FE - looking for the no taking please....

[LisaRN97]

looking for the small tag you can hang with your FE that has Grumpy Dwarf on it explaining what a FE is.....

Thanks!

 

[LisaRN97]

looking for the small tag you can hang with your FE that has Grumpy Dwarf on it explaining what a FE is.....

Thanks!

Found one....never mind !

 

[PrincessShmoo]

looking for the small tag you can hang with your FE that has Grumpy Dwarf on it explaining what a FE is.....

Thanks!

Not sure what you're talking about. What is it?

 

[LisaRN97]

It looks like this.....(I was looking for the file to make another)

 

[PrincessShmoo]

It looks like this.....(I was looking for the file to make another)

That's cute, but I doubt that anyone "fishing" through FE pockets will really take the time to read it. Sadly, it's quite possible for things to go missing, but how would you know? The gift exchange is generally (or was originally) a secret Santa type exchange, no names of givers attached.

 

[FigmentSpark]

You could put a zipper on the pockets in the hopes that it would deter would-be pilferers.

 

[Shanti]

It looks like this.....(I was looking for the file to make another)

If a person is immoral enough to take goodies off other people's doors, a note explaining that the occupants wouldn't like that is not going to stop them. Thieves already know that people don't like to be stolen from, and anyone stupid enough (or young enough) not to understand that treats on other people's doors aren't public property is not going to be able to understand the note. It would serve no real purpose.

Other casual passers by will see it, though, and even Grumpy doesn't make it look cute. Hanging an anti-stealing note about treats on an FE just looks priggish.

 

[LisaRN97]

It was actually given to us on a previous sailing as a FE gift....someone in my current group was looking as someone in their family had gifts stolen. I agree, a thief could care less about a hanging sign...

 

[wombat_5606]

Hanging an anti-stealing note about treats on an FE just looks priggish.

I don't agree with your statement. I think it's just a cute way to make a point.

 

[squirk]

It's kind of like those signs in bathrooms at restaurants: "All employees MUST wash their hands before returning to work."

If a food-handling employee isn't already washing their hands after using the bathroom, I doubt the little sign will make them see the error of their gross ways.

 

[Jennifer777]

In previous threads I've read on this topic, some surmised that a portion of the theft wasn't intentional theft, but rather people mistaking the goodies hanging outside their cabin for free treats given away by the cabin's occupants. I imagine this sign would be more targeted at that group and less at the people with no morals or decency. Plus, a huge percent of the passengers on a cruise don't even know what FE is and there is a lot of curiosity about it. The first time we cruised I guessed that maybe people just hung their FE hanger outside their door like hanging stockings the night before Christmas and strangers or CMs on the cruise dropped treats in it. I had no idea what it was and didn't know much about Disboards or the other FB groups so I had no idea anything could be organized with other cruise passengers like that. Maybe reading that it's an "organized gift exchange" could deter some people from taking things?

Zippers are a good idea but most of the FE gifts we gave and received stuck out of the pockets and zippers would not have been able to be zipped.

 

[MUN]

It looks like this.....(I was looking for the file to make another)

Nice, I would think this would stop people from taking your FE items.

MUN