helping himself

[Flwxman]

I just went to the bonnybrook mail station and what should I see but a golf cart parked in front of the mailboxes not in the parking lot denying access to the mailboxes. If that wasn't bad enough he had his battery charger with him.plugged into an outlet helping himself to electricity. I hope he realizes what he was doing was a theft. And he should consider himself lucky he didnt get caught and that i forget my cellphone at home.

[Chellybean]

I just went to the bonnybrook mail station and what should I see but a golf cart parked in front of the mailboxes not in the parking lot denying access to the mailboxes. If that wasn't bad enough he had his battery charger with him.plugged into an outlet helping himself to electricity. I hope he realizes what he was doing was a theft. And he should consider himself lucky he didnt get caught and that i forget my cellphone at home.

he probably had a dead cart and was trying to charge his battery long enough to get home.
Chill out !!!

[FG111]

I'm sorry Karen, but the poor guy was probably stuck, out of battery and unable to get back home.
A real Villager would of had ask him if he needed assistance, not post hate on this site.....

[Bilyclub]

Wish you took a pic so it can be used in the weekly electric versus gas thread.

[Topspinmo]

he probably had a dead cart and was trying to charge his battery long enough to get home.
Chill out !!!

So, that justifies block mailboxes and stealing electricity? No it don’t. You tow you’re cart home or call service. He should of been reported.

[Jayhawk]

So, that justifies block mailboxes and stealing electricity? No it don’t. You tow you’re cart home or call service. He should of been reported.

How is it stealing? If the electrical outlets are not available for use, why are they accessible? This resident did nothing wrong.

[Bilyclub]

I just went to the bonnybrook mail station and what should I see but a golf cart parked in front of the mailboxes not in the parking lot denying access to the mailboxes. If that wasn't bad enough he had his battery charger with him.plugged into an outlet helping himself to electricity. I hope he realizes what he was doing was a theft. And he should consider himself lucky he didnt get caught and that i forget my cellphone at home.

This was posted at 5:55 AM. Where was the guy going that early in an uncharged cart?
How do you get a dead cart over the curb to block the mailboxes?

[Stu from NYC]

To all you deniers...the person plugged in should have a)checked their charge before leaving home b)in lieu of stealing from everyone in that village called someone.

People that steal from others and someone posts about it aren't "haters". That is a far left cultural term trying to get people to feel guilty about calling out bad people and thieves are bad people. Stop making excuses for bad behavior. I would never steal from a neighbor...perhaps those of you who call people haters are thieves as well.....hmmm?

So you just assume he is a crook? If he did it all the time he would have been reported by now.

[photo1902]

Oh, the humanity

[Dotneko]

So, that justifies block mailboxes and stealing electricity? No it don’t. You tow you’re cart home or call service. He should of been reported.

Dear Lord. Let's try it this way:
'So that justifies blocking mailboxes and stealing electricity? No it doesn't. You tow your cart home or call for service. He should have been reported.'
Back to your regularly scheduled Karening.

[Mortal1]

How is it stealing? If the electrical outlets are not available for use, why are they accessible? This resident did nothing wrong.

Years ago we had the same thing happen at Sanibel postal station. I called the district 9 office and they said all electrical for the mail center and pool area are part of our amenity cost.

So you have posted a falsehood just to justify your inability to find out if it was wrong or not. You owe everyone an apology!

[Mortal1]

So you just assume he is a crook? If he did it all the time he would have been reported by now.

just ONCE it's not a crime??? A bit of common sense goes a loooong way. Clearly this is a challenge to many people.

How many times you do a wrong thing isn't what makes it wrong. If that were true someone could kill only once and it would be okay. Your logic is cosmically insignificant.

[Topspinmo]

How is it stealing? If the electrical outlets are not available for use, why are they accessible? This resident did nothing wrong.

O, I sorry I didn’t know he was paying the electric bill for post office?

[Mortal1]

This was posted at 5:55 AM. Where was the guy going that early in an uncharged cart?
How do you get a dead cart over the curb to block the mailboxes?

it matters not how....just that they did. Sheesh! And where they were going??????? How is that in anyway germane to the topic???????????

[New Englander]

Come on people. Most likely he wouldn't have done such a dastardly deed if he wasn't too low on battery to make it home.
It's just a little electricity....

[laboutj]

To the op, if it was that early in the morning, why didn't you ask if they needed some help? Instead you go home to post about it. Boggles the mind

[Bilyclub]

it matters not how....just that they did. Sheesh! And where they were going??????? How is that in anyway germane to the topic???????????

Seems to me he's not a first timer at doing this. He could be broke or cheap. Sheesh!

[photo1902]

Next thing you know, people are going to be reporting me for topping off my pool with the neighbors hose when they’re out of town.

[Stu from NYC]

just ONCE it's not a crime??? A bit of common sense goes a loooong way. Clearly this is a challenge to many people.

How many times you do a wrong thing isn't what makes it wrong. If that were true someone could kill only once and it would be okay. Your logic is cosmically insignificant.

Giving the guy the benefit of the doubt. Sorry if that offends you

[EdFNJ]

You all think the guy was out to steal ELECTRICITY a 6AM on a 45 degree morning? LOL, maybe he was stealing the CART :) but I doubt he was stealing electricity. Probably just trying to get enough charge to get home. If anyone is worried about the $1 or $2 electricity he was stealing let's setup a GOFUNDME page for him to raise the $2. Really, with all the other stuff going on in the country and the world we're b1tching about "stealing" a bucks worth of electricity !!! I guess no one has ever taken a "company pen" home from work. GUILTY AS CHARGED JUDGE JUDY! So much "holier than thou" around here.

