Thread: Large Theft of Coticules from Factory

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Sorry to be a grump but i don't think making this into a joke is really appropriate, a small business has lost a lot of their stock and cash.
this isn't aimed at one person in particular but at a few of you.

Oh come on Ed. How much stock can one person carry off? This is an unfortunate incident but no-one lost a life - and there's more of where they came from - so the stock can be replaced.

Originally Posted by UKRob

Oh come on Ed. How much stock can one person carry off? This is an unfortunate incident but no-one lost a life - and there's more of where they came from - so the stock can be replaced.

Sorry for finding it inappropriate to ridicule someone else's misfortune. You carry on.
Also I thought that the purpose of this thread was to highlight the fact that a lot of stuff had been stolen, so people would keep an eye out for it.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Sorry for finding it inappropriate to ridicule someone else's misfortune. You carry on.
Also I thought that the purpose of this thread was to highlight the fact that a lot of stuff had been stolen, so people would keep an eye out for it.

The thread has served it's purpose of informining the community. I don't see anyone ridiculing what's happened - just a bit of a jest. Unfortunately for me I don't have the good fortune of a high horse to see from.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Sorry for finding it inappropriate to ridicule someone else's misfortune. You carry on.

I am on it with adhewitt. People worked hard to get these big coticules out for us lot to use and enjoy. Those stone as well as the cash is their livelyhood and is should be respected.

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Originally Posted by Grazor

Obviously an inside job.

I also agree that it shouldn't turn into a thread of jokes but when I read this around 6am still laying in bed I laughed so loud I woke up the wife. Good catch Grazor

I hate thieves. Anyone who has something stolen from them knows the feeling........nothing funny about it.

Originally Posted by UKRob

Oh come on Ed. How much stock can one person carry off? This is an unfortunate incident but no-one lost a life - and there's more of where they came from - so the stock can be replaced.

They took cash too, profit, maybe wages, maybe money to pay suppliers etc. Whether there is more in the ground or not the time taken to produce that stock can not the replaced and it can be damaging for a business to lose cash flow. Its not just that but this is their business, their life and someone had violated it, damaged their property getting in to help themselves to stones and cash.

Everyone handles things differently but we'll make a note that if you get burgled it'll beOK to have a laugh about it.

Gee I guess that was aimed at me too then.
Obviously I take the robbery seriously and agree with stiff consequences should the culprit be caught.

But I ask you, Isn't that like saying don't joke about Rob Ford because of the seriousness of Canadian politics.
Don't make jest of any serious topic?

And yes of course I will be vigilant with regard to sales of coticules

Originally Posted by UKRob

Oh come on Ed. How much stock can one person carry off? This is an unfortunate incident but no-one lost a life - and there's more of where they came from - so the stock can be replaced.

Darn, if someone died for it, that would be more than sad. And, stealing coticule stones? A genius like this will probably get caught easily. They can check the antique shops or knife and stuff shops in the area. There is also the chance that, he'll play with them for a week and then return them with a note "sorry". Ebay is also a possible way to sell them, so, if you know how they look like... you can buy them, find his address, and do what you will with it .
And, the Romans did it first, but they were the Romans.

The difference is Rob Ford is a public figure who regularly makes an a$$ of himself. Think how you might feel if this happened to you or your business and then you had to read posts from people poking fun at it. I for one would probably feel like handing out a few knuckle sandwiches.

This is precisely how/why the saying "add insult to injury" came about.