iPod Stolen by Cleaning Crew - My Play?
 

This weekend I realized I couldn't find my new iPod that I got as a gift. I tore my apartment to shreds looking for it, as well as my car - nothing. At work, I have a little speaker set that I hook the iPod up to, so it being at work is a very very likely option. I hide my iPod anytime I leave it here, but I've never left it overnight.

Well, this morning I get to work and my iPod speaker set is not in the same place, and there is no iPod in my cubicle. I talk to some other workers in the office, and they've been missing things, too.

We've e-mailed our boss who works 2 hours away. However, my plan is to come to the office tonight and again on Thursday night (they have 2 different crews) and catch one of them with my iPod.

My iPod has my info engraved in the back, so proof it's mine isn't a problem.

Is there a bad part of that plan I'm missing? Any other ideas as to what I should do? This iPod means a lot to me, and it's obv expensive.

So, do I show up at 11 tonight after our evening news, and catch one of these thieves with my iPod and just take it back?

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I know people are really stupid but I think the chance the guy brings the iPod back and rocks out with it where he stole it from is pretty unlikely.

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I would agree with you, but they are literally alone every single night, plus - cleaning crew!

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This is 100% full-proof. Unless you get in a fight with some guy and it turns out he doesn't have your ipod. Then you probably get fired or go to prison or something. But it's full-proof from the standpoint of OOT.

Happy hunting.

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This is 100% full-proof. Unless you get in a fight with some guy and it turns out he doesn't have your ipod. Then you probably get fired or go to prison or something. But it's full-proof from the standpoint of OOT.

Happy hunting.

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lol bicycles biatch?

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bring camera with you and take pics for trip report.

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i suggest a sting operation

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full-proof

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or did you mean fool-proof?

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Yeah, it has to be something more elaborate and more vengeful than just waiting to catch one guy with one thing and telling him to give it back.

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full-proof

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or did you mean fool-proof?

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maybe you should start a pole

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Yeah, it has to be something more elaborate and more vengeful than just waiting to catch one guy with one thing and telling him to give it back.

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If he/she truly does have it tonight, there won't be any "telling to give it back." I will take it. Period.

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Yeah, it has to be something more elaborate and more vengeful than just waiting to catch one guy with one thing and telling him to give it back.

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If he/she truly does have it tonight, there won't be any "telling to give it back." I will take it. Period.

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Minor detail - how will you tell it's yours without asking? Are you going to grab any iPod you see and check the back?

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This plan is going to fail miserably. You'll end up wasting an entire night watching someone vacuum without an ipod, or they'll see you spying right away and wonder wtf you're doing there.

Lesson learned, don't leave your ipod at work overnight. It's gone man.

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security cameras?

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No security cameras, and I'm willing to waste a night on the off chance I get my iPod back. I'm not going to act all sneaky. I might actually do some work to kill time.

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wasn't there a thread exactly like this a while back?

the answer is don't leave your crap in the office btw

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Regardless, if I do forget something once in a blue moon, it shouldn't automatically go to the cleaning crew.

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You're right that leaving != donating. But lesson learned.

As to the sting operation, I gotta think the reason they took the ipod was to sell it, not to entertain themselves. It can't hurt to get some work done tonight, but they would probably rather have a walkman and $50 than an ipod.

Plus, anybody stupid enough to wear an ipod to the place they stole it will take longer than 24 hours to figure-out how to put their music on it. edit: Although, I guess they could be rocking out to whatever you had on there. What kind of music do you listen to?

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I don't know what kind of resources you have at your disposal but retrieval is not enough.

I recommend a sting operation, and get law enforcement involved.

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A friend recommended at least filing a police report. Would that help if I find it at a pawn shop?

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Oh, and I have a wide range of music on there - from Minus the Bear to Andrew Bird to Timbaland to Lil Wayne.

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There's simply no way that they'd be dumb enough to use the ipod in front of the person who they stole it from while you're working late after it was stolen. I understand you're pissed, but you have no proof who stole it and you're looking at like a 99% that staying late tonight does nothing for you. For all you know the person that stole it isn't even part of the cleaning crew.

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This weekend I realized I couldn't find my new iPod that I got as a gift. I tore my apartment to shreds looking for it, as well as my car - nothing. At work, I have a little speaker set that I hook the iPod up to, so it being at work is a very very likely option.

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Please be sure to update this thread when you find your ipod in the pocket of your coat hanging in the closet or your gym bag, etc.

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There's simply no way that they'd be dumb enough to use the ipod in front of the person who they stole it from while you're working late after it was stolen. I understand you're pissed, but you have no proof who stole it and you're looking at like a 99% that staying late tonight does nothing for you. For all you know the person that stole it isn't even part of the cleaning crew.

