Is DD's friend a thief?

jinky67

182_blue wrote: »

Haha, are you the parent of the thieving child ? :T

No!

but to over-react is the totally wrong thing to do

pupsicola

ViolaLass wrote: »

I wouldn't call the police, not so much because of her age but because it's not a great amount of money (OK, it's a lot to the daughter, but not to the rest of us) and it's only happened once.

Its only *possibly* happened once at the OPs house.

If you're that much of an opportunist I doubt its the first time she has done it and most likely wont be the last.

182_blue

jinky67 wrote: »

No!

but to over-react is the totally wrong thing to do

Its exactly the right thing to do, to many multi coloured jumper wearing bleeding heart liberal tree huggers around these days :mad:

jinky67

182_blue wrote: »

Its exactly the right thing to do, to many multi coloured jumper wearing bleeding heart liberal tree huggers around these days :mad:

no the right thing to do is contact the girls parents and not go in all guns blazing

zagfles

Have you reported the vouchers as stolen? They usually scan vouchers at the till so should be able to block any reported as lost or stolen, and so give you replacements (or whoever bought them).

Whether they actually will or not is another matter - see the link below. Whoever bought them would need to prove they bought them (easy if they paid by card).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2007/aug/17/consumeraffairs

toniq

About 5 years back I had a friends daughter here as she wanted to watch a show on sky and they didn't have it, the girl then was 13, she sat watching telly with my 8 year old as he played with his toys.

I went off to make tea in the kitchen, when i popped my head in she was helping my son count his 20p jar, seemed weird as he had never counted what he had in the jar before, but I carried on cooking.

When she went so did half the jar contents, I couldn't say exactly the amount but knew he had lost quite a bit, I got in car with son and went to drive around to her house and speak to her mum, on the way the girl walked out of the newsagents with loads of sweets etc.

I got to her house before her and told her mum, an old school friend, who called me every name under the sun for accusing her daughter, I told her in choice words to stay well away from me and my house.

On way back home stopped at newsagents and asked them if the girl had payed in 20p's , and they said yes £9.40's worth! I explained that had been stolen from my son, they rung the girls mother and stated that her daughter had been in there shop with all those 20p's and they didn't want her back in there as they didn't want the trouble, the mother swore at newsagents.

I haven't spoken to school friend since as she never apologised and reimbursed my son.

Still makes my blood boil.
x

pupsicola

182_blue wrote: »

Its exactly the right thing to do, to many multi coloured jumper wearing bleeding heart liberal tree huggers around these days :mad:

:beer: Well said, I like people who speak their mind :beer:

marywooyeah

OPI feel for your daughter. When I was 12 one of my friends stole money out of my purse, then tried to blame it on my younger brother (who was 4) so I can empathise.
I would ring the girl back and speak to her yourself, explain that you saw the purse yourself when you got back and it wasn't there after she took hers out aswell, and explain that she can either own up and give it and it's contents back, or can she put her mum or dad on the phone so that you can tell them everything and you'll also be forced to ring the school letting them know that a thief is in their midst and the other children should be on alert.
should sort it out pretty sharpish

go_cat

Wonder if the Op has had any response from their answerphone message ?

pupsicola

jinky67 wrote: »

no the right thing to do is contact the girls parents and not go in all guns blazing

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Hate to burst your bubble, but the majority of people on here dont agree with you.