Today, I showed my daughter video footage from a security camera that showed her using her employee key to enter the store I own, disarming the alarm, and stealing several very valuable items. Her defense? That someone had "photoshopped" the video. We'll see how that goes down in court. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my daughter used her spare key to get into my house while I was at work, then took and pawned off all of my jewelry. She only confessed when I confronted her with video camera footage. Her defense was that I told her I'd leave her everything in my will. Honey, I'm not dead yet. FML
Today, my sister got me in deep trouble at the store I worked security for. She "dropped by to say hi" and stole a bunch of things when I wasn't looking. I wasn't arrested, due to lack of any evidence. But my boss didn't care about evidence and fired me anyway. FML
Today, within a year of inheriting the family business from me so I could retire, my daughter claimed she had found a way to increase profits that was "way too complicated" for me to understand. Well today, police showed up. Whatever her method was, apparently it counts as fraud. FML
Today, I was out of town but saw the Ring camera footage of a woman dragging my wife out of our house by her hair and beat the brakes off her on the front lawn. The woman was the mother of the girl our daughter had been bullying. When confronted, our daughter laughed and said, "Oh well." FML
Today, I caught a grubby, evil-smelling, foul-mouthed woman blatantly shoplifting by stuffing electronics into her coat pockets, so I detained her and called the police. Less than an hour later I was fired. She was the shop owner's mother and “had permission” to just take stuff. FML
Today, I had a job interview at Walmart. They showed a video of me stealing. FML
Today, I got stopped for shoplifting at a department store. They took me back to the security room and showed me the tapes. I was taking my own designer lipgloss that I had bought a month before out of my purse. FML
Today, while going through my daughter’s room, I found a pair of pants with the security tag still attached. My daughter is a thief. FML
Today, I was caught stealing a video game. I realized after my parents were called that the case was actually empty. FML
Today, I was shopping with my husband. At the self-checkout, one of the items I was buying for him as a gift didn’t register. As we were walking out, I get stopped and escorted to the loss prevention office, where I was accused of stealing. FML
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Top comments
nzhx 23
Having to take your own child to court can't be easy, so I'm sorry it's reached this point, OP. Hopefully everything will work itself out, and you and your daughter can make amends. Definitely change the alarm code though.
zuvi9 21
While editing vids is possible, I doubt its fake. Sorry OP.
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Comments (132)
MayankGupta 12
I don't want to sound like a prick and this probably isn't the right time, but could this, also be a case parenting gone wrong? I am sorry for you though, OP.
hatema_rado 11
Wtf that's your daughter. No need to go to court. Just take it back.
KeannaLove 32
What if she sold it? Just because she's he daughter doesn't mean she gets a free pass to steal. OP is doing the right thing.
chriss2015 13
If this was anyone but OPs daughter your opinion would be very different.
Dexter83_fml 17
I know your daughter has done wrong but consider the impact that this will have on your daughter it will be hard for her to get a job and apply for different things in her adult life. Its not about punishment mate
Dean3000 6
So because she's his daughter she should get a free pass for stealing? She made a choice. It's her own ******* fault.
UsagiArwen 23
You're right, #38, it's not about punishment. It's about teaching her she cannot get away with stealing, even if it is stealing from family. She should have thought about the consequences before doing the deed, and now she should have to pay the price for it. Stealing is inexcusable, and you think she should just get away with it because the victim is her father? Also, she could very well be an adult already, seeing as she was given enough trust and responsibility to have her own store key and know the security code.
ViviMage 40
Ok, get an expert in graphic design, final cut or photoshop to review the footage and see if there is any edit/tampering. Things like clone brush leave trails, uneven lines, and blurred pixels. If she's right the expert will testify for her. Then when the expert sees no tampering to the footage to place her at the scene, see how well that excuse floats.
Mynamewontfi 40
I'd go for a video editor to review it, since you wouldn't use Photoshop for something like that. Using final cut would also not be ideal. That being said, it's highly unlikely that the daughter is right. Because that would mean that someone else stole the stuff and also had footage of the daughter to use in its place. I highly doubt that her excuse would be considered a possibility in court.
Zekken 3
For all we know, it could've been some Arabian man with mad photoshop skills.
OrangeSodaCrazy 10
**** her up fam discipline at its best
oceandreamx 13
Who cares if it's her daughter, I'd never do this to my mother.I honestly think op should take her to court. Maybe she'll learn
rafoliv 4
You definitely deserve this one. Bad, lazy parenting gets you problematic kids. Seeing that you are willing to take your own daughter to court explains how divided you and her are.
UsagiArwen 23
#50, You don't know a thing about the parenting that was done. Sometimes kids just become rebellious no matter how good the parents are. I would personally assume that he's taking her to court because he loves her. Sometimes you have to send your kids hard messages to get them to understand the gravity of their bad choices. It's likely that he's probably tried other less successful methods to get through her thick skull, but if she's so willing to steal from her own father, then clearly harsher methods are the only things that might work. We don't know all the facts.
goozeo 11
How many kids do you have?
Attacksloth 33
I would do the exact same thing in your situation. She needs to know boundaries. Sometimes a talk isn't enough. We know nothing about hers or your background, but if she's doing something so serious and then denying it, there's clearly a problem, and she isn't being accountable for her actions. Sometimes a slap on the wrist (stern talk, grounding) isn't hard enough. I hope you get it sorted and I hope she sees some sense.
writerchic85 26
Kudos to you for treating her like any other thief. I hate when business owners let family members do whatever they want.