Justice Served

"The Dummy Gummy" (dummygummy)
12/27/2018 at 20:11 • Filed to: audi, porch pirate

Nice little Audi in the foreground while a package thieve gets what’s coming.

DISCUSSION (28)

RedPir8Roberts > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 20:25

Well Kinja isn’t allowing me to “like” or approve of your post, but it is very gratifying, especially the sped-up, Keystone Kops aspect of the thief running back and forth. I wonder if what you are charged with depends on the value of the package being stolen, even though you didn’t know what was inside.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 20:29

good

but.... why do packages get left by the front door over there?

dont do that here (very often) mostly drivers here will try to drop packages off at neighbours .. on more rural routes they’ll walk out back and try the shed or something then drop a note in the mailbox saying where its left (in one case i was present for it got left in the paper bin..)

leaving them right out front is kinda begging for opportunistic bastards to nick it

The Dummy Gummy > RedPir8Roberts
12/27/2018 at 20:29

Stupid kinja... it’s really broken for me as well.

As the saying goes, don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

smobgirl > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 20:38

Damn, I’m getting video unavailable.

Spanfeller is a twat > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 20:49

I always order my shit to the post office and pick it up from there; way fewer issues with safety.

facw > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/27/2018 at 20:54

They get left by the front door because theft is rare enough that for most people it is not a huge issue. The extra time to try to find someone else to take the package isn’t worth it. Also in many places there’s not really the neighborliness required for that, people would resent dealing with their neighbor’s crap, and recipients wouldn’t trust their neighbors with their stuff (American’s independent streak can also be quite anti-social). In the old days houses sometimes had latching cubbies for milk/egg/bread delivery, and honestly I’m surprised we haven’t a modern version in the form of a package locker become common in new construction.

A street like the one in the video would be pretty safe, the front door is out of the way, and there’s going to be basically no foot traffic (with his shopping bag, I wonder if this guy was doing this “professionally” rather than it just being an opportunistic grab.)

In any event, ultimately companies find it more affordable to replace rather than having more careful deliver or risking losing a sale by having stricter delivery requirements. If you live in place where thefts are common it can be a major inconvenience, but in most places, it’s really not a major problem .

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > facw
12/27/2018 at 21:00

thanks... over here its just normal to accept neighbours packages...even if you barely say hi to them when you see them... (some people refuse tho)

i get packages for everyone as im one of the few houses on the block where theres almost always someone home

facw > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/27/2018 at 21:11

Yeah, here if you were getting something expensive you might ask a neighbor you know well to receive it (though delivery guys are on tight schedules, walking to the next house over could be too much of a burden, so they might ignore a note and just leave it anyway). Some people who are worried about their packages get them delivered to work (though there’s sometimes a strange stigma about that, the idea that you are wasting company resources, or live in some place so embarrassing bad that you can’t receive packages). Apartments will take packages at the reception desk or leasing office if they have either of those on-site. A friend of mine in a walk-up apartment that had neither had the dry-cleaner on the first floor take his. And of course Amazon had been pushing their lockers, since it simplifies their deliveries and removes the threat of theft.

The Dummy Gummy > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/27/2018 at 21:13

Our towns are pretty safe. In the 30 years I’ve lived in this town I’ve never had a package swept, nor no anyone who has lost a package. Probably not as civil in the cities, but the burbs is the good life.

If I have something really expensive coming my neighbors are pretty chill with a sign and hold but it’s never necessary.

The Dummy Gummy > smobgirl
12/27/2018 at 21:16

fudge, sorry. I’m not sure why, it doesn’t look to have a region parameter on it. Here is the hard link

The Dummy Gummy > Spanfeller is a twat
12/27/2018 at 21:17

Live in a rough neighborhood?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > facw
12/27/2018 at 21:21

lol yeah.. over here most drivers are paid per delivered package.. so they will do damn near anything they can to not return with said package

but also thinking on your first reply.... foot/bicycle traffic is most traffic round here... shit left by the front door goes missing without fail.. that probably has something to do with it just not being done over here

(for some reason shit left in the back yard doesnt go missing near as often...even if its visible.... i guess the thieves of oportunity think its more illegal to make the effort to walk into the back yard to steal than it is to just yoink it off the porch)

them amazon boxes sound like a pretty good idea tho.... just need it to work for all other deliveries too

Ash78, voting early and often > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 21:22

Too bad about the Honda wheels on the Audi, tho.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 21:26

well thats good :)

tbh.. my place is safe enough that i hardly ever lock the doors

but anything left out front will get stolen... (well anything that looks like it might be worth anything)

just to o many people walking or cycling by.... and a fuckton of school/college kids who do before they think and havent develloped a sense of guilt yet

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 21:43

My Ryobi 1/2” impact came with no shipping box or wrapping. Just the actual store package. Out there on my Porsche for the whole world to see. I was not happy

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/27/2018 at 21:49

Over here that’s unheard of. Packages always get left on the front doorstep - MAYBE a very considerate delivery driver will try to put it behind a potted plant or something but that’s it.

Spanfeller is a twat > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 21:49

Well, I live in an appartment building, so it’s mostly with access... Whenever I order food on Uber and shit I also walk out to the street to get it... on me’ jammies.

I also order to the post office in Spain because my grandparents live in a very rural county without street addresses. So it’s often less of a pain to drive 30mins to the nearest town than have the package be a week late.

But I think that it applies to houses in the suburbs as well, even without safety in mind, the package might sit there and weather might be bad, or maybe animals; I just would rather handle it myself.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 21:50

Also good neighbor has a 1st gen. Good choice.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > facw
12/27/2018 at 21:54

Yeah my parents have them sent to their offices, I’m in an apt so the desk takes care of it.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/27/2018 at 21:59

O.o

must be a cultural difference thing

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 22:28

This is one of the reasons we've had a Post Office Box for nigh on twenty years now...and anything couriered goes to my mechanic in town.

thebigbossyboss > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 22:42

Heh.

Urambo Tauro > The Dummy Gummy
12/27/2018 at 22:54

Best neighbor ever!

smobgirl > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/27/2018 at 23:00

People get my mail by accident sometimes and can’t even be bothered to return it. I usually ship boxes to the office to make sure I get them.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > smobgirl
12/27/2018 at 23:05

O.o

well... thats just wierd to me... i even send back mail i get for the previous tenant

smobgirl > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/28/2018 at 00:13

Thanks for the reminder, this might be the first year I didn’t get any Christmas cards for the previous owner of my house! It’s my tenth Christmas here.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > The Dummy Gummy
12/28/2018 at 00:22

And here I was hoping the thief got run over by a runaway garbage truck.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > smobgirl
12/28/2018 at 06:00

i still get their letters from time to time... but ive only been here 7 years so far :p