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They do their cleaning at like 1am, and yes, I'm more than willing to come for 1/2 an hour to check it out.

We have a very small office, and I'm certain no worker stole it.

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This weekend I realized I couldn't find my new iPod that I got as a gift. I tore my apartment to shreds looking for it, as well as my car - nothing. At work, I have a little speaker set that I hook the iPod up to, so it being at work is a very very likely option.

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Please be sure to update this thread when you find your ipod in the pocket of your coat hanging in the closet or your gym bag, etc.

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I know this is going to happen. :/

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this thread is also an example of why you should always be cool with whoever does the crappiest job where you work. if you had a good buddy who was a janitor you could totally find out who did this and skull [censored] him

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Dude, its the cleaning crew-drop a cleveland steamer in the middle of your office and rub it all over the floor. Leave a note that this process will be repeated until said Ipod is returned. Case closed.

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Assuming you have a computer at your desk at work, wouldn't it be more effective (and a better use of your time) to setup a webcam on your work PC and home PC, have the two of them connect to eachother (I'd suggest AIM for a free solution) and leave some bait within view of the work cam? Least then you can keep an eye on it in another window - and record it for legal/blackmail purposes.

Here's my suggestion for a webcam:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826105033

Of course, there's always a chance they could steal the camera... (oh the irony!)

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Dude, its the cleaning crew-drop a cleveland steamer in the middle of your office and rub it all over the floor. Leave a note that this process will be repeated until said Ipod is returned. Case closed.

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Nice hand sir, this is an expert play. You better be DAMNED sure it was the cleaning crew tho...

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full-proof

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or did you mean fool-proof?

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maybe you should start a pole

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nh sir

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I have trouble believing in any plan that includes
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drop a cleveland steamer in the middle of your office and rub it all over the floor.

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For Sale:

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(OP sees janitor with ipod)

OP: oh heyyyy is that one of those ipods? mind if i take a quick look at it, i was thinking of buying one!

janitor: ummmmm ok

(op looks, sees no custom inscription on back)

op: thanks....

janitor: hey, don't you have an ipod? i see it on your desk with speakers all the time. yeah, im sure of it.

op: ummmmmm yeah...mines actually missing though

janitor: and you think i stole it? sure blame the janitor, cause he can't afford one. you think you're so high and mighty....etc...

(op flees office, returns monday to glares from everyone since janitor told them of his racist/snobby accusation)

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(OP sees janitor with ipod)

OP: oh heyyyy is that one of those ipods? mind if i take a quick look at it, i was thinking of buying one!

janitor: ummmmm ok

(op looks, sees no custom inscription on back)

op: thanks....

janitor: hey, don't you have an ipod? i see it on your desk with speakers all the time. yeah, im sure of it.

op: ummmmmm yeah...mines actually missing though

janitor: and you think i stole it? sure blame the janitor, cause he can't afford one. you think you're so high and mighty....etc...

(op flees office, returns monday to glares from everyone since janitor told them of his racist/snobby accusation)

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Why can't the janitor be the same race as OP?

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You can be racist against your own race

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True, but it's not that likely for someone of your own race to accuse you of racism for something.

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(OP sees janitor with ipod)

OP: oh heyyyy is that one of those ipods? mind if i take a quick look at it, i was thinking of buying one!

janitor: ummmmm ok

(op looks, sees no custom inscription on back)

op: thanks....

janitor: hey, don't you have an ipod? i see it on your desk with speakers all the time. yeah, im sure of it.

op: ummmmmm yeah...mines actually missing though

janitor: and you think i stole it? sure blame the janitor, cause he can't afford one. you think you're so high and mighty....etc...

(op flees office, returns monday to glares from everyone since janitor told them of his racist/snobby accusation)

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Why can't the janitor be the same race as OP?

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I knew some nit would say this. thats why i put racist/snobby meaning racist or snobby, so that if they are the same race then its just standard snobbery.

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This has happened at two of the places I have worked at.

The first case was a university- no one was caught, but they replaced the computer (I am guessing insurance).

The second was in industry- they set up a sting operation with hidden cameras (the stolen article was from a VP). They caught a theft on tape, and fired the entire security force (it was a nighttime security guard, not the cleaning crew).

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Oh, and it would be hilarious if they set up hidden security cameras in a sting operation, and caught you smearing the stanley steamer on the floor.

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sting FTW

you need to hide, and leave something valuable. then when it gets jacked, you catch them and take pictures of them. and post them up here.

Honestly your best bet is to leave something again and catch them.

I highly doubt ppl will come back w/ the [censored] they stole/