We had an incident in our neighborhood where someone was physically evicted from their rental. A neighbor saw the stuff on the curb and decided to loot it. Then he called another neighbor (who was having our daughter spend the night) to come out after dark and see if there was anything her or her kids would like. The neighbor took her three kids and my daughter out to the curb at night to rummage through somebody’s belongings.
My husband drove by during this and called me immediately to ask if I knew anything about it. We were both shocked that these people would do something like this and even more shocked that they would take our kid out there with them!
We talked to our daughter about it and she understands that it was morally wrong. She then wanted to take the stuff back that she took.
How can I explain my feelings about this to my neighbors/friends without looking like a snob or hurting their feeling?
2006-08-12 18:06:40 · 4 answers · asked by soblue2day 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
I checked the law in our community... legally, they didn't do anything wrong. There is no law around here that requires the landlord to put the stuff in storage. It is to be left on the curb and becomes subject to the elements as well as people rummaging through it. The landlord did what they were legally obligated to do. The neighbors saw it as free stuff so they took it.
The people must have known that they were going to be evicted. It takes weeks if not months for it to get to the point of having the sherrif come out and physically take the stuff out of the rental. However, among the stuff my daughter saw were check books and credit cards. If the stuff were abandoned in the rental, you would think the people would have made sure those things were not left behind.
2006-08-12 18:07:45 · update #1
Legally there was no wrongdoing, but make it clear to your daughter that we leave others belongings alone. Explain to your neighbors that she has been influenced by scavenging adults and has been disciplined.
I have cleaned out rentals and you cant believe what other people leave behind. If it is heavy (no matter the value) they will leave it behind. In one rental they even forgot their oxycontin pills. They must of had a lot of them to forget a few bottles. They went in the trash, but a lot of people would of sold or abused the pills.
2006-08-12 18:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most you can do at this point is do what you have done. And that is, you and your husband continue to teach your daughter the correct thing to do. Even is she was involved in the rummage. Let her also know that it could have been her families things outside.
2006-08-13 01:14:22 · answer #2 · answered by Ucan2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is sad is that these people could have been incarcerated or in prolonged hospital stay. Did no one in the neighborhood talk to them when they where living there?
Then again they also could have been deported.
Sorry these things fascinate me for some odd reason.
2006-08-13 01:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by iggwad ™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What??????????/
2006-08-13 01:08:59 · answer #4 · answered by Rashad G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