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to think that karma won yesterday

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redlockscelt · 23/09/2020 08:12

This will no doubt out me if you know me but never mind.

We live in one of a pair of farm cottages down a small lane on the way to another village.
Our lovely neighbours shared their ring doorbell footage with me yesterday as we were the targets of the theft. We'd had a large, awkward, cumbersome package delivery which was (as instructed) left in the side yard and was visible from the lane. Two men, older and not that fit, came passed in a car and stopped to look at the package and with great difficultly manhandled it into the back of the car, having to shove the seats down and go to some effort putting it in.

If only we had access to cctv at the other end to see their faces when they opened their spoils to discover that they had approx 40kg of hay Grin

Annoying for us of course but they got what they deserved I reckon.

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terrywynne · 23/09/2020 15:08

@FlouncerInDenial here is the safe with CSA images story: www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-51406210

Not quite as straightforward as he handed the safe in and admitted the theft. He tried to keep it anonymous but when he was subsequently caught for a different crime he agreed to testify (thus incriminating himself for theft) but got a plea deal.

workhomesleeprepeat · 23/09/2020 15:23

Love this thread! Brilliant stories. Mine slightly lame - I had my wallet nicked out of my bag (quite skillful really) thief must have thought loads was in there because it was really fat...with receipts! None of which I needed, I’m just messy. This happened when I was quite young so all that was in the wallet was a fake id, receipts, and a few coppers

Tanith · 23/09/2020 15:28

My brother's car battery was spent; went flat no matter how much he tried to recharge it.
They are heavy and cumbersome so he left it under the car, meaning to get rid of it the next day.

He was delighted the next morning when he found someone had stolen it and saved him the trouble.

Maverick66 · 23/09/2020 15:50

Love it!

twoshedsjackson · 23/09/2020 16:02

My friend runs a pub with a pretty garden. One of his regulars was a sweet old lady who lived in a flat with no garden; one of the reasons she loved the pub was the garden.
Sadly, her beloved cat died, and she was bemoaning the fact that she didn't know how to give moggie a decent burial. So my friend, feeling sorry for her, told her to bring the deceased over for burial. On the way to the pub, two muggers snatched the bulging supermarket carrier from her hands.....

GhostsInSnow · 23/09/2020 16:47

@Springersrock

With regard to the burglar winning compensation -

We had some forklift truck training a while ago and the trainer was going through H&S stuff with us and told us about a youth who had broken in to a factory, found the keys and stolen a forklift truck. Apparently he crashed it and seriously injured himself and then successfully claimed compensation from the company he’d broken into and stolen the forklift from.

I was amazed it was true, but he showed us all the newspaper reports.

On a similar line we had a lad locally breaking into a school to steal from the tuck shop after spending the evening vandalising the property. He was about 15 at the time. He fell through the skylight in the roof and suffered severe head injuries. He and his parents attempted to sue our local council claiming they should have offered more protection. Pleasingly, they lost and were left with a £150,000 legal bill.
WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 23/09/2020 17:00

Glad to hear the school trespasser's family didn't succeed; the trapped burglar and forklift man are just insane, though. Does this mean that, if somebody in the street just randomly walked up to you and punched you hard in the face - and then broke bones in their fingers in so doing - they could sue you for negligence in not protecting their hands by walking along in public in possession of a skull? That would make just as much sense. Were the actual victims of the crime able to counter-sue as well?

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 23/09/2020 17:21

Some of these stories are brilliant! Thank you for the laughs!

twoshedsjackson · 23/09/2020 17:35

I don't know if this is an urban myth, but I heard the tale of a young ne'er-do-well throwing half a brick at a bus shelter, which had been fitted with vandal-proof glass. The brick, rather than shattering the glass, bounced back and struck the miscreant on the head. Mum attempted to sue for his head injuries........

Sacados · 23/09/2020 17:46

Brilliant idea by mumsnut of leaving bulky waste outside on the doorstep in tempting Amazon boxes!

Make sure you put a made-up name and address on it, though. A guy I heard about got fined for fly-tipping after somebody nicked a box from his porch... it was some old carpet or something which he was planning to take to the dump, and he'd put it into a cardboard box left over from another delivery he'd received. Clearly the thief realised what rubbish he'd stolen and just dumped it by the side of the road somewhere. But when the council picked it up, it had the original owner's name and address on the box, and he got fined because he couldn't prove it had been stolen.

So I would go for an invented name and address (maybe with a correct door number so as not to be too obvious). Or, of course, for next-level revenge you could always put the name and address of a local person who has pissed you off in some way?

Thomasina79 · 23/09/2020 17:58

Years ago I knew someone who had a bag stolen in a mugging which only had a used nappy in it!

As you say, karma.

Dailyhandtowelwash · 23/09/2020 18:22

My flat was burgled a long time ago. I had very little valuable stuff but had recently got a brand new mobile. It was replacing a very ancient one that my friends had been mocking for years. Guess which phone I had with me and which one I had stuck in the box the new one came in?

