Talk about your low-life thieves

15 years ago

Recently there was a post here about what people will stoop so low to steal. There was a news story tonight about a deaf boy who had his expensive hearing aid stolen right off of him because idiot thieves thought it was a Bluetooth!

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gadgets
15 years ago
I guess I never will come to 'hearing it all' in my lifetime.

Shirley
dances_in_garden
15 years ago
There was a local story about kids rummaging through bags and pockets in a lockeroom of an ice arena here. They stole an insulin pump thinking it was an ipod or something.

When they realized that it wasn't something "fun", they destroyed it. These kids were young - 10 and 12 years old!

I don't know. My generation and the ones right before and after mine are not teaching their kids right from wrong and are giving them a disproportionate sense of entitlement. If somebody doesn't figure this out soon and start kicking some butt I don't know what will become of us.
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Jamie_MS
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I saw that too Paula and it made me sick. They said the Bluetooth is about $100 and his hearing device is $6000. Family doesn't know if they will be able to afford another one.
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My daughter fell and was bleeding, she needed stitches. I took her to the emergency room. We were there a long time and she needed to go to the bathroom. I went with her to help. We left our winter coats draped over our seats. When we came back out, two teenage girls had their hands in our pockets. I yelled out "Get out of there." and they ran out of the ER. I mentioned it to a security guard, who didn't seem surprised. He said "There are a lot of thefts, especially when it's busy here." Those girls were just short of being grave robbers, in my opinion.
susie53_gw
15 years ago
I think it is appalling at what is going on now adays. We have a house that is in foreclouser next to us and people keep walking off with the dumbest stuff. I can tell you it is not all the young kids these days.. Most of our gas stations around here are pay before you pump now. I think it is going to get worse before it gets better. So sad. It makes you wonder what the world is coming to.

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