Biting the Hand that Feeds you

[bubblelittlepally]

We have the "Household Goods Store" which is pretty much donated stuff plus some very nice things that come from various stores in the area. Residents can earn 5 items out of the store for particapaing in programs, paying their rent on time, asking, ect. The store is in our building, which was a public housing unit at one time and is directly accross from my office.

So we get this woman to come in, and our aide shows her the store and tells her to take 5 items. The aide has an unexpected visitor and she needs to work with, tells the client she'll return. The entire time I'm fiddling with our epic failure of a printer and assembling booklets that I'm going to be giving out at a work shop in a few hours, so I'm not in my office.

The client helps herself to items in MY OFFICE, it's clearly an office and not part of the store. She took all my pens, the super nice pillows that match my office's colors, a pack of super glossy brochure paper, my leather portfolio, and a cliff bar off my desk. The client leaves and I return to grab my portfolio that contains the lesson plan for this afternoon's workshop only to find it missing.

I ran around the office for a few min looking for it only to notice my box of pens (that I just got), pillows, the glossy paper I had been using, and my cliff bar were all gone. I can't proove it, but all those items were there before this person came in..

Can't do anything about it and they're not going to replace my personal property.

Comming in and getting about $100 worth of nice new bed sheets and she has to steal my stuff.

[Stormraven]

The Aide shouldn't have left her alone for any reason short of a family emergency, and even then, should have gotten someone in there to replace her.

And while they may not be legally required to replace your personal property (most offices view it as 'bringer beware') it would still be the right thing for them to do.

[Keiara]

I think a lock is in order for your office.

Stupid woman. Not everything in there is for her to have >.<

[Andara Bledin]

I'm not very charitable in this case: I'd file charges of theft.

I'd be happy to let everything drop if she returned the stuff with a false claim that she didn't understand, but I'd be adamant about getting my personal property returned to me.

^-.-^

[Akasa]

I'm not very charitable in this case: I'd file charges of theft.

I'd be happy to let everything drop if she returned the stuff with a false claim that she didn't understand, but I'd be adamant about getting my personal property returned to me.

^-.-^

Amen to that!

[bubblelittlepally]

It's not really the Aide's fault, this isn't something that is in our job description, just one of those extra things that gets dropped on you at the last min. If they take more from the store, we don't care. They're donations so, whatever.

We aslo can't proove that she was the person who stole the stuff and with out sufficient eveidence, they rather not have to deal with Fair Housing stepping in and making this into a case of descrimination.

It's just kind of lame, that's all. I've already replace my stuff and got some more pens and for the paper, well I got more from the other office.

[Geek King]

We aslo can't proove that she was the person who stole the stuff and with out sufficient eveidence, they rather not have to deal with Fair Housing stepping in and making this into a case of descrimination.

You don't have to. Call the police and report the theft. They are allowed to question her as a "person of interest" without tripping the discrimination worries. She was the last known person in the area, after all. Hopefully you get an officer that won't just blow it off.

[bubblelittlepally]

You don't have to. Call the police and report the theft. They are allowed to question her as a "person of interest" without tripping the discrimination worries. She was the last known person in the area, after all. Hopefully you get an officer that won't just blow it off.

Yea, but I also don't want this to turn into some Fair Housing case, it happes a lot where people file suit agianst us for some really BS reasons. It it was something expensive, like a computer monitor, cellphone, purse, ect then they'd probably let it go further.

[d962831]

We aslo can't proove that she was the person who stole the stuff and with out sufficient eveidence, they rather not have to deal with Fair Housing stepping in and making this into a case of descrimination.

It's just kind of lame, that's all. I've already replace my stuff and got some more pens and for the paper, well I got more from the other office.

I think you should still try and get it all back, and if she counters that you're just discriminating you can tell her that it isn't discrimination but critical thinking because she was the one that was there when the items went missing.

I hate, hate, hate, hate, HATE when people whine "you're just discriminating because blah blah blah." And because most manager are spineless, they cave and don't want to touch it and so just let it go. If it were me, I'd file charges of theft, citing that she was the one in the area when the items went missing, and as such, common sense and a teeny tiny little itty bit of Critical Thinking gives just cause for it.

You could also propose that someone else look through her room for the items, you just give a description of them and if more the two items are found, that should be more than enough evidence that she has the rest.