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redlockscelt · 23/09/2020 19:57

@Quirrelsotherface

Do you think they actually knew it was hay? Would people actually want to nick hay?! For their horse maybe
We're very rural and there are far easier places locally to steal hay from - to get to our house you have to drive past a farm shop that sells bales of hay.
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SlopesOff · 23/09/2020 20:24

I rather like this

www.dailymotion.com/video/xb6c6f

SchadenfreudePersonified · 23/09/2020 21:40

@VisitingtheInfidel

I once ordered a worm compost bin. The worms are sent separately from the bin and some toerag knicked them off the doorstep. The replacement had Wiggly Wigglers or some such printed on it in huge letters and a sticker telling you it was live worms so the thief must have known what they were taking!
Can I just say - they were delicious! Grin
SchadenfreudePersonified · 23/09/2020 21:55

[quote LadyCatStark]@SchadenfreudePersonified that exact same thing happened to my grandmas elderly friend 😂 but it’s would have been over 20 years ago now.[/quote]
She wasn't called Vera, was she?

This particular lady was a character - she was great!

We were out with the dogs one time when a bloke jumped out from behind some bushes and flashed us. He said "Come and see what I've got in my hand". Vera just said, If you can get it in one hand you're no use to me. I'm used to better" and we just kept walking.

He ran away.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 23/09/2020 22:00

She also "primo-ed" a lad (adult "lad" in his 20's - this it t'North Grin ) who nearly knocked us off the pavement riding fast around the corner on his bike - she just swung her carrier bag at him and sent him flying. I don't know how he stayed on - he wobbled all over.

Said "Hell's teeth, Vera - what have you got in there?"

"A cabbage. It's a Primo."

greyblueeyes · 23/09/2020 22:41

@UnfinishedSymphon

Our neighbour had some new fence panels delivered yesterday, the delivery driver left them at the front because you know, covid, so me (arthritic) and neighbour (v old) slowly manhandled them round the back. As I was coming back from the first drop, a van had pulled up and 2 guys had hold of 2 panels just about to load into their van. I asked if I could help them and they said they presumed it was rubbish as it had been left outside. It was quite obviously new, and they quite obviously intended to take the rest, I gave them a right bollocking, think I scared my neighbour. Cheeky fuckers

You are one awesome neighbor! I'm sure they were grateful!

Latenightreader · 23/09/2020 22:51

I had a wooden desk - 1950s I think - which I discovered was riddled with woodworm - the damage was at the back and underneath so not obvious. I attempted to treat it but it reoccurred so I decided it wasn’t worth the risk of keeping it in a room full of other wooden furniture. My next door neighbour offered to take it to the tip in his trailer and I put it outside the back gate while he drove his car around. In the time it took him to drive around the block it had vanished. I hope the person who took it knew how to spot and treat woodworm...

Hahaha88 · 24/09/2020 07:55

Love this thread!

sueelleker · 24/09/2020 08:30

I hope the person who took it knew how to spot and treat woodworm... Shades of Only Fools And Horses!

belowradar · 24/09/2020 17:52

@UnfinishedSymphon

Our neighbour had some new fence panels delivered yesterday, the delivery driver left them at the front because you know, covid, so me (arthritic) and neighbour (v old) slowly manhandled them round the back. As I was coming back from the first drop, a van had pulled up and 2 guys had hold of 2 panels just about to load into their van. I asked if I could help them and they said they presumed it was rubbish as it had been left outside. It was quite obviously new, and they quite obviously intended to take the rest, I gave them a right bollocking, think I scared my neighbour. Cheeky fuckers
Similar - we were waiting in our car (house-viewing) and an old man was mowing his lawn. He popped inside and left the mower outside. Some scrap metal people stopped and were about to load it into their van until we wound down the window and had a word.
Whiskeylover45 · 24/09/2020 17:55

We had that recently. Disembled a six foot high metal wardrobe from ikea. Put it outside my door ready to go to the tip the next day. Upstairs little twat had a few friends over that night and I came out next day to go to the tip to find it all gone. Had to laugh as it saved me a trip.

Scotland32 · 24/09/2020 17:56

Hilarious. All that effort to gain something worth approximately (in my neck of the woods!) £12! Serves them right! I hope they have lots of pals with guinea pigs!

BunsyGirl · 24/09/2020 18:20

We had a similar incident - a pair of plain black kids jogging bottoms were delivered by Next (worth about £8). We then had another delivery via Amazon. The Amazon delivery person stole the Next parcel - it was caught on our Ring doorbell. Amazon were fantastic and took it very seriously. They ensured us that the thief would no longer be working for them and it would be reported to the police. They also refunded us the cost of the stolen parcel and sent us a case of wine to apologise. Hope the thief thought it was worth losing his job over a pair of kids jogging bottoms!

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