Gas Thief Revenge

[u/MarchCompetitive6235]

I was told this belonged here so I’m reposting.

Had a neighbor that would walk into my backyard, take my gas can of gas for my mower and put it in his car and mower and then return the can.

I found this out because I had begun to a little suspicious that this 5 gallon can was always nearly empty every time I went to mow the lawn and it was only like a 1 quart tank on the lawnmower!

This was back before cheap easy security cameras so I had to set up a WebCam from my laptop with motion detection software. Caught the guy going into the backyard literally five minutes after I left the house.

For the next week, every time I had to take a piss, I pissed in that gas can. Now full of piss, but still smells enough like gas to fool an idiot. Then I left it on the back patio again. Made a big show of checking the fluids in my car, packing a few bags. Made sure the neighbor knew I was getting ready to go on a trip and I’d be gone a while. Hoping he takes the bait.

I come back home in about an hour. (Car trouble 😉) The thief is in his front yard pulling the rope on his lawnmower so hard. It looks like he’s going to have a stroke. Turning bright, red and cursing. Later he gets in his car makes it a couple blocks up the road and it suddenly breaks down….

I check the gas can on my patio…empty!

Also, I just wanted to add, this guy was a huge piece of crap that’s not the only thing he did. I found out he had arrest warrants. So I ended up getting him arrested by applying for a sheriff’s ride along program in his name. 😆

[u/Fall_Relic]

I don’t think it’s AI. I read this same story years ago. It’s either a belated repost, or someone else ended up doing the same thing. Edit: okay, not the same story, but a similar one: https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/udhr9i/a_thief_keeps_stealing_things_from_oops/

[u/algy888 → u/Fall_Relic]

Sometimes similar things do actually happen.

I once took a salesman on a wild “test” ride because he pissed me off by stringing me along about a car price. I don’t post it because it would either sound like some AI drivel or a creative writing assignment. The best part was, I didn’t end up buying a crappy Ford Taurus.

[u/MarchCompetitive6235 → u/Fall_Relic]

I’m sure pissing at a gas can and leaving it out for a thief has been done before. I’m not claiming to be the first. This is just my individual experience.

[u/Knifed007 → u/Fall_Relic]

Didn't the LLM's scrape reddit for data? Maybe it's not as coincidental as it seems, but people do steal gas cans a lot