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NFRC: My cutlery is disappearing!
- Thread starter evan
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Not so amusing is women who come to clean who slowly 'collect' things that
don't belong to them. I used to work 18-days for many years and checking the house was just not in my schedule. When I finally realized, I was stunned at how much she got away with. THen it was years later when I realized that my Rosenthal crystal snifters dropped from 8 to 4. She could have taken the cheap ones.
Then there was another one who apparently already had the reputation of spending the entire day pilfering drugs selectively. She lasted one day only because I caught her by surprise, also with 2 of my blouses in her bag.
sometimes we'll sit out on the back deck and reminisce... as the sun shines at certain angles we can see between the deck boards, miscellaneous cutlery from various terrific parties of the past, gleaming at us down below.
don't belong to them. I used to work 18-days for many years and checking the house was just not in my schedule. When I finally realized, I was stunned at how much she got away with. THen it was years later when I realized that my Rosenthal crystal snifters dropped from 8 to 4. She could have taken the cheap ones.
Then there was another one who apparently already had the reputation of spending the entire day pilfering drugs selectively. She lasted one day only because I caught her by surprise, also with 2 of my blouses in her bag.
sometimes we'll sit out on the back deck and reminisce... as the sun shines at certain angles we can see between the deck boards, miscellaneous cutlery from various terrific parties of the past, gleaming at us down below.
richard-in-cincy
Well-known member
I live in fear of that....
luckily haven't had any problems that I'm aware of, but I'm very careful. Had a professor from college that had thousands of dollars stolen in forged checks and old family silver from Germany.
I lost a long trusted housekeeper and decided to try a friend's service. They did a great job during the tryout, they were supervised and everything was scrubbed and polished. Then came the reality, every week new people being given the pass code to come into my house, I would come home and find them hanging out in the back, Not cleaning. Every week yet another set. I sent them packing and changed the door code. Finally ended up with a wonderful self employed woman from Lithuania that is a real find.
luckily haven't had any problems that I'm aware of, but I'm very careful. Had a professor from college that had thousands of dollars stolen in forged checks and old family silver from Germany.
I lost a long trusted housekeeper and decided to try a friend's service. They did a great job during the tryout, they were supervised and everything was scrubbed and polished. Then came the reality, every week new people being given the pass code to come into my house, I would come home and find them hanging out in the back, Not cleaning. Every week yet another set. I sent them packing and changed the door code. Finally ended up with a wonderful self employed woman from Lithuania that is a real find.
shaun-in-to
Well-known member
Aliens. Must be. They've LEFT cutlery at my place ...
We had a BBQ with a couple of friends, they brought a salad with salad servers, no extra cutlery. When we were cleaning up afterwards, there were some extra forks and knives, not ours. We phoned our friends and they weren't missing any either, and when they were next at our place they said that wasn't their set! So I think aliens just take these socks and forks and things and zip around the globe, or maybe even to other planets, depositing them in people's houses and backyards, and having a grand laugh. My clip-ons are probably in Viet Nam.
We had a BBQ with a couple of friends, they brought a salad with salad servers, no extra cutlery. When we were cleaning up afterwards, there were some extra forks and knives, not ours. We phoned our friends and they weren't missing any either, and when they were next at our place they said that wasn't their set! So I think aliens just take these socks and forks and things and zip around the globe, or maybe even to other planets, depositing them in people's houses and backyards, and having a grand laugh. My clip-ons are probably in Viet Nam.
andreaindc
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I, too, am mystified by this. Except for the spoons...
I noticed a decrease in the number of spoons last year. My 5-year old took lunch once a week - sometimes with a yogurt. They are now either in a landfill or part of the school collection - she's "not sure" what happened to them. At any rate, after missing 3 or 4 spoons, I caught on, and now I send her with plastic ones...
I noticed a decrease in the number of spoons last year. My 5-year old took lunch once a week - sometimes with a yogurt. They are now either in a landfill or part of the school collection - she's "not sure" what happened to them. At any rate, after missing 3 or 4 spoons, I caught on, and now I send her with plastic ones...