Entitled Karen tries to steal neighbor's 80 lb bag of sand: 'She says it’s free and I say it’s not'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Aug 4, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Nosy neighbors are known to be envious of lots of items belonging to other folks in the neighborhood, but sand is not typically one of those items. 

This Redditor and her husband kept an 80 lb bag of sand on their parking strip and had been meaning to move it for quite some time now but hadn't gotten around to it just yet. Still, it shouldn't have been an issue considering the fact that it was still very much on their own property. 

Cut to one random morning when the Redditor's husband noticed someone rummaging in their bushes. The original poster (OP) went outside to see what was going on, and lo and behold, their nosy Karen neighbor was trying to steal their bag of sand. She even went so far as to claim that the sand was fair game for her to take since it was on the parking strip. Thankfully, OP was not going to be intimidated and, instead, she took the opportunity to put the Karen in her place.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a ridiculous new HOA policy that received widespread backlash.

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  • 01
    "[She] just tried to steal from my front yard"
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  • 02
    We had an 80lb bag of sand on in our parking strip, open and leaning against the trunk of a tree. You really had to look to find it
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  • 03
    because our bushes are a mess and it blends in. It's also difficult to see if you're driving by since our car is usually parked in front of it.
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  • 04
    It's been there a few months because I can't lift it, still need it in that part of my property, and tbh, I didn't think anyone would steal sand.
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  • 05
    My husband noticed someone rummaging through our bushes/around our car so I go out and check. Total Boomer lady who looks like she can barely use a childproof doorknob let alone carry that bag of sand. I ask the
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  • 06
    woman if she needs any help. She asks me if the sand is mine and I say it is. Then she says it's free and I say it's not. Shocked Pikachu face. Then she haughtily says that if something is on the parking
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  • 07
    strip, it's free. I inform her that she's wrong and she sulks off, looking back at me and the sand like I'm the Ohole. And yes, we moved the sand.
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  • 08
    Pleasant_Expert_1990. 3 days ago When I was selling my house I had a yard sale to get rid of and a boomer wanted to buy some of my plants from the yard. Weird but ok, you can have the six of this particular plant you like growing over in the corner. She buys the plants, digs them up herself, and drives away.
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  • 09
    Next day she comes back. Drives all the way up my drive way between the house and detached garage. Goes into my back yard. Starts digging up more plants from the nice area I told her not to dig from.
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546
  • 10
    I'm watching this all on camera until I go out to confront her. I walked out in the yard and said loudly, "What do you think you are doing?"
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546
  • 11
    "Oh, I didn't think you were home" replies she. "Are you stealing plants?" "Oh no I bought these"
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  • 12
    "I'm the only one who lives here. You delt with me yesterday. You paid for six and took six. Put those back and leave. Please don't make a thing about this or I'll have to call the police."
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546
  • 13
    She opened and closed her mouth a couple times and replanted. When she got back in her car I took a video of me formally telling her not to return or it would be trespassing. She kept saying "I'm not a thief!" Over and over.
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  • 14
    Just because you're a bad thief does not make you not a thief. 3.3k Reply
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  • 15
    QueenieMcGee 3 days ago Back when I was a kid (7-ish?); I was in our front yard with my dad helping him with some yard work, while my little brother (about 5- ish?) was riding his brand new scooter up and down the sidewalk under my dad's supervision.
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  • 16
    My brother at one point needs to use the bathroom, so he plonks his scooter down on the curb in front of our house (which is less than 10ft from where my dad is working) and runs inside to answer nature's call.
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546
  • 17
    My brother barely closed the front door when our boomer neighbour from across the street run/waddles over and tries to steal the scooter in full view of both my dad and I.
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  • 18
    My dad called out to her while walking over to her; Dad: "Excuse me?! What are you doing?"
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  • 19
    Boomer Neighbour looked completely nonchalant as she explained: "It was on the curb, so it's free to take, since you're just throwing it out"
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546
  • 20
    Dad: "There is NO curbside pickup happening right now, and my son was riding that scooter less than a minute ago before you swooped in and tried to steal it"
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546
  • 21
    Boomer Neighbour looked like my dad had just accused her entire family of having relations with farm animals. She looks shocked for a few moments and like she's maybe trying to process this new information, but fails and in the end scoffs and doubles down with "It was lying on the curb! So I'm taking it!" before turning to waddle away.
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  • 22
    I then got to watch my dad grab the scooter in the boomer lady's hands and yank it out of her grasp, causing her to stumble and scream a whole bunch of no-no words that I was told later not to repeat in public, even if I did hear an adult using them, because that particular adult was clearly raised in a ZOO.
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  • 23
    So yeah, I learnt pretty early on that Boomers are totally fine with stealing things in plain sight/on other people's property and will use the flimsiest, most excuses to justify themselves.
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546
  • 24
    (Thank you Boomer Neighbour for teaching me the word 'bull' btw)
    via u/Informal-Cobbler-546

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