I live in a neighborhood where we have several common areas and one has a boat ramp. Unfortunately we deal with alot of trespassing, so things have gone missing from time to time. On Labor Day I was on my way home when I noticed a tackle box sitting in the boat ramp, not wanting a trespasser to come along and take it if it was a residents I turned around in my driveway and I picked it up and looked around for anyone in the are after seeing no one I immediately posted to the neighborhood page, a few days later the owners posted in the facebook group saying I had stolen from their disabled nephew. I even put a few extra of my own baits in the tackle box once I knew where to return it yet they’ve still been nasty to me.
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I live in a neighborhood where we have several common areas and one has a boat ramp. Unfortunately we deal with alot of trespassing, so things have gone missing from time to time. On Labor Day I was on my way home when I noticed a tackle box sitting in the boat ramp, not wanting a trespasser to come along and take it if it was a residents I turned around in my driveway and I picked it up and looked around for anyone in the are after seeing no one I immediately posted to the neighborhood page, a few days later the owners posted in the facebook group saying I had stolen from their disabled nephew. I even put a few extra of my own baits in the tackle box once I knew where to return it yet they’ve still been nasty to me.
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OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the asshole:
> (1)I picked up a tackle box from the boat ramp that wasn’t mine.
(2) had I not returned it with extra stuff I could definitely BTAH
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Nta but I’m so confused on how it switched…it sounds like maybe your neighbors are trying to get free stuff with sympathy they’re definitely in the wrong for lying. I’m sorry this is happening to you
From what you have described, if someone was watching you (and apparently there was if they knew to call you out by name in a Facebook post) it would have looked like you stole it. Your better course of action would have been to make a post yourself on the local Facebook group reporting to had the tackle box.
Unfortunately no good deed goes unpunished. To assume the worst of you is a reflection on them
It’s a shame because our trust in each other is diminishing at an alarming rate. This is bad for all us
NTA
Post in the group they did linking to your original one saying you had found the box so people know you found it and didn’t steal it but tried to return it. Make sure you link it in the comments of the owners post as well.
NTA I’d respond with “weird way to say ‘thank you’ you dumb weirdos”
NTA
Sounds like the family just wanted some online sympathy and attention
NTA but the way you tell the story it sounds like someone left their stuff there for a reason and can’t back to find it missing. You were trying to help and they just feel that you stole from the nephew. As others have pointed out no good deed goes unpunished. In the future perhaps just leave it where it is. If it gets stolen it’s really not your problem but people like this will try to make you at fault for something.
NTA…I’d put it back where you found it and let them go back for it.
NTA no good deed goes unpunished.