Low Life At Rink

[precursor 0]

A friend of mine had his house broken into about six months back. Unfortunately, sitting inside the kitchen was his hockey bag. They proceeded to empty it out, and then fill it with all the electronics that they could find and fit in the bag.

As I said, they emptied out the bag, so most of his gear was ok. But, the skate pockets on the side of the bag were full, and there walked away his supreme 8000s (or whatever they were).

[hunterphfr 12]

B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tyler B @ Aug 16 2007, 07:12 PM) ←</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->

we should all bring a "mystrey bag into our locker rooms for cases like this. have one that has like a bear trap or something so that when someone puts their hand in there, CHOP...! all gone... :lol: would it be against the law to do something like that?

In the "everything is a potential lawsuit" world that we live in, I bet you'd end up getting sued by the would-be thief.

but im sure that the courts would understand the person deserved it. Although the theif may deserve it, your most likely be the one in the most trouble.

really... i mean it is your stuff? but i guess it would be like leaving a gun in your bag and having someone else use it. i think you'll get in trouble for not keeping it in a safe place or something. crap where is real justice when we need it. <_<

It's called a man trap, I don't know about in a hockey bag but in your home or on your property it's highly illegal. Opens you up to all sorts of litigation, losing your skates would be cheap by comparison.

[forbs02 20]

The two main rinks I play at have had a number of incidences of stolen items in the past few years. We now bring our bags to the bench with us when we go play. Its a pain in the rear but it sure beats having some little wannabe thug going through my stuff.

[Patrick67 1]

Around here justice exists (i.e. we don't have american legislation...) so the bear-trap could actually work....

Only problem is my own teammates steal tape all the time from each other, I'm guilty of this crime myself, so it might backfire.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Around here justice exists (i.e. we don't have american legislation...) so the bear-trap could actually work....

Only problem is my own teammates steal tape all the time from each other, I'm guilty of this crime myself, so it might backfire.

And on a far, far lessor note, but somewhat related to borrowing between teammates .... anyone else here ever get a water thief? I bring nice, filtered water to the rink in my water bottle (I'm both fat and old so need the hydration and the water at the rink taste like the only thing it may have been filtered through is someone's a$$).

ANYWAY, it annoys me a little when I get back after a shift and half of it was drunk in my absense. I mean, it's water people - can't you expell just the slightest bit of effort and bring your own dang water so I don't run out aat the end of the 2nd period?

And on a related note.... I do get especially annoyed when someone grabs my water bottle and uses it to squeeze down their back or over their head to try to cool off (a former goalie of ours used to do this).

Ah.... that was my rant for the day... :)

[Chadd 916]

Around here justice exists (i.e. we don't have american legislation...) so the bear-trap could actually work....

Only problem is my own teammates steal tape all the time from each other, I'm guilty of this crime myself, so it might backfire.

And on a far, far lessor note, but somewhat related to borrowing between teammates .... anyone else here ever get a water thief? I bring nice, filtered water to the rink in my water bottle (I'm both fat and old so need the hydration and the water at the rink taste like the only thing it may have been filtered through is someone's a$$).

ANYWAY, it annoys me a little when I get back after a shift and half of it was drunk in my absense. I mean, it's water people - can't you expell just the slightest bit of effort and bring your own dang water so I don't run out aat the end of the 2nd period?

And on a related note.... I do get especially annoyed when someone grabs my water bottle and uses it to squeeze down their back or over their head to try to cool off (a former goalie of ours used to do this).

Ah.... that was my rant for the day... :)

Mix some lemon juice in with your water next time you play with one of those water hogs. I did that for a while and the burned eyes and gagging seemed to put a stop to the thievery pretty quickly. On my current team we have a guy who brings a six pack of bottles for team use.

[pantherfan 0]

Around here justice exists (i.e. we don't have american legislation...) so the bear-trap could actually work....

Only problem is my own teammates steal tape all the time from each other, I'm guilty of this crime myself, so it might backfire.

And on a far, far lessor note, but somewhat related to borrowing between teammates .... anyone else here ever get a water thief? I bring nice, filtered water to the rink in my water bottle (I'm both fat and old so need the hydration and the water at the rink taste like the only thing it may have been filtered through is someone's a$$).

ANYWAY, it annoys me a little when I get back after a shift and half of it was drunk in my absense. I mean, it's water people - can't you expell just the slightest bit of effort and bring your own dang water so I don't run out aat the end of the 2nd period?

And on a related note.... I do get especially annoyed when someone grabs my water bottle and uses it to squeeze down their back or over their head to try to cool off (a former goalie of ours used to do this).

Ah.... that was my rant for the day... :)

^^ Exactly! Whats also bad is when goalies ask for water, I mean you can't really turn them down even if you've had 3/4 of your water swiped already.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Mix some lemon juice in with your water next time you play with one of those water hogs. I did that for a while and the burned eyes and gagging seemed to put a stop to the thievery pretty quickly. On my current team we have a guy who brings a six pack of bottles for team use.

Funny... I did that at college when one of my 3 roommates started using my shampoo. Oddly, they kept doing it anyway, but I kept hoping I'd just have to wait and watch for the streaky hair but the semester ended before I could see the fruits of my labor (so to speak) pay dividends....

I think I will follow Chad's example - I will take 2 bottles (a new one for me and will put something warm and nasty in my old one) and see how long it will take them to bring their own.... or, perhaps I'll just fill it with the cheapest vodka I can possibly find. That should be easy to see who is taking it. Either they will stink like vodka or they will spit it out all over the place in surprise when they're expecting water but getting vodka (of course, bad stuff if they use it over their head if gets in their eyes)

Exactly! Whats also bad is when goalies ask for water, I mean you can't really turn them down even if you've had 3/4 of your water swiped already

Yep... or when the refs take your water to fill a divit in the ice with.

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

I wasn't working there at the time, but the first year RDV opened they had Atlanta's training camp. A guy wearing a suit walked into the locker room as the guys were skating and made off with all of their cash. Security figured it was someone working for the team. My boy saw him trying to get away and tackled him in the parking lot.

[sniper44 0]

The facility that i go to during the summer has a gym in the basement, two rinks and about 6 other dressing rooms that the camp instructors use. Anyways the other day we were getting undressed and one of the guys askes if anybody had got anything stolen, (he had his phone and championship ring stolen). Everyone checks and one guy was missing his car keys. Same deal as ogie, he used the button on the fob to find the car. The next day the guy who got his car stolen went to the front office to see the security tapes. Apparently this guy was walking around the complex talking to anyone he saw about the programs and stuff. He even talked to two instructors and our trainer. He must have been in the place for an hour before he actually jetted out of there in my friend's two day old '07 vw jetta.(no pun inetended) Now tell me that doesn't suck!