[Stu from NYC]

You all think the guy was out to steal ELECTRICITY a 6AM on a 45 degree morning? LOL, maybe he was stealing the CART :) but I doubt he was stealing electricity. Probably just trying to get enough charge to get home. If anyone is worried about the $1 or $2 electricity he was stealing let's setup a GOFUNDME page for him to raise the $2. Really, with all the other stuff going on in the country and the world we're b1tching about "stealing" a bucks worth of electricity !!! I guess no one has ever taken a "company pen" home from work. GUILTY AS CHARGED JUDGE JUDY! So much "holier than thou" around here.

so very true

[kcrazorbackfan]

Wow! Some of you would have really freaked out at the lady who had to plug her cart in at the Sarasota Golf Practice Center a few days ago just to have enough juice to make it home.

And go..........

[stanley]

Wow! Some of you would have really freaked out at the lady who had to plug her cart in at the Sarasota Golf Practice Center a few days ago just to have enough juice to make it home.

And go..........

That happens at the champ courses more than anyone would realize. It's a courtesy

[JohnN]

This is the goofiest darned post that I've read in a long time, and that's saying something

[Pairadocs]

So you just assume he is a crook? If he did it all the time he would have been reported by now.

I totally agree ! Been here for years, if it was common would have seen it by now. But more interesting to me on this kind of forum are the reactions. Not just this topic, but there is a very obvious and distinct thought process. We used to call it theory X, theory Y, in management; those people of outlook, mind, temperament and philosophy who view something and immediately assign a negative to it without other supportive details (not just this one post on the "stealing of electricity", but many posts on here. Others will immediately assign a positive, or supportive opinion until, or unless, they receive additional details. Just interesting to see how some folks immediately assign a negative and some a positive... human nature on display. I would hate to see someone defacing a mail station, pool, anything of course, and would call neighborhood watch, but some of the conclusions people come to at first glance are just interesting in that they are totally open to possibilities other than criminal, while the first thought of others is that it must of a criminal nature.

[Pairadocs]

To the op, if it was that early in the morning, why didn't you ask if they needed some help? Instead you go home to post about it. Boggles the mind



Exactly! Hate to be the old timer, but it's true, there was a time when people saw that would have been all kinds of help offered and no one would go home to get it posted on "social" media. It's a new world that's true.

[laboutj]

It’s just common decency. Where has that gone?

[Two Bills]

I always travel with leads and battery charger in cart when going to collect mail.
Just in case!:icon_wink:

[Living a Fantasy]

I just went to the bonnybrook mail station and what should I see but a golf cart parked in front of the mailboxes not in the parking lot denying access to the mailboxes. If that wasn't bad enough he had his battery charger with him.plugged into an outlet helping himself to electricity. I hope he realizes what he was doing was a theft. And he should consider himself lucky he didnt get caught and that i forget my cellphone at home.
After I read your post, I pondered the question of electricity theft by all cellphone, iPad, iPhone, tablet users who plug their device into an outlet at a Rec Center or an airport or in a Dunkin Donuts? Should we report each offender?

[PugMom]

is this seriously a real thread? feels like an April Fools,

[Bay Kid]

Did you offer to help or just jump to conclusions?

[Tom52]

I just went to the bonnybrook mail station and what should I see but a golf cart parked in front of the mailboxes not in the parking lot denying access to the mailboxes. If that wasn't bad enough he had his battery charger with him plugged into an outlet helping himself to electricity. I hope he realizes what he was doing was a theft. And he should consider himself lucky he didnt get caught and that i forget my cellphone at home.

Why didn't you just ask him while you were there? I must assume you actually saw the suspected thief. If you did not, how do you know it wasn't a female? Are there no electric stealing females out there? So much to ponder in this life.

[Marathon Man]

Wish you took a pic so it can be used in the weekly electric versus gas thread.

:1rotfl:

[Stu from NYC]

is this seriously a real thread? feels like an April Fools,

Luckily for us life is so calm right now so this is the worst thing happening here.

[Marathon Man]

I just went to the bonnybrook mail station and what should I see but a golf cart parked in front of the mailboxes not in the parking lot denying access to the mailboxes. If that wasn't bad enough he had his battery charger with him.plugged into an outlet helping himself to electricity. I hope he realizes what he was doing was a theft. And he should consider himself lucky he didnt get caught and that i forget my cellphone at home.

Here is my suggestion. Each evening, and again each early morning take a quick trip to the mail station. If you don't see that cart again, then you can relax, knowing that it was a one time situation where he needed a quick charge to get home. But, if you see it there regularly, well, I'm sure that an appropriate next step will come to mind.

[Mortal1]

Giving the guy the benefit of the doubt. Sorry if that offends you

just proves you can fool some of the people all of the time. Again if it was something of value you owned I doubt you'd be so generous.

[Stu from NYC]

just proves you can fool some of the people all of the time. Again if it was something of value you owned I doubt you'd be so generous.

I can only comment about what this poor fellow was accused of doing.

Sorry that I cannot get all worked up about it.

Actually not at all sorry but not convinced the guy needs the death penalty.