Has anybody else been seeing things like this recently:
- appeals for a thief to return a camera that contained pictures of a family's last photos before their baby died.
- appeals for a thief to return a phone that contained pictures of a woman's still born child.
- appeals to the public to help them find a teddy bear that had belonged to a deceased sibling.
And other similarly emotionally charged stories. I saw the first one and thought, 'oh how awful, I hope they get it back'. But now I see them and I'm afraid I raise my eyebrows and think, 'oh really? Another one?' I just can't believe there are all that many people that lose or have stolen such irreplaceable items.
I think there are people out there playing on people's good will and empathy to share shit they've made up for God knows what reason.
Of course I'd never comment to that effect on the facebook of the person sharing it in good faith because a) how awful if I was wrong and b) the sharer is just being a good person. But I do think it.
AIBU?