school17777 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 The last time I bought toilet paper was in December. I bought two big packs from BJs - one for us and one for dd up at school. Plus I bought college dd a semester’s worth of non fresh food. So, after almost 3 months, it’s time to replenish the tp supply. Little did I expect to not be able to find much available to buy. Dd reminded me that she had the BJs pack up at school that she would be picking up today. I finally found tp, and I only bought four packs because I knew that I had the large pack coming. Dd went up to school to retrieve her backpack and books and discovered the toilet paper and all her unopened food is gone. Her roommate will not respond to her. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Has she filed a police report? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 That is seriously screwed up. I’m so sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, maize said: Has she filed a police report? Not yet. Dd asked her about it and the roommate has not responded to her at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) That really stinks. Is it possible, though, that the roommate is not responding for other reasons, and someone else with access to the room could have taken it? RA or someone? Not that it would make it any better, except if they are going to be roommates after all this is over. Edited March 15, 2020 by marbel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, marbel said: That really stinks. Is it possible, though, that the roommate is not responding for other reasons, and someone else with access to the room could have taken it? RA or someone? Not that it would make it any better, except if they are going to be roommates after all this is over. It’s an off campus apartment. No other signs of a break-in. Only two people have key other than the apartment maintenance. Not sure why the roommate wouldn’t respond to say she didn’t take the stuff and be concerned herself that someone entered and took stuff from their apartment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Oh man, that is lousy. So where is the roommate - did she go home to her family? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I'd file a police report just stating that it was stolen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Ugh. That’s awful. 😞 If you need to find toilet paper, you might try the big box hardware stores. They tend to get overlooked but are often well stocked (ours still had lots of bleach, Lysol etc as of a few days ago). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, MEmama said: Ugh. That’s awful. 😞 If you need to find toilet paper, you might try the big box hardware stores. They tend to get overlooked but are often well stocked (ours still had lots of bleach, Lysol etc as of a few days ago). Yeah. Lowes carries a brand called Moxie. (?) They had quite a bit the other day, even when my local Walmart and grocery stores were completely out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Great. Now I want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 hours ago, HeighHo said: Is the roommate financially stressed? ie did she lose her on-campus job? I have no idea of her financial situation. She does not have a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Selkie said: Oh man, that is lousy. So where is the roommate - did she go home to her family? Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 hours ago, MEmama said: Ugh. That’s awful. 😞 If you need to find toilet paper, you might try the big box hardware stores. They tend to get overlooked but are often well stocked (ours still had lots of bleach, Lysol etc as of a few days ago). Everyone told me to go to Home Depot for toilet paper. I made it there on Friday afternoon- shortly after they ran out of toilet paper. The manager said that they are not expecting another shipment for a couple months because the suppliers have been wiped clean. (Haha!) I did get four packs at our local grocery store. I was surprised to find it full, but I happened to have good timing - they had just restocked. Now that everyone will be home from school and working at home, we’ll go through it faster than usual I’m assuming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Dd also realized she took her unopened container of Lysol wipes because it’s missing from her stuff. I replinished all that when she went up for the spring semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Did the roommate think your DD wasn't coming back for stuff and had already gone back to your house. Because I can understand taking it under those circumstances with the idea of repaying or replenishing once they both got back to the apartment. But I would also expect her to have asked. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, hjffkj said: Did the roommate think your DD wasn't coming back for stuff and had already gone back to your house. Because I can understand taking it under those circumstances with the idea of repaying or replenishing once they both got back to the apartment. But I would also expect her to have asked. I don’t know why she would think dd wouldn’t come back to get her school supplies. And, she could have asked dd if that was her intention. Still is ghosting dd. Edited March 16, 2020 by school17777 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Wow thats ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 9 hours ago, school17777 said: I don’t know why she would think dd wouldn’t come back to get her school supplies. And, she could have asked dd if that was her intention. Still is ghosting dd. Which is bizarre. I mean, surely she realizes she'll have to face your DD when this is over? (Or perhaps not, if they're out for the rest of the school year and they have different apartments/roomies next year). But still! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Smh. That's just so rude. If we give her the benefit of the doubt... could the roommate have thought that your dd wasn't coming back to get things? I mean, in a normal time, clearing out things like that wouldn't be a giant deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 So roommate finally got back to dd this afternoon. She says she took the toilet paper by accident. She said she didn’t take the freezer food home because she was concerned that it had gone bad while they were gone (for a week of spring break) so she threw it out. Interesting, she was only concerned about the food that hadn’t been opened yet. Then she said she threw it because she has tried of seeing dd’s food take up half the freezer space. She is agreeing to pay for it, but only venmoed $20. