Somebody Stole Your Sneakers, AGAIN?!!!

[vampy]

I have an older brother, 18 months older in fact, and when we were in High School, he played a sport every season where I just focused mainly on basketball. During the Spring of his Junior year, he had baseball practice after school every day so he would change in the locker room and leave his clothes and sneakers in a locked locker. He got some nice, new sneakers one day, honestly I don't recall what they were, and they were stolen out of the locker while he was on the baseball field. Our mother bought him another pair of the same sneaker and the next day, the SAME thing happened.

The look on his face as he explained the situation to our mother was priceless. She proceeded to rant for 30 minutes about what a dumbass he was being.

The classic thing about this story is that it took our entire family and entire evening to come up with a plan to prevent these sneakers from being stolen a THIRD time.

He ended taking his THIRD pair with him to the field and leaving them in a workout bag in the dugout. That was my Dad's idea. Looking back on it, I honestly think everybody's emotions were too amped up to think straight, so it took my Father's cool head to prevail.

The sneakers weren't stolen again

[Table Talk]

How many years ago was this? High school theft is HUGE these days, and maybe it always has been. I graduated seven years ago and I had shirts, BOXERS (I swam), sweatshirts stolen over the years

[humphreyt]

I graduated over 30 years ago and I had several items stolen from me over the years. One memorable occasion was when a windbreaker jacket of mine disappeared after I returned to our classroom over a lunch period. The odd think that always struck me is that this jacket was embroidered with my last name on the back (as many of us did during that era). Who would be bold enough to wear a jacket with some else's name on the back (furthermore, who would WANT to?)? I've always wondered what kind of reaction that jacket received when they wore it somewhere.

[Father Time]

humphreyt, that is weird. Maybe it was an old girlfriend or something.

[buzzkill]

So, you didn't see anybody wearing those sneakers around school? Then again, you don't want to mess with thugs, even in high school

[AceofCakes]

When I was in the seventh grade, some much larger 8th graders shoved my jacket into a urinal. I just left it there I was so horrified. Middle school was so fun!

[TWickman]

AceofCakes, my little brother got bullied hard in middle school, so much so, that my parents sent him to a private school for High School. That was a very smart move on their part

[nut job]

I stole a ton of stuff in high school. I'll look through my things and see if I have your jacket, HumphreyT. lol

[Amy Sykes]

very funny nut job, I guess your Storyburn ID fits you perfectly. lol. Might I suggest that High School girls have far fewer theft problems than the boys? I NEVER had anything taken in high school and neither did any of my friends.

[Belcher]

Belcher's my last name and I had to put up with so much grief with that name in high school that I wouldn't have noticed if anything was stolen from me. Now, I wear the name with pride!