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Someone stole my snow shovel and replaced it with another one--WTF??!!
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Anonymous
Op lives in the burbs. |
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Yep, I was going to say the same thing. OP is careful to point out that she moved from the city to the suburbs recently.
I guess I'm super lucky. In three years, I've never had anything disappear from my front porch... not my $200 stroller, not my snow shovel, not so much as a jack-o-lantern. And I live in a "transitional" neighborhood in the heart of DC! OP, I know you're new there, but take some time to get to know your neighbors. I have a hunch that's why my stuff is relatively safe. I know everyone on my street and many people on neighboring blocks. |
Anonymous
| Can't you follow their tracks in the snow & see where they go? |
Anonymous
| I live in the "safe" burbs and we have cars broken into in waves, also had a neighbor whose house was broken into recently. We had guys coming into the neighborhood to canvas the day of the break-in. We also had grown men going door to door asking to shovel snow yesterday. I saw one of them squeeze through my neighbor's back gate. (I immediately called my neighbors to let them know.) It is easy to imagine someone coming to your door with an old, beat-up shovel, resting it against the wall next to your new one to ring the bell, and then leaving with yours instead of theirs. (FWIW, they must be totally broke to be grown men out shoveling snow for ten bucks.) I hope you don't hold this against your neighbors. You need to look out for each other. |
Anonymous
Seriously, it happens everywhere. Don't leave anything of value out where people can steal it. Don't leave cars unlocked. You never know who is in the neighborhood looking to steal stuff from thugs to high school kids to unscrupulous neighbors. |
Anonymous
I agree. We live in the "safe" burbs. A year ago, every single car parked in front of the homes was broken into over night. People in the burbs have a false sense of security that things don't happen in their 'hood. My SIL recounted a reality cable show about a thief who said many people believe this about their 'hood. That's why it's so easy to break into these homes in the 'safe' areas. They're usually unlocked. |
Anonymous
| I am LOL...I have been through four trash cans and three recycling bins in the last eight months in Logan Circle. WTF??? They either disappear on trash day (we keep them in our secure backyard) or the trash truck appears to run them over and I find the sad carcass in the alley. I just keep ordering new ones! So aggravating!!!! |
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OP here. We had shoveled the front walk yesterday morning, but it was still snowing lightly, so we left the shovel out in case it accumulated again on the walk. By the time I went out in the afternoon, the sun had melted what dusting had been on the walk, so no tracks. Also, my DH and a neighbor had shoveled the sidewalk, so no snow there either. When I left, I was in such a hurry with DC, I didn't even notice the shovel still out (I was concentrating on helping him not fall in his snow boots!). I think what someone said about walking up the front walk to ring the bell to see if we wanted shoveling--although our walk and sidewalk were clear; what could have needed shoveling??--and then just replacing their shovel with mine makes total sense. Who would have noticed, really, that the shovel they walked down the walk with was different than the one they walked up with!!! Anyway, I'm feeling less weird today. Thanks for chiming in everybody--esp those who shared their trash and recycling-bin theft stories!!--wow! I'll drag mine back up asap now. Lots of people in my hood leave strollers and stuff outside; don't think there has every been a problem. But I'm sure when summer comes I'll be dragging DC's stuff around back and/or out of sight. |
Anonymous
| We have had an even weirder experience: We have had our pooper-scooper stolen TWICE. WTF! And we live in Chevy Chase. Very odd. |
Anonymous
| It sounds like a teenager's prank to me. |
Anonymous
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Wow. Pooper scoopers and recycling bins and trash bins. Who knew....
I've had several issues of The Washington Post stolen from my front step. |
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We live in one of the safest neighborhoods in the city, but things still disappear sometimes.
My personal favorite was when my husband's old running shoes were stolen from our front stoop. They were there because he had stepped in dog poop and hadn't yet had time to clean them off. |
Anonymous
| Better than no shoes at all to someone who has none. |
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My parent's live in Annandale behind NOVA in a very nice, safe neighborhood. Once a summer all the cars on the block get their windows smashed out. Trash cans get taken too.
If you leave stuff out in front of your house you risk the fact someone might take it. Nothing to be upset about, it was in open view and not locked up. Lesson learned? |
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