  Blondy Member Username: Blondy Post Number: 1059 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.77.163.16 |
Someone stole the trash can from the dog daycare (GROSS!!!!)I am SO SICK of shit getting stolen. Someone please tell me one day this neighborhhood will get better..... Anyways, in case YOUR trash can ever gets stolen, this is what you have to do..... The unit also replaces stolen or excessively damaged containers. When your container requires repair (e.g., wheel, handle, or lid replacements), this unit provides the required repair services only if the placement fee has been paid. You may call our 311 Call Center at 311 or (313) 224-INFO (4636) to request container repair services or a replacement container. Stolen containers must first be reported to the Police Non-Emergency Reporting Section (313) 267-4600. You will be assigned a police report number. Secondly, call our 311 Call Center at 311 or (313) 224-INFO (4636) to request a replacement container. The Assistance Center will ask for your police report number when recording your request. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 10348 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.37.236 |
My neighbor got their trash can stolen a few weeks ago, but it appears they have either found it or it was returned. | ||
Deandub11 Member Username: Deandub11 Post Number: 30 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 68.41.196.57 |
What neighborhood do you live in just out of curiosity | ||
Neilr Member Username: Neilr Post Number: 304 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.60.139.212 |
...you mean it was full when they stole it??!! Where does someone fence a dumpster load of dog shit??? Seriously, though. I wish I could say something to make your irritation go away; but I know it's things like this that can wear one's spirit down. I'm sorry it happened. | ||
Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 1707 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 134.215.223.211 |
Sorry to hear about the theft. That is one of the frustrating things about Detroit, the petty thefts. I've got a list an armlength long of stuff I've had stolen, from the inexpensive to the very expensive. In the residential neighborhoods, I've found painting the address of your home on the can keeps it from getting stolen. In your case painting the name of your business might help too. You can use stencils to make it nice looking. It's pretty difficult to use the can somewhere else when the address and business name don't match up. | ||
Sticks Member Username: Sticks Post Number: 88 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 69.136.140.132 |
Bvos, even in that case, painting the numbers didn't stop our neighbors across the street to take our can and fill it up with leaves and rubbish. I pretty much emptied out a quarter of the thing back on their lawn, put our garbage in it, then rolled it back across the street to it's correct side. | ||
Ron Member Username: Ron Post Number: 235 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 66.174.79.233 |
I agree that the pettiness is ridiculous. I once had some VERY old and messed up boots that I used to wear to do yardwork sitting on the front porch of my mother's house. I was in the kitchen, which looks out on the front of the house. A crackhead ran up to the side of the front porch, right in front of the kitchen window, and was trying to steal them. I snuck up to the front window and SCREAMED: "GET THE FU** OUT OF HERE!" He almost sh** his pants. It was priceless. | ||
Blondy Member Username: Blondy Post Number: 1060 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.77.163.16 |
The address was painted on there in giant numbers in bright orange paint. All of the trash bags were in the alley, so I do not know if they emptied it out or what. | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 597 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.246.10.173 |
Speaking of petty theft.. a friend of mine had some hanging flower pots on her light pole in front of the house and those were stolen AND THIS YEAR she planted some flowers and came out and someone DUG UP HER FLOWERS with a shovel and stole them WTF | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 1015 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.90 |
Oh yeah, flowers are always one of the first things that get stolen. Same with sod. Someone I know had the flowers stolen from her father's grave from a cemetary in Detroit (can't remember which one). Now that's twisted. | ||
Darwinism Member Username: Darwinism Post Number: 528 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.209.147.12 |
Fellow forumers, These are exactly the type of crimes that affect the majority of people who lives or do businesses in the city. You may not be a homicide victim or assault victim or rape victim, but petty theft ..... it happens way too often under the radar. Blondy, I know you have done all you could have done to ensure your business and your property continues to prosper in the neighborhood. Just as the graffiti situation on your building not too long ago, this trash can problem is just another annoyance that many residents and business owners struggle with. Hang in there, Blondy, you have already overcame most of the challenges being tossed at you. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 345 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.60.139.30 |
I had my hanging plants stolen from my house a year ago on Mother's Day. Yesterday I caught four neighborhood kids in the back yard of my neighbor's house picking apples from their tree and throwing them at the back windows of the house. My neighbor wasn't home, so I went out and tried to talk some sense into them. Yeah right! These 12 year old kids just gave me attitude. Luckly only one storm window was smashed. Hey Blondy, if you need a can, I have an extra you're welcome to. (Message edited by Chub on July 21, 2006) | ||
