To have shouted at this person for taking more than 2 apples from my box of apples outside my

[BigRedBall]

I have an apple tree in my garden which grows nice big cooking apples. We just moved here and I thought it would be nice to put a box outside our house for neighbours.

Anyway, I put a sign up saying "free to take, 2 per person" so all our neighbours got some.

I just saw a man come in a car and was piling up a tesco bag full of my apples and taking them to his boot.

I went running outside and asked him what he thought he was doing and to put them back. He looked at me and said it says free apples. I told him it's 2 per person. He just ignored me and sat in his car and drove off.

Now my box of apples is empty and some person who doesn't even live on my road has taken them all. I'm really not happy.

Why would someone do this? AIBU?

This must be a joke -
Only 2 apples each
Chasing after an obviously illiterate/greedy/ non compliant human
Taking a photo of reg plate
Wanting neighbours to swoon over your ' no more than 2 limit' generosity
Reminds me of Ross and his (small) basket of mini muffins
We live and learn eh?
Ps gobbynorthernbird- precisely

"If I were to write a comedy on life in the village, this would feature. Terribly funny."

Now, I'm imagining Patricia Routledge as the OP.

Ok yes it's a joke have just read the 'number plate' bit....

Very funny Op

You wanted the apples gone, they went.

I did wonder though as I recalled your 'horse poo' thread

I work in police department. I am imagining all the comments coming from a officer's mouth when told he/she must blue light to the scene of the apple crime.

I can be a little bit literal so would 2 apples per person for a family of 4 mean you can take 8?

Like many other posts above, it normally takes 3-4 apples to make a crumble.

Really nice gesture, pity that your wanting to do a good thing has made you feel bad.

They're big apples. I could make a decent crumble out of them. And it was 2 per person, so families could come and take 2 for each individual and it would be fun for children as well.

OP, is this a reverse? If not, the generosity and number plate comments are really fucking weird.

Well he was ignoring me and driving off and I had my phone in hand so took a picture. It's not that weird.

Fun for children to take two apples?

Ok....

Yabu. Nice idea to put your apples out, but really, if you want rid of them, why mind who takes what? I just put a sign up saying "Please help yourselves".

Why did you take a pic of his number plate? Report him to who? You surely don't intend to report to the police? If you do, could you record the call and share it with us?

Naughty apple taker! I remember your horse shit thread. It must be all go in your village

Oh damn, have I fallen for one?

So if there was a family of four wanting the apples, each member of the family would have to come out and take their allotted two apples in person, as you wouldn't approve (may even 'report') anyone taking more than two?

We've been had? LOL

I fell for it!

He shouldn't have taken the lot, that was greed; I would feel irked too.

Maybe next year, you could pop a few in a carrier bag for each neighbour (or just the ones you like ) and give them to them directly to prevent this happening again.

I'm chuckling away imagining the person on the end of the phone if you reported them...
Police: So, let me get this straight, you offered apples for free, and now you want to report someone who took the apples for, er, free?

I'm actually serious. Why would I troll about something like this? I know it sounds silly all written down. Maybe I'm being a tad bit unreasonable.

And it was 2 per person, so families could come and take 2 for each individual and it would be fun for children as well.

Er, no. It really wouldn't be fun for the children to take some apples out of a box, they have better things to do. This has to be a joke.

Yes, but I don't think giving every neighbour a bag of apples is a good idea, because not every single one is going to have the time and inclination to cook anything with them. Much better to do what the OP did and put a box outside saying "free apples - help yourself" without specifying the number anyone was 'allowed' to take.

We've got the apples, quick now, she's coming, FLOOR IT GEOFF!

You sound mad OP.