Snail mail woes. Yes, we were that stupid!

Paul, it is so unfortunate that these things happen, a not so funny parallel store is this. A local farmer having way too many zucchini puts a table out by the road with a sign that says free. When I drove by later the zucchini was on the ground and the table was gone. Go figure. Steve

People wonder how we who live in ND can stand it here (because of our harsh winters) but your post is a good reason, crime is almost Nil here in ND including mail theft. I'm not embarrassed to say that those kids should be spanked even if they are teens. Their parents should have to pay the fine for the mail theft and the officer should have a talk-en to by his superior for giving you crap for being trusting. I said it once earlier today and I will say it again: "30 below keeps the riff-raff out".

Bob Timm, Minot ND

Doesn't necessarily make me wish for the good old days, but I do wish that the parents today would practice the same type of loving, structured discipline that my parents practiced (and that I am using today with my children). 

Sorry to hear about your incident.  Maybe you should put your flag up and put some fake "Got you Caught on Video Camera" cards inside - and do just that!  Video cameras seem to be catching all sorts of bad behavior these days. 

Kudos to your sweet wife for her encouraging work.  Keep up the good work - and by the way, your tomatoes look wonderful!

I don't understand why take someone's mail.  What a foolish, senseless deed.  The sad thing is that those teens likely got away with it & their 'pranks' will escalate.  You have a generous attitude towards this.

I'm very sorry that happened.

Paul,

I'm sorry to hear of your snail mail woes.  Those teens must be bored for them to do stupid things.  It's stupid and illegal to tamper with mailboxes and its contents.

Letterwriting is a lost art these days.  I congratulate your wife for keeping it up.  It's always a treat to receive a nice letter in the mail.  It's more personal. 

Hope the same thieves don't get those beautiful tomoatoes.  Also hope the police at least promised to try to hunt down the thieves instead of making you feel like the person at fault!

Paul, We have never had our mail stolen (that I know of).  That is terrible and actually is a federal crime.  You should report it to the postal service.

I think that I have two problems with this, first off that teenagers would think that it is cool or funny to steal someone's mail, and two, what else does the police officer have to do?  I thought that tampering with the U.S. Mail was a felony.  I guess that Police Officers are like the rest of us, a couple of lazy ones put the rest of them in a bad light!

Lets hope they can read! Lets hope the parents can do something with their kids. I cannot tell you what my dad would have done to me if I had done that.