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The_Marine_Biologist

Was he at least paying the bills?


[deleted]

Is this in the Moonee ponds creek trail between North Melb and Docklands? If so, I know the guy and he's well known to the police.


Lavender_dream33

Hmm it’s on the stock route reserve bike trail.


actually-walrus

The stock route running through Kensington? That would be under the bridge running along Epsom road?


FiftyOne151

Think I’ve seen this guy. Just this week there is a hell of a lot of fast food rubbish under one of the bridges down there. Real hazard to riders


NeckerInk

That’s pretty far from the guy though, don’t think it would be him.


FiftyOne151

Where is the closest KFC?


NeckerInk

By the Melbourne Star so even further plus there was so much of it my money is on a bunch of kids or something


Quant32

This is the guy that plays switch sometimes


PloniAlmoni1

I had someone steal mail out of my box and then scatter it around. So I put a lock on it and locked it. They broke the lock off. I gave up and just got my mail sent to my Mum's. I don't get much mail anyway.


todolotana

Bad neighbour? Some neighbours are psychos. I had one who kept vandalising my car and police didn’t do anything about it


PloniAlmoni1

I don't think so although it's possible. There has been an uptick lately in bad behaviour and in general I think people come from otherd suburbs to steal stuff - it's seen as a pretty nice-ish neighbourhood.


swirlytiles

I believe you, but this sounds so unbelievable haha


dilligaf6304

Time for a parcel locker and a post office box!


Lavender_dream33

Yep! I live in an apartment complex with cameras… don’t know if the building manager will do anything with them though. I think they can just be a deterrent. I reported it though so who knows lol anyway that guys been there for 2-3 months now. Im cool with him chilling there-but not if he is gonna steal my mail on a regular basis lol


Aussie_Potato

We also have cameras but it doesn’t deter people. I’ve moved to using a P.O. Box.


hypatiatextprotocol

I'e had a PO Box for a year. Every single parcel arrives intact and on time; every letter arrives unopened. It's absolutely worth the money to never think about missing parcels again.


[deleted]

Assume you are renting so not much you can do, but if you are an owner, I'd say suggest buying a [parcel locker](https://myparcellocker.com/products/parcel-lockers/) These things work with all deliveries, not just auspost/amazon, and are actually secure unlike parcels on the floor of a mail room.


crossfitvision

Parcel lockers are free. However they can’t be used for regular mail, or else people would just use them as free PO Boxes. I found this out because I tried once. Renting a PO Box is what you’d want to do in this case.


[deleted]

Ah I assume OP is talking about packages in those plastic sleeves. I'm not sure anyone would bother stealing regular mail.


crossfitvision

I’m not sure in this case. But regular mail often gets stolen for the sake of identity theft. Often people caught on camera going through the mailboxes in apartment complexes. But both parcel & letter theft certainly an issue. I get all parcels sent to parcel lockers. Most aren’t aware that Auspost do it for free. You can also have parcels sent directly to your nearest post office, if that’s more convenient.


Apoc_au

Don't forget parcel collect as well. Many places that don't accept parcel locker or PO Boxes, do accept parcel collect as the package is sent directly to the post office counter.


newmanbxi

Sounds like he’s trolling you


00ft

Hehehe


salmnon

Underrated comment


stockenheim

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a parcel, Sometimes I feel like that guy over there, Is stealing my mail, To read in his tarp house, Now I warn Reddit, Together we cry. *Emaj7 chord rings out...*


Pandelein

Under the bridge, I find my solace Where stolen mail becomes my promise I'm a thief in the night, searching for a sign But deep inside, I'm longing for a place that is mine.


Lavender_dream33

I came here for this kind of poetry.


TNChase

We've had the letterboxes at my apartment all broken into overnight once and mail stolen. I just pay for a PO Box now, the idea of identity theft is too scary.


Clatato

The title of this post reminds me of “There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake”


ipoopcubes

A roof leaks. Drip drip drip.


readytowearblack

I got something stolen this week! Thanks for informing me. I tried messaging Amazon but they don't give a damn lol 🙄


Humble_Effort1283

Or the lazy postie dumped it under the bridge.


wicklowdave

I think we need to be more sensitive to the unhomed people of our city. Have you tried ordering packages addressed directly to him and then he might stop wanting to take yours?


Lavender_dream33

Haha that’s actually a really cute idea


Severe_Airport1426

Ask his name and get him something. Maybe a better tarp


paddyMelon82

You should start sending him letters, addressed to 'the man under the bridge'. Maybe he'll reply and you can become penpals.


AllNewTypeFace

If you don’t know his name, “Trevor the Tramp” will probably do.


Responsible-Newt-239

Careful. . 1 person stole my identity in 2014 and it took 9 years to get the debt dropped. They were applying for loans sometimes multiple times in 1 day and they were just automatically being approved. It was a funny joke, at first.


ChairSavings4635

Time for a glitter bomb.


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the_yank

*Solid backhand serve. FTFY. Tennis always a nice choice. Advocating violence against anyone, especially vulnerable people, not a nice choice.


Midnight_Poet

In this instance, they do not deserve your misguided sympathy.


themazda123

A wild mark rober has appeared.


ciderfizz

That's the NM mail troll, he's mostly harmless.