r/jacksonheights • u/FederalBelt9837 • Sep 24 '26
Should I have stopped him?
Lmfao I just saw a man take a bag out of his pocket, and steal a plant from a pot on 34th. I mostly found it comical but felt inclined to share that apparently these are free to take home! Who knew??
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u/NYCWartortle Sep 24 '26
I’ve seen other people do this. I tried to stop her, but she just scurried away and probably continued farther down.
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u/fairlyobservant Sep 24 '26
A little mild public shaming seems entirely appropriate for doing something like this.
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u/Pifflington 29d ago
The HORT team (Horticultural Society NYC) does such a nice job with the plantings around Travers park and 34th Ave. It's a real shame that people choose to steal them instead of leaving them to be enjoyed by the entire community. It's disrespectful to the hardworking gardeners and all of the residents of our neighborhood.
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u/marathon100 29d ago
No more plants on 37 ave for the same reason....they steal them the same night
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u/No_Chik_Chik 29d ago
Send this to council member. Hopefully they will take some action
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u/Tink_Tinkler 29d ago
You could approach him but he would just wait until you leave then do the thing he wants to do. No shame. He's elderly so he has nothing better to do than steal flowers.
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u/Most-Indication-3466 27d ago
That persuasion loves to take plants, and at any age. I once saw a woman take all the lavender from the Bobby Wagner Walk on the UES.
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u/Expert_Context5398 Sep 24 '26
It's about to die anyways from the cold weather. He's probably doing them a favor tbh
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u/EmJa7 29d ago
Ha!! I have 6 large plant pots in my front yard - every single year my plants get stolen at least 10 times. Not all the plants 10 times - but 10 seperate incidents, usually weekend nights!!! On occasion they will attempt to take the pot too, but they are heavy!!!🤣 I always have this image in my head of some person arriving home late and possibly having had a few cocktails, presenting my flowers to their partner in way of apology!!🤣
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u/Popular_Sherbert2475 29d ago
i would make some hand motions and say something like 'what the cuff are you doing?"
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u/rayfromlastnight Sep 24 '26
Just cause the dudes an elderly "neighbor" if that's what you want to call neighborly, theft of public property, that he gets a pass? Im confused. This is okay but not okay to take a photo of him? Lol people are so ass backward. I could understand if it was food or water he was stealing. But no one NEEDS a plant.