew it was next doors ds (about 12 at the time) but had no proof. So one day i kept a pint of milk on the kitchen windowsill for a fewdays (it was summer) and got up early and got my milk in and left that one out. I was in the bathroom and heard him open his door, climb the fence, get it then go back in his house then a loud "EURGH!!!" never felt so satisfied lol. He never took it again.

Letting it go off is the best - it shouldn't do any harm, just be unpleasant.

weird it's just on a FridaY?

You do realise that the lack of theft means only one thing

The thief is a mumsnetter...

If one were going to put something in the milk, one should pick something that is both disgusting and immediately visible. A dead mouse holding a waterproof note saying 'don't steal my milk', for example. That would presumably put the thief off. However sourcing a dead mouse and laminating a little note is probably a lot of effort to go to.

Am v disappointed you didn't catch your milk thief.

Maybe the thief is not a MumsNetter but, in fact, one of their cats & is coming true! One of your local cat gang must've logged onto MN with their human's ID for surveillance purposes & seen this thread & sent word to leave your milk alone as it is not yet time for them to reveal this step on their route to becoming our furry little overlords!

(I should perhaps point out my temperature's refusing to come down below 102. Oh hello bonkers feverish ramblings...)

My DH is a Milkman & suggests you talk to your milkman to let him know you have this problem - he may be able to hide it or change delivery time.
DH also asks whether you have something else delivered on Friday (newspaper?) as he has known paper boy/girl to nick his deliveries.....

As for the excuse that it's a sign of the times.....utter bollox! We were poor when I was little and never ever thought of stealing from someone else. My parents would go without to put us kids first.

My mum's milkman had this happen - he did the detective work (hid round corner to see who it was) - it turned out to be a local heroin addict - she followed the milkman round liberating the milk.

I like the dead mouse idea.

I have friends whose dog used to pinch bottles of milk from local doorsteps. They had to restrict her freedom pdq!

Teeny

I think that letting a couple of pints go completely sour, and leaving them out for your thief is the best answer, ariane. It needs to be so off that it comes out of the bottle lumpy and smelling foul, so that no-one actually drinks it.

Well done for getting up that early to try to catch the thief!

It seems this is a long running problem -- there is a short report of an extremely similar situation from the New York Times in 1908 which you can read here . The victim tied one end of a spool of thin thread to the cap .

Maybe you could get some ideas from Home Alone films.

Love the article!