Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is sad that so many people assume the coat was stolen. I agree that is possible, but it would never be my first, second or fifth assumption with a kids jacket gone missing at school. Much more likely that another kid took it home accidentally, your kid left it somewhere, it fell off the hanger onto the floor and got moved to lost and found, etc. I could also easily see how it would take awhile for the mistake to be uncovered. I am the only person in my house who would notice if a similar but different coat came home with one of my kids - neither the kids nor their dad would notice!
OP, did your DC say there was ANOTHER coat left in the closet that looked similar to the one taken? If there was no other coat left, PP, think it is safe to assume the coat was stolen.
Anonymous wrote:Who would steal a coat from a school? The same type of person who'd steal coat hangers from a CHURCH's coat closet steps away from the main worship area.
I'm an usher and I can't tell you how often we've had to replace our entire hanger collection...and we have about 250 coat hangers to accommodate everyone.
Last week end, a visitor was seen taking out armloads of plastic hangers from our closet and was stopped by our custodian. The visitor explained that he "needed" these for his house.
Anonymous wrote:This is sad that so many people assume the coat was stolen. I agree that is possible, but it would never be my first, second or fifth assumption with a kids jacket gone missing at school. Much more likely that another kid took it home accidentally, your kid left it somewhere, it fell off the hanger onto the floor and got moved to lost and found, etc. I could also easily see how it would take awhile for the mistake to be uncovered. I am the only person in my house who would notice if a similar but different coat came home with one of my kids - neither the kids nor their dad would notice!
Anonymous wrote:My kids coat from LL Bean was taken when he took it off at recess. I went to lost and found and no one turned it in. What parent keeps a coat they know does not belong to them. Grr. I even have his name and our phone number in the coat.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stop dressing her in Northface and HH stuff
Stop putting the blame where it doesn't belong. I didn't see where OP specified the type of coat, but even if it was a desirable brand why would that matter? Is it somehow "acceptable" to take something that doesn't belong to you if it is a high end item? Nobody deserves to get their stuff stolen regardless of brand or cost, so this comment and the attitude it reveals is completely ridiculous.
No it isn't acceptable to steal any coat. I was just curious to know if the brand was a high end coat or a coat that a lot of other kids might have, too. And actually what I should have asked is:is it a generic trendy looking coat that a lot of kids might own. Or is it a unique looking coat.
A blue wind breaker for instance might be easily mistaken for their own. A pink, polka dot coat not so much.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stop dressing her in Northface and HH stuff
Stop putting the blame where it doesn't belong. I didn't see where OP specified the type of coat, but even if it was a desirable brand why would that matter? Is it somehow "acceptable" to take something that doesn't belong to you if it is a high end item? Nobody deserves to get their stuff stolen regardless of brand or cost, so this comment and the attitude it reveals is completely ridiculous.
Anonymous wrote:Who would steal a coat from a school? The same type of person who'd steal coat hangers from a CHURCH's coat closet steps away from the main worship area.
I'm an usher and I can't tell you how often we've had to replace our entire hanger collection...and we have about 250 coat hangers to accommodate everyone.
Last week end, a visitor was seen taking out armloads of plastic hangers from our closet and was stopped by our custodian. The visitor explained that he "needed" these for his house.