Candy Snatcher

In our family, the kids know better than to snatch an object from the hands of another kid. It's a basic understanding that we've conveyed even to the toddler. Of course, it's not always followed, but the understanding is there. For some reason, this basic understanding never quite got through to some college students whom we would like to see expelled.

During the week leading up to Thanksgiving someone snatched our candy machines right out of the public hallway at the campus grille. Jon had gone early in the week to check on the candy level and noticed that someone had moved the machines to the hallway where they would not be secure after the grille locked up at 11pm. Jon moved them back to our location behind protective doors. We didn't think much of it until the theft. We thought that an employee must have moved them there. Hindsight tells us that this was a calculated little heist.

The sad part is that the kids put their own savings toward the investment and hadn't quite earned back their money. Of course, we're covering their risk, but there is still one ray of hope--a security camera. Unfortunately, in the tape, a chair blocks the view of the candy machine, so in order to catch these creeps we will have to watch up to 6 days of video for the moment that they move the machines out the door. Even then it would be difficult to identify a face. We're having trouble viewing the video online, but are hoping to clear it up so we can nab the criminals. I'm assuming for the moment that it was students, but who knows?

I just hate it for the kids.

Random thought of the day--on a brighter note, I saved $60 on a $130 purchase a few days ago! Yea!!!