Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2118596)

Changing? You mean in the past no one ever stole anything? 🤔

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye (Post 2118820)

That’s EXACTLY what I mean!

Originally Posted by JohnN (Post 2118177)

Just FYI, around here, anything you put out within 10 feet of the street, people will assume you don't want it and haul it off.
Doesn't much matter what sign you put on it.

Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 2118185)

Don’t worry about what’s gone, focus on what you have….that lady needed a chair and you provided her comfort…Bless you

Originally Posted by Tvflguy (Post 2118908)

Doesn’t work all the time. I asked my wife to stand real quiet about 3’ from the street. No takers.

Originally Posted by JohnN (Post 2118177)

I hope you get your chair back.
Just FYI, around here, anything you put out within 10 feet of the street, people will assume you don't want it and haul it off.
Doesn't much matter what sign you put on it.

Originally Posted by ewstanley (Post 2119018)

The chair was behind caution tape, under a tree, behind a heavy planter and behind a landscape retaining wall.
I've been here over ten years and never had anything like this happen.
That's theft - whatever you want to call it go right ahead.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2118632)

I think that in the past people stole less in the US. And there are different values in different countries. For example in Japan a few years ago there was a tsunami where there was cash floating around in the streets and the Japanese citizens all picked it up and returned it to the banks. Likely, that would not happen in the US - either past or present.
........In 1992 when I was in California, I would marvel at the way abandoned automobiles left on a street or highway would gradually turn into automobile skeletons. As I would drive by for the next week, 1st I would see the car placed up on stones or blocks and the wheels and tires removed. Then the next day the engine might be gone. Then, the doors, hood, and trunk would be gone. Gone girl or gone parts in this case.
........People say that fads and social change happen 1st in Ca. So, here in Fl. we may be early in that Ca.trend where people are scavenging for furniture and tools left near a road. If these trends continue, I would suggest now or in a few years that - if your car breaks down on the side of a road that maybe you should call AAA quickly and not walk away from it. Or it might end up a skeleton of its former self - and quicker than you think. Just saying!

Originally Posted by Tvflguy (Post 2118908)

Doesn’t work all the time. I asked my wife to stand real quiet about 3’ from the street. No takers.