EXTENDING A GIFT OF APPRECIATION TO THE THIEVES THAT WALK YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Date:
November 29, 2011 10:32:14 AM EST

Greetings Net,

Note:  –  This e-mail is not promoting nor soliciting the
providing of a gift or gratuity to any individual; it is simply providing an
awareness to those that elect to give someone something for a service rendered
within a neighborhood.

–  The intent is to discourage an attraction to the
criminal element walking your streets.  

–  While this e-mail addresses the subject locally, please
share this with others as it no doubt applies in any community nationwide.

Throughout the city, especially around this time of year, some residents elect to provide
a card, gift and or gratuity to those public servants that render a
service to their community throughout the year, whether that is the mail
carrier, waste management representatives, meter reader, etc … .  The
delivery technique for accomplishing this ranges from placing a card intended
for a mail carrier in a mail box to leaving a card intended for a waste
management worker taped to the inside of a trash can.

Heads up; it is no secret to the criminals that walk our streets that many residents
will be providing something to a service provider this time of year and
therefore; and there are those individuals that will try to intercept that gift
of appreciation for their own benefit.

In years past residents have seen individuals walking the streets checking trash
cans for cards that are set on top or taped inside the lid and individual mail
boxes that have envelopes marked for the mail carrier.  The outcome is,
throughout the city, residents are unintentionally rewarding the
thieves walking our neighborhoods.

The best means to get your appreciation to the individual you intend it
for is to hand it to them personally.  If you can’t do that because you
are not home when they come around your neighborhood, ask a neighbor who is
home to assist you.
For the sanitation / waste management workers, if you cannot catch
them during the day as they pass through, rather than placing your card with
the canisters on the street and subjecting it to theft, contact the Public
Works Department and ask them to assist with the card delivery.  As with
most businesses and organizations, they do not promote nor encourage gratuities
for employees, but they will most likely assist with the delivery of a sealed
envelope to an employee.  If you do not have the name of the
individual(s), you need only provide the street name that you live along to
assist in finding the name of the individual(s) assigned to that route.
If you want more info on this assistance, the phone number for the City
of Rockledge Waste Management Department is (321)
690-3961.

It is time to be extra vigilant.  The times have been
harsh to many and some may elect to solve a need by taking from another – – –
residential crime will increase at the onset of the Holidays.  Be safe and
report the suspicious acts of others.  It has always been recommended to
have local law enforcement check out that stranger walking your street – let
them know that their presence is known.  “No
call is too small” – 690-3988. 

Network
Administrator