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?

Oh yes, please do give the police a call. They need to keep this kind of thing under control. If on the off chance they are too busy to deal with it, I am sure you would have some recourse through the small claims courts. Make an appointment with the CAB or a lawyer to work out how to proceed.

Wow imaginary that's a wonderful place you live in

I know some of my fondest childhood memories are of picking apples, two by two, from our neighbour's box.

You lot must grow small apples. 2 of ours would be enough for a large 4 person crumble with leftovers here.

I took a picture of his number plate as he drove off...could I do something with it? I'm still feeling quite angry about this.

Yes, start a Facebook 'apeel'....

Please report this man.

Apparently the village were going to erect a statue in your honour but because not everyone got to witness your generosity they have given it to Gandhi instead.

Horse manure thread was brilliant. I hadn't made the connection before.

can you use an apple as a "horse plug" to avoid shit on the driveway?

Any time you say 'free', pisstakers come out. So don't.

You really can't do anything with two apples but he was rude.

Op don't be so silly to call the Police, time wasting really, they have more serious things to do.

That advice is no good to the OP, LeftRightCentre, because the whole point was that the neighbours see how generous she is.

SailorEverRose

I wanted everyone to see how generous I am
I took a picture of his number plate as he drove off...could I do something with it? I'm still feeling quite angry about this

You sound daft as a brush, OP, but then I just remembered your horse poo thread!! Mad as a box of frogs! Don't call the police, you might upset the apple cart

Aeroflotgirl
Op don't be so silly to call the Police, time wasting really, they have more serious things to do

Don't minimise this. Society would completely breakdown with that attitude. The OP was robbed of an opportunity to show how generous she was by giving away things she got for free. I mean she did give them away, but not in the exact, prescribed way which would have shown her in the best possible way. She should take strong, robust action.

aw can we have a link to this horse poo thread? apple theft is entertaining but i missed the horse poo that sounds even better!

My goodness I just read back, op has actually said she was generous omg. Noooooo 2 apples are not generous. You should have gone round with a small bag for each of your neighbours you want to receive the apples. And now you want to take your information to the Police! What do you think they will do, probably laugh at you and tell you to stop time wasting. Man did not commit a crime, he took apples that you had said people could help themselves to!

tiny I bet you get a weeks meals out of a chicken as well,

Is this a serious thread, my sides are aching.

I imagine he thought the sign meant that he could take 2 per person he had at home, that would make sense to make a nice crumble for them. An honest mistake.

Horse poo

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a2015408-To-have-just-shouted-at-a-horse-rider-outside-my-house

link as requested.

OP was shouting at someone in that thread too. She seems to do a lot of shouting

I hadn't connected this with the horse poo thread. Wow, you have a very odd way of looking at the world OP....

The last post on that thread was brilliant

OP I admire the life you lead, far too exciting for me.

Apple theft.
Horses shitting outside your house.
Getting angry about passive aggressive doormats
Your husband taking your tampons to use for his internal piles....