The Tao of the Borrowing Thief
Mar 12, 2020 8:11:48 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Mar 12, 2020 8:11:48 GMT -5
The Tao of the Borrowing Thief
Thieves come in a variety of types differentiated by the methods they use in order to take things that do not belong to them. There are shoplifters. muggers, Embezzlers of Funds, religious leaders who use religion to strip the flock, and then there are borrowers, thieves who borrow things with the purpose of never giving them back.
Now, this is the way in which the borrowing thief proceeds. The first thing is to gain your trust, since without your trust, his plan will fail miserably. The thief notices things that your enjoy doing and might show great interest in becoming your friend. Maybe will start sharing your hobby with you such as chess or playing a musical instrument. Perhaps even feign interest in your religion and attend some of the services. The more trustworthy he looks the more of a chance he has to steal. In short, he strives to convey the impression of a personality that you can thoroughly trust before the borrowing thief asks to borrow something from you.
Of course this happens when he feels that your trust has been gained to the degree he considers adequate, he makes his move. He asks if you are willing to lend something he considers of great value and vehemently promises to return it by a certain date. Of course. after his precious demonstration the victim is usually convinced ht he is dealing with an honest individual incapable of trying to set him up.=
If the victim is not 100 percent convinced, he might propose lending him a limited quantity, and if he proves trustworthy by returning it on time,he will lend him more. In such a case, the borrowing thief realizes that he is being restricted to a certain quantity. Since he isn't interested in making repeated trips for nothing. So he decides to take what he can get and disappear.
Then of course he will begin thinking amount how clever he was and how gullible you were in having trusted him and proceed to enjoy the fruits of his devious labor. It doesn't have to be anything extremely valuable-mind you,. Some books, DVDS, record albums, even comic books. But that is not the issue. The issue is that they are your things and he has absolutely no right to take them..
It happened to me in NYC and I lost approx fifteen single records that I considered very special. A fried recommended getting even by removing him from the music band but the borrowing thief had already decided he didn't want to be part of the band any longer. Solution? Take the matter to court. Make it cst him time and effort. You are doing him a favor since making such activity easy for borrowing thieves by letting it go only serves to encourage him or her to continue.
But better yet, he might be legally forced to return the items or else pay for them if he has given then away as gifts. Much better than having the bitter memory of having been duped by the scumbag with no compensation to show for it.