K_solomon Member Username: K_solomon Post Number: 7 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 199.178.223.4 |
This has happened to me too. Dug the flowers up, and planted them about 4 or 5 graves up. Despicable. | ||
Drm Member Username: Drm Post Number: 1030 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.227.217.146 |
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Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 810 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216 |
When I lived in Detroit (back in the late 70's) , we had Christmas lights stolen from the bushes in front of our house. After the house was broken into, my parents moved to the burbs. They've never had a problem since. | ||
Morena Member Username: Morena Post Number: 448 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 216.45.2.138 |
Here's a few comments: 1. Flower Plants/Hanging Plants. Use wire to lock them to the hooks that the plants hang from. They'll still be able to steal them if someone really wants them bad enough. The wires really help though. 2. Garbage Cans. Put them out the night before and get them back off the street immediately after the garbage is collected. This doesn't give anyone enough time to steal them. I've never heard about someone stealing plants already in the ground - Man I would pissed to come home and find my hastas, day lillies, and burning bushes ripped out of the ground. I had my garden hose attached to a reel stolen too. Everytime I drive down my surrounding streets, I look for my hose. | ||
Pdtpuck Member Username: Pdtpuck Post Number: 125 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 208.251.168.194 |
hmmmmm....interestingly, no one seems to be blaming the theft on the can owner this time!  | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 695 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 67.38.25.56 |
I understand i moved honestly because i couldnt handle my stuff getting stolen so i sympathize. | ||
Mpow Member Username: Mpow Post Number: 205 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 200.65.7.98 |
detroiters chain up their trash can. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1165 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.251.28 |
Detroiters chain up everything. | ||
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5 Post Number: 304 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 71.227.95.4 |
I had one of my cans stolen a few years ago so I talked to the garbage truck driver about it. A few weeks after buying a new one he brought it back after recognising a paint stain on it. He also let me know who had it so I could seek revenge =). Needless to say they received a Christmas tip that year and have ever since. | ||
The_aram Member Username: The_aram Post Number: 4984 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.124.8 |
Yep, had this happen at Woodmere. That's why now we always plant flowers on Memorial Day when we're there instead of a couple days ahead of time. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 226 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
A few years back, students had a fundraiser to buy florals for the outside of the building. They came in on a Saturday to do cleanup work and to plant them. On Monday, they were gone. The kids were diappointed, to say the least. Every last flower had been dug up, including a tree that the alumni association purchased for them to plant. The kids worked hard to buy the flowers and to clean up and plant them. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 227 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 67.38.24.68 |
On the lighter side... Willy the Cat burgler is at it again! http://articles.news.aol.com/n ews/_a/willy-the-cat-burglar-s teals-gardening/20060720225909 990001?cid=936 | ||
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5 Post Number: 315 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 71.227.95.4 |
Maybe there is actually a black market for Detroit trash cans. I found this wanted ad on Craigslist. http://detroit.craigslist.org/ wan/186232665.html | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 1046 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 64.142.86.133 |
Why would people dig up and steal flowers?! What the heck do they do with them?! Stories like this really bother me. Items like this shouldn't happen on a regular basis, and they do. There is only so much someone can take before they give up. Enough is enough. How do you fix something like this? I know it isn't just 1 thing, but there has to be something there that would cause people to steal flowers out of the ground..... Really makes me sad. The thing is, the people who get stolen from are probably the ones who care most about their home and their neighborhood. Otherwise their place would have weeds for a front yard, like so many homes do. It shouldn't be that for those who take pride in their home and neighborhood are the ones that this happens to. I'm sorry Blondy. I really am.  | ||
Dougw Member Username: Dougw Post Number: 1244 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 136.1.1.33 |
Johnnny5 offers the most practical advice on this thread. If your trash can had big orange lettering on it, ask the driver if he's seen a can like that anywhere on his route... you never know. Beyond that, the next step is to install Lojack on your Courville. (Sorry.) Though seriously, it would be pretty cool if/when technology gets to the point where you can buy a device for 10 bucks with a battery that lasts for a year, which will let you track its location from another device. | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 1053 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 64.142.86.133 |
Until the criminals rip out the tracking device or remove the battery.... |
