So there is no proof of delivery needed for the driver, no signature, nothing? Leaving it in front of the house counts as delivered? What if you come home and the package is gone? I'd be scared to order something expensive.
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Woman attempts to steal package, instant betrayal and swift justice
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So there is no proof of delivery needed for the driver, no signature, nothing? Leaving it in front of the house counts as delivered? What if you come home and the package is gone? I'd be scared to order something expensive.
Randomly insulting people? When there is a proper discussion to be had I will gladly have it. I will not however, waste my time. Not every thought deserves to be heard. I don't listen to alt-right or nazi bullshit, because it's just that. I'm not comparing you to a nazi, just making an example of another issue where people are constantly pulling the "just listen to what they have to say" card.
Some of the responses in this thread are ridiculous. Stealing is a very serious offense. Having respect for other people, and their property, is a very basic ideal myself and the majority of people on this planet agree with. When you violate this ideal, you deserve to deal with the consequences. If you don't want to deal with the consequences, don't steal. Pretty simple. Am I saying this person should be lynched in the street for everyone to see? No. But I'm not going to have any sympathy for someone who steals, and then lies about it when caught redhanded. Whether she has a drug issue or not does not matter. There are many drug addicts who don't resort to stealing packages off people's property. As someone who has family who are addicts, I find it very offensive how that is used as an excuse for her actions.
Stealing is not a mundane crime, which is what people, including yourself, have tried to argue. You're defending her actions. Just because you don't outright say "I support thieves" doesn't mean that isn't what you're doing. Of course the judicial system is a mess, in many ways, but that has literally nothing to do with anything. You're just making arguments that have the veil of validity, but in the end your main point doesn't work.
I will say it again, I don't understand how people who think like this function in everyday society, because society has made it pretty clear, for a very long time now, that stealing is wrong. But I've also learned along time ago many people on this board couldn't really care less about their fellow humans, and just want to act like they do.
There's no empathy from me in this case. She wasn't out homeless on the street and snuck some food as a last act of starving or something
I don't know what's in the box but something tells me it's not food, so what justifies the theft?
And ultimately no one has a right to tread on private property unless given express permission. She had no right to even step foot on that driveway
That's the thing, though. You can't caution someone about what to do during acute stress response. It's their instinct taking over. Instinct may very well be wrong, but it's hard to train people to go against their will when rational thought isn't making the decision but chemical reactions in the body making your decisions. Extensive training is the only way to change that instinct, but we see that doesn't work either when you read stories about law enforcement doing dumb shit.
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Sure material possessions can be replaced. But what if it was the day before Xmas and that package was the only gift a family can afford to give their child. And now it's gone. You mentioned emotional damage, well there you go. Everyone gets dealt a shitty hand. Not everyone steals. And it's not the victims burden to care what happens to the thief. It's not society's burden. It's the perps responsibility to change their life around as so many other people have done. Just because your a criminal or drug addict or whatever doesn't mean you have to stay that forever. And again, I don't care and it's not my problem what lead to a person being a criminal. I could toe to toe with anyone regarding shitty hands dealt in life, and so could a lot of people, and I didn't turn to a life of drugs and crime. You said that could have been you. Well guess What? It's not. Because you made better decisions and this lady can make better decisions. But after 20 plus arrests, I think we know where this story ends. Society didn't fail her. She failed society.
I had a co-worker catch a guy going through his mailbox, which had a paycheck from a new job because he did not have direct deposit set up. had he not chased him down and beat him until he got his mail back he likely would have had his phone and power turned off.
Bahaha, just did this exact thing.
What I don't get is the perps seemed to be alright financially. The car looked like a Cadillac, and the package thief looked to be well dressed, I bet her boots were $100 or more. I'm fine with the reaction from the victim, all she did was restrain the perp, she could've done a lot worse. People who steal from other people get very little sympathy from me. If you're gonna steal, steal from banks and corporations, don't take from regular people.
That would have cost her some teeth if it was me.
It's not just about the material possession but also a loss of a sense of security.
It's not just about the material possession but also a loss of a sense of security.
I don't know if SmarmySmurf is just trolling or not, but if he isn't, that is the stupidest thing I've read on ERA so far. A criminal shouldn't be punished for his or her crime, because that would be revenge.
