I am so angry!

I see in Friday's Portsmouth Evening news some barstewards have pinched 4 of Lee's RBL poppy boxes from 4 local shops.G*ts!!!

I hope they get boils somewhere VERY personal.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Why would anyone steal boxes of poppies?

Originally Posted by Matt D

Why would anyone steal boxes of poppies?

The collection boxes.They left the poppies.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Ah. So the thieving scrotes stole the collections...

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Matt D

Why would anyone steal boxes of poppies?

Profit i mean, they could pose as legit sellers / organisations and reap the profits of the sales / donations.
Yet another case of how low some people can go

People steal things all the time these days, this is no different.

Out of intrest where does the money go?

[Dave Stones]

anyone who tries to steal the poppy collections at my place of work is brave... they are all fastened to the desks with 14-gauge steel chain. the hydraulic cutters we have have difficulty getting through this sometimes

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Damien

Out of intrest where does the money go?

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/

The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants. Currently, nearly 11 million people are eligible for our support and we receive around 300,000 calls for help every year.

The Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community and our 550,000 members continue to ensure that this voice does not go unheard. Although the needs of ex-Service people have changed over the years, we are still there to safeguard their welfare, interests and memory. British service people are in action around the world every day of the year. They know that if they need our support - now or in the future - the Legion is always on active duty for them.

[aliferste]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

anyone who tries to steal the poppy collections at my place of work is brave... they are all fastened to the desks with 14-gauge steel chain. the hydraulic cutters we have have difficulty getting through this sometimes

All that work for 20 bucks

[Dave Stones]

Originally Posted by aliferste

All that work for 20 bucks

i know

the chain is less than 99p a metre though so i suppose there's still a profit to be had

An example here

Yanto Evans
Often the hardest times for an ex-serviceman are when he has to step outside the Forces and face a life on Civvy Street for which he may be completely unprepared. That was certainly the case for Yanto Evans, who served with the Paras for 13 years with postings including Northern Ireland, Belize and the Falklands - where he was blown up on the Sir Galahad and watched many comrades die.

For family reasons Yanto eventually decided to leave the Services. When he first left he had a series of jobs in security and surveillance, then he joined the Police force but found it too different to what he was used to in the army. He kept putting himself in dangerous situations - on one occasion he intervened to stop an armed robbery. It was almost as though he didn't want to live, later diagnosed as a classic sign of 'survivor's guilt' and part of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which he carried as a result of his time in the forces. After a year off sick, he left the police service and fell into a downward spiral of failed relationships, alcohol and drugs.

It took him five years to realise that he needed help to control the aggression and frustration which had become a standard part of his life. He also needed help with his financial situation. Fortunately he came into contact with the Legion's County Field Officer Craig Treeby who was able to help him with an application to increase his War Pension allowance. Craig arranged treatment for his combat stress, raised the funds to buy him a new cooker and to pay for three months of Council Tax arrears. He also arranged for Yanto to be given vocational assessment to help him back into employment where he unexpectedly found that he had an aptitude for sales. As a result of the course, he was able to find himself employment at a local Estate Agents.

'When I left the Army I was completely unprepared for life out of uniform,' he says. 'I was completely disoriented and confused. The Legion helped me to get back on my feet and thanks to them I have been able to start afresh and make a life for myself on Civvy Street.'

All this takes a great deal of money.More than the Legion can find from the Poppy Appeal I'm afraid.Thank goodness for those who bequeath money to the RBL. What it doesn't need is the rotten *******s nicking the money that kind and generous people give in good faith.

[SOSAGES]

had a chat with an old boy selling them outside woolies at the weekend - seemed like a nice chap and is apperently is damn happy he left the army he got fed up being shot at

Yeah, getting shot at would be a pain in the arse i reakon

[Graham F]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

I see in Friday's Portsmouth Evening news some barstewards have pinched 4 of Lee's RBL poppy boxes from 4 local shops.G*ts!!!

I hope they get boils somewhere VERY personal.

Hopefully they will catch them, as stealing from a charity has a 5 year sentence for it