'She got busted': Office thief gets caught stealing Christmas gifts after encountering a hidden boobytrap

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Dec 7, 2023 7:00 PM EST

Christmas time is the season of giving, yet many people seem to think it's the season of 'taking'. Unmerry maniacs even think it's the season of STEALING. When faced with a notorious thief in the midst of cheerful mirth, what is an office holiday planner supposed to do? Besides, what sort of heartless person would steal Christmas gifts out from under the office tree? The Grinch, of course.

Well, in our next story, one expert decorator decided to put a little extra surprise in one of the gifts to flush out their own office Grinch- and it worked surprisingly well. Scroll for the entire store of how a glitter bomb was able to identify a scummy thief who really was a heel. 

Afterwards, read more about some other folks and their Grinchy behavior with this classic Karen tale of a holiday shopping fiasco gone totally wrong. 

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    BC r/AmIthe Posted by u/shades-of-gray312 12 hours ago AITAH, For making a glitter bomb gift that was stolen?
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    I've picked up some work from an old teacher of mine that involves decorating and wrapping gifts for he is the director of. a program They have had problems with gifts being stolen before but still want the Christmas tree to have gifts under it.
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    Where I work I can get a lot of boxes and scored a good deal on some wrapping paper and ribbons. So I get some EMPTY boxes from work and wrapped them up using pine cones to give them some weight. Only in the last one I placed a red and sliver glitter bomb inside. To be sure and maybe use it as a prank later, I use the ribbons to mark the gift boxes and take pictures just incase I forget. There was a total of 9 placed under the tree.
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    Not even a week after putting them out do 3 gifts go missing. A bit worried but mostly annoyed, the director and I brush it off but tell the other employees/volunteers to keep their eyes open. The day after one of the volunteers is yelling at the receptionist while covered in red and sliver glitter...
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    Apparently the lady thought they had given her two kids(8F and 10M) gifts, only to find out that it was just yard trash inside. The lady then opened the 3rd gift and her whole house was covered in glitter. She demanded money for cleaning and emotional destress. Honestly she was laughed out by the director who told her to leave.
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    I learned this today from a volunteer who said the glitter bomb was a AH thing to do, even when I pointed out the gift had been STOLEN, other volunteers agreed and said I was an AH. Even though the director told me it was funny and was sorry he didn't get it first.
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    The kids still come to the programs but are picked up and dropped off by their dad who is annoyed by the glitter he keeps finding. The kids also apologized for taking the gifts because their mother told them to. So am I the AH for making a glitter bomb that got stolen?
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    Cat1832 12 hr. ago Partassipant [1] NTA. Not like you put a flamethrower inside and the house burned down. Now everyone knows she's a thief, and no true harm done. 2.6k Reply Share shades-of-gray312 OP. 12 hr. ago To be fair, it was a little over a pound of glitter.
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    Illustrious_Bed902 - 12 hr. ago Partassipant [2] That makes it better ... they'll be finding glitter for years! NTA!!! 885 Reply Share Dapper_Entry746 11 hr. ago Forever. It will follow them to other houses.
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    Cat1832 11 hr. ago Partassipant [1] Well then it sounds like you made your point very firmly. Reply Share 167 shades-of-gray312 OP. 11 hr. ago Also, everyone was told that the gifts were just for decoration. It's why it wasn't a big deal when 3 of them went missing.
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    HellaShelle 5 hr. ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [33] Why the heck did she steal gifts that she was told were for decoration? Smh. People are just so weird sometimes. So are all of the gifts under the tree now just decoration? I think that's the smart way to go; the real gifts should be locked in a closet until ready for distribution if there is a theft problem.
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    shades-of-gray312 OP . 2 hr. ago Yes. Otherwise the whole Christmas tree set up looks off. Also the gifts are being kept safe in a locked closet. Reply Share 43 NeighborhoodNo1583 2 hr. ago. edited 2 hr. ago People steal the most random things. Back when I was an event bartender, I happened to look down right as a woman tried to take my bottle opener.
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    Vandreeson 8 hr. ago NTA. How could you be the , because someone stole gifts and got what was coming to them? If they didn't steal the gifts they wouldn't have glitter all over their house. Reply Share 79 shades-of-gray312 OP 2 hr. ago I don't know, maybe their more concerned about the bomb part in glitter bomb?
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    _SkullBearer_ - 9 hr. ago Partassipant [3] Could have been worse, could have been a pound of bedbugs. 58 Reply Share hyperfocuspocus. 8 hr. ago Partassipant [4] Ouch
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    ChancePool8953. 3 hr. ago Maybe a little excessive. You could have halved that for two glitter bomb gifts and they'll still be finding glitter for years with half the amount. NTA 12 Reply Share shades-of-gray312 OP. 2 hr. ago It was not ment to be open in a home. Where the decoration gifts are is like a basket ball court. Lots of open space and not a lot of stuff to get glitter on.
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    unicornhair1991 1 hr. ago That's HILARIOUS Dunno why people have sympathy for straight up thieves. This isn't food for starving families (THAT I have sympathy for) this was someone being greedy and paying a price. Excellent NTA!
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    DarthlordRebel 54 min. ago ΝΤΑ Next time double up on the extra fine stuff. I'm still finding some from the card my kid made in school last year. Vote Reply Share marjomind 47 min. ago OP you are the bomb. This is just chef's kiss perfect
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    LingJules 12 hr. ago Partassipant [4] How can anyone think you are the A-H here?!? You packed a glitter-bomb, it did its job, and now everyone knows who the thief is. It seems pretty clear that the other volunteers are okay with stealing, too. Huge NTA.
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    MLIOne 5 hr. ago Aficionado [14] Glitter is not called "craft herpes" because it is easy to clean up. That glitter bomb will be remembered forever. The bards will sing if your actions and your actions become legend. 77 ↓ Reply Share JaguarZealousideal55 7 hr. ago Win-win! Would you mind explaining how one would setup such a bomb? Just out of scientific curiosity ofc.
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    Maleficent-Object-21 12 hr. ago Partassipant [2] NTA. Retail stores and banks use dye packs to catch thieves, you used glitter. Go bigger next time with glitter dye packs. 282 Reply Share shades-of-gray312 OP 11 hr. ago Oddly enough I was thinking of using a homemade dye pack but didn't want to ruin my clothes. XD I already had free glitter so I used that.
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    stillcantsee 12 hr. ago Partassipant [1] NTA. She's a thief and mad she got busted for it. 176 Reply Share shades-of-gray312 OP 12 hr. ago She's been banned as cops can't do anything because nothing was stolen. I got the glitter off a coworker who had been trying to get rid of it. So no monetary loss there.
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    jasperjamboree · 10 hr. ago Enthusiast [8] What kind of entitlement does someone have to expect decoration presents are meant for her kids? Or was that just an excuse she made to cover up her theft? Glitter bombing is perfect karma for thieves. Maybe from now on, every gift will have a glitter bomb? Hats off to your pettiness. Bravo! NTA
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