Who likes being stolen from?

Who likes it when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them?  Better yet - who likes it when someone takes something that was meant for your kid?  I, for one, do not like any of that shit.  What makes it even better is that she's a church-going Christian.  Not that I think all of you are like that... I'm just saying - those should be the ones who definitely DO NOT steal.  Right?  Some people I could just REALLY do without.

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Shaun found something neat that he wanted to give to Shadow. He cleaned it up at work and left it there overnight. Came back in this morning and it was gone. Someone (I won't name any names, but I imagine that you know who I'm talking about from previous dumb-fuck incidents I've told you about, Jeni) said that it was neat and that her mom would like it so she just took it. Shaun confronted her this morning and told her that there was a word for taking things that didn't belong to you and that he wanted it back. If she does go ahead and mail it to her mother I have a feeling that I will send her parents a letter and explain that their daughter is a thief and ask politely that they send it back. It was nothing valuable - just a penny that was silver for some odd reason. But it's really the principle of the thing that pisses me off. I don't know what her fucking problem is, but she's old enough to know better.

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Ok, so I was at work and she came in to get her check. She specifically did not speak to me and kept herself busy talking to other people. Well when she was about to leave I was just like, "Hey, did you bring back that thing you took?" I wasn't being bitchy or mean - I just wanted to know. She got all pissed off and yelled that she wasn't talking to me about it and that if I wanted her to get along with me at work I'd better not talk to her about it and just leave her alone. So then I was all, "I don't give a shit if you get along with me - you're not going to steal from me or my kid!"

Anyway, she goes on and says that she already sent it to her mom so it was gone. I was like, "Well, I'll just send her a letter explaining that her daughter is a thief and ask her to send it back. Or I could just call the cops since you admitted to having it and there's a witness." She just stomped out and said that she didn't care that I should go right ahead.

So I called Shaun and he was all, "She gave it to me a few minutes ago. She's just fucking with you."

I don't know what the fuck her problem was, but a simple, "Yeah, I brought it back" would have sufficed. I guess she just wanted to upset me and see what I would do. I hope she didn't think I'd be dumb enough to call the cops or write her mom without checking to make sure she didn't bring it back first.

Also, she brought another coin with it... I guess to make up for taking it in the first place. So I guess that's something, but I still don't get why she had to blow up. If anyone should be pissed it should be us - not her. Maybe she realized she did something wrong and was embarrassed. I don't know.