A Minneapolis man gave some pesky porch pirates a little payback — poop.
When his surveillance camera caught thieves stealing a package off his front steps, he boxed up his dog’s doo-doo as a little surprise for the next thief who dared steal from him. Soon poop packages were flying off his porch in the arms of unsuspecting thieves, including one that disappeared 90 minutes after he put it outside his front door.
Neighbors who learned via social media about his foul revenge cheered him because thieves also had pilfered their packages at one time or another.
“Everyone in the neighborhood said it’s a huge problem,” he said. They said: “I’ll donate more poop for you,” said the man who asked not to be identified because of possible retribution from thieves.
His answer: Put together a fake expensive device and fill the package with poop. “It’s the biggest letdown you could give someone. That’s what I was going for. … It was an innocent prank.”
He took an old iPhone box and wrote iPoo on it, drew a thumbsdown-emoji and scrawled “crime stinks” on an Apple sticker. He placed it in a packing box and placed it on his porch. It was gone in two days and he replaced it with another, and then another and another. As the holidays drew near, the packages were stolen faster.
For the package thief who has everything: Doo-doo-in-a-box
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One Man's Solution to Thieves Stealing Delivered Packages from Front Porch
Discussion in 'Other Discussions' started by InTheLight, Dec 22, 2017.
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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We had a guy up in northern New Hampshire one year whose heating wood from the woodpile was getting stolen. He drilled a hole in several pieces and inserted some black powder and needless to say the wood theft suddenly stopped.
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On another forum I frequent, one member boxes up a weeks worth of cat litter every year, puts some packing peanuts on top (since you have to dig for buried treasure), wraps it up pretty, and leaves it on his tailgate while he does his Christmas shopping.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
I like it.
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David Kent Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Most people over here will not deliver if there is no one to take the delivery. Some will demand a signature at the address, Others may ask you to nominate a neighbour to take delivery if you are not in. Others still, enable you to have it delivered to a local collection point such as a participating local store, where you can pick it up.
If a courier can't deliver it, you can usually arrange a new delivery on a day when it suits you, or they may give you the option to collect it from their depot.