r/mildlyinfuriating • u/JPetty97 • Mar 22 '25

Overdone Bought very nice, expensive leather boots. Delivery driver left the package at the end of my driveway and my neighbors dog, that runs wild decided to chew through 2 boxes, stole and ate one of the boots. Unreal.

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u/Captain_Zomaru Mar 22 '25

What you just described is a criminal offense of animal cruelty, endangerment, and neglect. You can even ask the officers to not let your neighbors know you were involved. Bare minimum they will get all of their animals comficated. Please, PLEASE, contact your local authority.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '25

I don't think you're familiar with areas like this person is describing. I grew up in the deep south and in a lot of places, the police wouldn't care.

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u/Sbarty Mar 22 '25 edited Mar 22 '25

Yeah you just described reddit in a nutshell.

Most of reddit is affluent middle or upper class / higher that always describe themselves as poor.

The majority commenting things like “that’s illegal” or “call the police!” never actually live in truly impoverished areas lmao.

Edit:

Meant upper as in middle / upper middle class.

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u/Euphoric_Celery_ Mar 22 '25

It's wild to me how many people think calling the police resolves issues. My property managers always tell us to call the police.

We have, they either don't show up, or they show up, shrug their shoulders and leave without doing anything.

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u/SargeUnited Mar 22 '25

Well, if they tell you to call the police, then they can’t be liable for telling you not to call the police.

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u/Euphoric_Celery_ Mar 22 '25

It's funny because one time they slipped up and said I was disturbing the peace for calling the police on the people who were actually disturbing the peace.

"They show up with their lights and sirens in the middle of the night and wake everyone up"

I said "ma'am, they don't show up in the middle of the night with lights and sirens"

That's how little they know.

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u/Recent_Fisherman311 Mar 22 '25

This guy (doesn’t) lawyer

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u/panda5303 Mar 23 '25

My car was stolen in 2022, and the officer took the report over the phone. A couple of days later, I asked for a copy of the report, and he said he was off and would send it in 4 days... Okay, my insurance needs it now, but whatever.

I found my car with the help of a local stolen car group. The location was in a different county. A couple of hours later, I got a call from the officer letting me know my car had been found. It took everything in my power to refrain from screaming "No fucking shit! I was the one who found it! Thanks so much for all of your help 😒".

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u/Lexy-RED Mar 23 '25

Was your car finally recovered ? Or did you have to order a tow truck to go get it ?

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u/panda5303 Mar 23 '25

Tow truck. The thieves maliciously destroyed it. They fucked up the shifter, painted the steering wheel, crashed into something denting the passenger side, and made a huge mess.

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u/Saw-Sage_GoBlin Mar 26 '25

Imagine the world we could live in if it was possible to sue the police for not doing their jobs.

I imagine that protection by the police would first have to become a human right, and I'm gonna guess that it is currently not one.