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 7 hours ago, school17777 said: So roommate finally got back to dd this afternoon. She says she took the toilet paper by accident. She said she didn’t take the freezer food home because she was concerned that it had gone bad while they were gone (for a week of spring break) so she threw it out. Interesting, she was only concerned about the food that hadn’t been opened yet. Then she said she threw it because she has tried of seeing dd’s food take up half the freezer space. She is agreeing to pay for it, but only venmoed $20. So sweet of her to be worried about food safety, lol. Does your dd still have to be roommates with her? I hope not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Gotta say, the suggestion that one might want to file a police report over toilet paper "theft" by a roommate--a ROOMMATE, not a stranger brandishing a knife, is one of the scariest things I've read on here about CV and what it's doing to people. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 We took the last of the (opened) cleaning supplies and TP from ds’s suite. Well left one of each for the last kid who hadn’t turned in his keys. The other kids took their personal stuff home but left all that kind of stuff behind in their rush to pack up and get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 On 3/15/2020 at 10:19 PM, school17777 said: I have no idea of her financial situation. She does not have a job. And It isn’t ok to steal just because you are having money troubles. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 3/17/2020 at 8:07 AM, Selkie said: So sweet of her to be worried about food safety, lol. Does your dd still have to be roommates with her? I hope not! They aren’t going back to school this semester and they aren’t rooming together next year. Thank goodness! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 3/17/2020 at 8:31 AM, plansrme said: Gotta say, the suggestion that one might want to file a police report over toilet paper "theft" by a roommate--a ROOMMATE, not a stranger brandishing a knife, is one of the scariest things I've read on here about CV and what it's doing to people. Why would you not consider this theft? They each supplied their own toilet paper and food. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I would consider it theft, but I wouldn't report it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 On 3/17/2020 at 8:31 AM, plansrme said: Gotta say, the suggestion that one might want to file a police report over toilet paper "theft" by a roommate--a ROOMMATE, not a stranger brandishing a knife, is one of the scariest things I've read on here about CV and what it's doing to people. What? That's a quality Karen move. WHY can't you just get on board? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 9:37 PM, KungFuPanda said: What? That's a quality Karen move. WHY can't you just get on board? I don't even know what a Karen move is, but are you seriously stating that there is no room to disagree on here about the suitability of calling the police to report a theft of toilet paper? Is it really so universally accepted that this is an appropriate use of a police officer's time, to come to the apartment, take a report, hunt down and arrest the roommate, fingerprint her, and give her a police record that will follow her for life, over toilet paper? As for why I am generally not on board with the hysteria, do you want to know what happened today? Someone I know DIED today, with a brain infection that made him mentally incompetent for the last couple of days. He was in a state whose governor, just hours before he was admitted to the hospital with what turned out to be a brain infection, prohibited all hospital visitation. The neurologist told his parents, "The governor just signed this order. Your son will not leave this hospital alive. This will kill him. You have to leave." When the parents asked about an end-of-life exception, Dr. Asshat told them, "This doesn't apply to your son," because--news flash--doctors can be jerks, too. And they kicked the parents out of the hospital, where their now-mentally-impaired son died ALONE, conscious but incapable of understanding where his parents were, because the governor was in a race to out-quarantine the governors of other states. Prohibiting these parents from seeing their son, who was in no condition to make decisions about or even contribute to his own medical care, in a hospital that has zero--ZERO--coronavirus cases, in a state with ZERO coronavirus deaths, makes zero sense. And don't start telling me what these parents should have or could have done to override the doctor. The hospital administrators, and their phones, were covered up with other families trying to do the same thing, and they couldn't make any headway. And if objecting to the kind of hysteria that makes multiple posters want to call the police on a roommate who took toilet paper, or makes a young man die alone in a hospital room because he had the poor timing to contract a brain infection hours before the governor closed the state's hospitals to visitors, is a Karen move, then so be it. But the fact that none of you can even acknowledge that there just might be a case to be made for a more measured response is appalling. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innisfree Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 @plansrme, that is unspeakably awful. I am so very sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 @plansrme, I'm so sorry.😞 I'm pretty sure KungFuPanda was agreeing with you that calling the police would be an overreaction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SereneHome Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 On 3/15/2020 at 6:48 PM, HeighHo said: Is the roommate financially stressed? ie did she lose her on-campus job? Should that matter?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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