Hoping lunch thief will learn a lesson - Update Post #26

[allison443]

Sheesh - I still can't get over that there's a horticulture class! That would have been an awesome class to take way back when.

I agree with you!

 

[WhatATreat]

Totally OT but I did take Horticulture in high school 25 years ago. It was an awesome class.

 

[Hoodie]

You know it didn't work, right? Their solution didn't show them who the thief is. It was only when the DH told the principal and they looked at the videotapes from the security camera that they learned who the thief was. Now hopefully the situation will come to an end.

The goal wasn't to get the thief, but to make it stop. Since it stopped, it worked.

Actually catching the theif was a bonus.

 

[Mermaid02]

Since all you did was make the food "taste bad" I dont' see a problem. If somebody steals a lunch they don't like, it's not the victims fault.

 

[piperdown]

You know it didn't work, right? Their solution didn't show them who the thief is. It was only when the DH told the principal and they looked at the videotapes from the security camera that they learned who the thief was. Now hopefully the situation will come to an end.

Yes and no on whether the plan worked. It did not go as expected, which is the case for most plans. But the ultimate goal of getting the thievery to stop was accomplished.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

Totally OT but I did take Horticulture in high school 25 years ago. It was an awesome class.

Is this the Dis version of, "I like pie".

 

[allison443]

From what I can gather, teacher does not closely supervise kids during class (whole other issue), and kids go back and forth between the greenhouse and classroom on a regular basis. Thief was in the same class.

Thanks for clarifying OP. Another poster was obviously inaccurate when she stated that the thief was not in your dd's class.

I just want to stay I do understand your DH's reaction. I think the thing that gave me pause was the fact that he is a teacher. Other than that I can relate to his response.
I hope this is the end of it and there aren't any repercussions for either your dd or your dh!

 

[MushyMushy]

Wow, what a brouhaha!
I think there are a whole lot of snack cake theives in this thread.

That's quite a leap.

I would like to think that someone who is a professional, a teacher, could think of a more mature way to have handled this. What he did doesn't make him a bad person, or even a bad teacher....but it seems juvenile to me.

Exactly.

I think the act itself was downright hysterical and would love to have been a fly on the wall if the thief had actually eaten the cake. IF the girl and her friends would have thought of it first. That's something I'd expect from a middle school kid. A teacher? Not so much.

Teachers are held to higher standards than this. I can't believe the things that get people's panties in a wad over what teachers do on this board, yet so many think this is a-ok.

 

[Mermaid02]

That's quite a leap.



Exactly.

I think the act itself was downright hysterical and would love to have been a fly on the wall if the thief had actually eaten the cake. IF the girl and her friends would have thought of it first. That's something I'd expect from a middle school kid. A teacher? Not so much.

Teachers are held to higher standards than this. I can't believe the things that get people's panties in a wad over what teachers do on this board, yet so many think this is a-ok.

You know what's not okay? Stealing someone else's lunch.

That being said, probably he should have stepped back into his teacher shoes from his Dad shoes and not done this.

 

[MushyMushy]

You know what's not okay? Stealing someone else's lunch.

That being said, probably he should have stepped back into his teacher shoes from his Dad shoes and not done this.

I *never* said it was okay. Nobody did.

But as a grown adult, I can think of half a dozen other ways to handle a child stealing a snack cake out of another child's lunch. Sure I'd laugh about other ways to do it. But in the end, I'd find a more proper way to deal with it.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Why not? At our school the kids put all their lunches in a basket that gets carried down to the lunch room. It would be easy enough to carry it to a supervised space earlier in the day.

I am still unclear how an unpleasant tasting snack would lead to the thief being caught. Sounds like the adminstrative professionals came up with a more logical solution.

Caught? No. Stopped? Yeah.

 

[Mermaid02]

I *never* said it was okay. Nobody did.

But as a grown adult, I can think of half a dozen other ways to handle a child stealing a snack cake out of another child's lunch. Sure I'd laugh about other ways to do it. But in the end, I'd find a more proper way to deal with it.

Folks seem more worried about the taste buds of the thief and less about the kid who was getting her lunch swiped (the best part of her lunch anyway!)

 

[hereyago]

Sometimes you have to get down and dirty. These are 12 year olds, not 3 year olds. Why not teach little miss klepto a lesson? Personal accountability and consequences seem to fall by the way side for political correctness and people being afraid of being sued.


Today a snack cake, later on a car or someone's grandmother's purse?

 

[kaytieeldr]

You know it didn't work, right? Their solution didn't show them who the thief is. It was only when the DH told the principal and they looked at the videotapes from the security camera that they learned who the thief was. Now hopefully the situation will come to an end.

They weren't trying to find the thief; they were simply trying to stop the thievery.

 

[auntylinda]

FYI, If this happens to kids a good way to tie in reading is, "Dear, Mr Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary. He creates an alarm on his lunch box. It is a cute book.

 

[Iheartdis]

I think what the OP did was great because it taught the thief a lesson! Let me just say that when my child was in 1st grade she would sometimes come home from school with little things like pencils, erasers etc. She kept telling me that someone gave them to her. Well one day she came home with a wallet and said she got it from a prize box at school which I immediately knew was a lie especially since it had 5 dollars in it! It made me look back at all the things she brought home before and made me realize that she most likely took those too. In all fairness she was 6 years old and we all know when a child this age sees something they like they take it and don't think of it as stealing. Well I was so upset about it and I didn't know what to do but I knew I had to nip this in the bud while I had the chance! I then had the idea to go to my local police station with her in tow and had a police officer talk to her about the consequences of stealing! A little harsh maybe but she is almost 9 now and has never taken a thing since! Then the next day I called the principal of the school to let her and my child's teacher know that I had the wallet so that it got returned to it's rightful owner. I just hope I didn't traumatize her!

 

[hereyago]

Well I was so upset about it and I didn't know what to do but I knew I had to nip this in the bud while I had the chance! I then had the idea to go to my local police station with her in tow and had a police officer talk to her about the consequences of stealing! A little harsh maybe but she is almost 9 now and has never taken a thing since! Then the next day I called the principal of the school to let her and my child's teacher know that I had the wallet so that it got returned to it's rightful owner. I just hope I didn't traumatize her!

That's right, scare them straight.

 

[allison443]

But if you reread post 26, and then 34 - the camera of which the OP's husband (teacher) wasn't aware showed that the thief wasn't a member of the Horticulture class, but rather someone who entered that room while the students were in the greenhouse.

You misread those posts and you are incorrect. The thief is in the same class as OP's dd. Aren't you the one who said accuracy is important?

 

[kaytieeldr]

You misread those posts and you are incorrect. The thief is in the same class as OP's dd. Aren't you the one who said accuracy is important?

Actually, I read both posts correctly - several times. Nothing was mentioned or implied about the thief being in the daughter's horticulture class until 5:27 today. I try not to predict what people are going to ask or respond.

 

[allison443]

Actually, I read both posts correctly - several times. Nothing was mentioned or implied about the thief being in the daughter's horticulture class until 5:27 today. I try not to predict what people are going to ask or respond.

Right, it wasn't stated whether the thief was in the dd's class or not. That's why it was inaccurate to state as you did that the thief wasn't in the dd's class. You said the thief was someone not in the class, who entered while the class was in the greenhouse.

We all make mistakes!