Do hairdressers steal jewelry?

[ciaojenny]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL swears her hairdresser cut her necklace and stole the diamond pendant. When she got home and noticed the broken chain, she went back to the salon and went through the swept up trash looking for the missing diamond but did not find it. Her insurance agent said it happens all the time and believed that her own hair dresser also cut her necklace in an attempt to steal it. I don't wear necklaces and I always remove my earrings before having my hair cut just so they're not in the way. However, I find it hard to believe that this could be a widespread practice without a ton of women noticing their necklaces being cut at the hair salon. Has this happened to anyone here? MIL is in CA.

While I believe this as an isolated incident could have happened, I do not think this is a widespread practice. However her agent saying it happens all the time makes me wonder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could happen; there are people out there who take advantage of the elderly or the gullible. Don't think most hairstylists would do this, but maybe someone in need of money might be tempted...

If she is wearing really expensive jewelry to get her hair fixed, she should stop doing it. If she is flaunting wealth in any way when dealing with people providing services for her, she should stop doing that as well.

I wear a wedding set, a cocktail ring, pearls, and and expensive watch every day. It's not flaunting. I own them. I love them. I wear them. To not do so because you presume it would tempt people providing a service to you to steal them is akin to the duggar clan who believe women must dress modestly so as to not tempt men in their lives to sin sexually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your MIL sounds crazy.

This

[Anonymous]

If the chain broke, then it wasn't cut...when a thief cuts a necklace, the thief then removes the entire necklace, (with lightfingers) -- the thief does not remove a single jewel and leave the rest of the chain. if the chain was cut, and if she thought the hairdresser stole it, why did she go through the trash?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the chain broke, then it wasn't cut...when a thief cuts a necklace, the thief then removes the entire necklace, (with lightfingers) -- the thief does not remove a single jewel and leave the rest of the chain. if the chain was cut, and if she thought the hairdresser stole it, why did she go through the trash?

And.... you know this how?

[Anonymous]

Your MIL sounds crazy. Is she getting dementia.

[Anonymous]

If I take off jewelry for a cut (not that I have), it would go into my purse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your MIL sounds crazy. Is she getting dementia.

Why is every little thing called out as crazy, unhinged, you need therapy or unstable on DCUM? Seriously.

Her necklace was lost/stolen and her insurance agent told her this happens a lot, so I see why she would believe it to be true.

But no, lets tell OP to put her MIL in a home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your MIL sounds crazy. Is she getting dementia.

Why is every little thing called out as crazy, unhinged, you need therapy or unstable on DCUM? Seriously.

Her necklace was lost/stolen and her insurance agent told her this happens a lot, so I see why she would believe it to be true.

But no, lets tell OP to put her MIL in a home.

Weird that she even put this through insurance, I would just eat the cost.
MIL lost it, she is old, she then blames the hair dresser.

[Anonymous]

When I was in college, our landlady was a hairdresser and we are convinced that she stole my roommate's Adderall. So there's that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your MIL sounds crazy. Is she getting dementia.

Why is every little thing called out as crazy, unhinged, you need therapy or unstable on DCUM? Seriously.

Her necklace was lost/stolen and her insurance agent told her this happens a lot, so I see why she would believe it to be true.

But no, lets tell OP to put her MIL in a home.

Weird that she even put this through insurance, I would just eat the cost.
MIL lost it, she is old, she then blames the hair dresser.

OP here. I don't think anyone can deny the facts. She was wearing the necklace when she went to the salon. When she came home, she still had the broken (or cut) chain on her neck but the diamond pendant was gone. I don't see anything wrong with letting the insurance pay for it since she was smart enough to have it covered. Also, she is an active (still working) 70-something and I don't see any signs of dementia. She is not crazy.

I can see it either way - the chain broke and she blamed the hairdresser, or the hairdresser likes to cut chains hoping they fall to the floor to be picked up and cashed in. I really just wanted to see if anyone had heard of such a thing.

[Anonymous]

But how could the pendant fall/ be removed from the neckless but the neckless stayed on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But how could the pendant fall/ be removed from the neckless but the neckless stayed on.

The chain was laying on one shoulder while the other broken end had fallen down. If the pendant fell off, it either landed on the floor or was in her clothes or her car. Obviously, she never found it.

[Anonymous]

never heard of this in my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But how could the pendant fall/ be removed from the neckless but the neckless stayed on.

I have had a necklace clasp break but have it stay "on", it is not impossible.