I'm so glad this site has an ignore feature.
Yup. Supposedly if someone is dumb enough to be caught doing illegal shit 20 times we have to ignore that fact and treat them as if then are a perfectly normal member of society. Fuck that.
That woman deserves everything bad that comes to her. Coddling these people is the damn problem!
Stealing packages is the weirdest thing to me. Like you have no idea what you are getting. I order so much random shit on Amazon you could be getting a cat litter mat for all you know. I'm glad she was caught though, you can be damn sure this wasn't the only house they've done this to. I'm in the process of potentially buying a home and one of the first things I thought of doing was install some security cameras on the door, basically for this reason. It has a fenced in yard so I'm just going to have to make sure the mail carriers place (hopefully not throw over) the packages in there.
One benefit of living in an apartment is that if I'm not there to take the package, the carrier hands it over to the office for safe keeping.
This hasn't worked for every situation though, back when I ordered my Note 7, it was in a shipping box barely larger than the phone box itself and left behind my screen door. I was quite upset to find it like that, even more angry when I had to return it.
Edit: As for restraining the criminal, they probably can attempt to sue even though they broke the law.
Personally, I hate thieves and definitely would have beaten them up if caught.
This hasn't worked for every situation though, back when I ordered my Note 7, it was in a shipping box barely larger than the phone box itself and left behind my screen door. I was quite upset to find it like that, even more angry when I had to return it.
Edit: As for restraining the criminal, they probably can attempt to sue even though they broke the law.
Personally, I hate thieves and definitely would have beaten them up if caught.
Its like the G.A.F game, you always knew it was going to be Florida. This is little different.
The dogs wandering around goan hiya what's all this commotion I love being a dog was great. The human story was just background
And the way they pack shit you never know. I got a couple of 5 dollar dvds from amazon, and they came in a box big enough for a laptop.
Ah I love watching instant karma, especially when it's happening to some thieving low life piece of shit
Fuck thieves! No sympathy for them. A year ago to this day my house was burglarized in the middle of the night while we were in the house sleeping and had no idea until my wife was leaving for work and saw our TV and PS4 missing. Then we found out they took her wedding ring too. Thank god we hand renters insurance because of course the cops don't give a flying fuck about burglars and no Justice was served
Fuck thieves! No sympathy for them. A year ago to this day my house was burglarized in the middle of the night while we were in the house sleeping and had no idea until my wife was leaving for work and saw our TV and PS4 missing. Then we found out they took her wedding ring too. Thank god we hand renters insurance because of course the cops don't give a flying fuck about burglars and no Justice was served
The needlessly aggressive call for more violence got the warning, I'd imagine.
I got an anxiety attack when the small dog ran almost onto the street. Since my dog got ran over that shit haunts me.
I know, that shouldn't be my takeaway here but man...
I know, that shouldn't be my takeaway here but man...
oh won't somebody please think of the thieves...
I've seen MUCH worse here when it's for scum like the alt-right or that imbecile that americans have for a president and I don't see warnings (rightfully absent) when people shit on them.
Why is this different? Scum is scum.
Calling for violence in a needlessly aggressive way is generally something the staff seem to warn for.
Take it up with them if you think it's imba.
hmmm, I do admit that I am much more okay with alt-right and nazi scum getting their shit kicked in than thieves. I wonder why that is.
Please, won't someone think of the thieves?
Whatever, glad she was collared and will hopefully face some jail time.
Whatever, glad she was collared and will hopefully face some jail time.
So what? Because it might be replaced that makes theft ok? You do understand this type of theft raises the cost of things for everybody that's not a thief? And having your stuff stolen is very aggravating?
Watching the video in the OP led me down a small rabbit hole to some strange fake cheaters video. The situations where the "dad" or "boyfriend" get caught are absurd and the actors are pretty bad.
whats more annoying
Ordering a thing and getting it delivered and then now you have it and you are totally done with the transaction
or
Ordering a thing and it gets delivered but you dont have it and you have something to deal with now
Oh yes, that's just as simple as having the thing you asked for delivered unstolen and undamaged.
wtf
