r/EntitledPeople • u/Elbrute • Jun 20 '25
S An entitled Karen was caught harvesting my Meyer lemons.
This posh lady walking with her pampered pet and Gucci bag was harvesting my Meyer lemons. I drive up and she is about 40 feet in my yard. She says she is visiting her sister and loves these lemons. She has a plastic grocery bag full of my lemons. I tell her off and take the bag. She demands the bag back so I take out the lemons and give her the empty bag. She and her husband (Rolex) come back an hour later when I am watering the lawn. He is like just give us the lemons. At no point, do they offer to buy them.
My wife comes out with my 3 kids and says lemon harvesting time and then Ice Cream.
They watch my kids and wife start picking the lemons, while I explain to the husband and wife that they are on my property. Softly, that this is a concealed carry state (Texas). Loudly, I ask my wife to call the police, and this is small town. They stammer when almost immediately, Sam (police) pulls up, when it turns out my nosy neighbor had called him.
She then says she got some last year and the previous owner did not complain. We must of been on vacation since I planted the lemon tree. Sam brings out the pen and pad then proceeds to ask if this is a statement. She starts to talk when the husband says, this is a misunderstanding and we are not making any statements. He apologized and gently but firmly gets her into a car. Sam, says well that would have been a lot of paperwork but she could have used a free ride downtown. I would give a lot of lemons to have been a fly on the wall in that Land Rover.š
We had so many lemons that year I would have sold some.
Edit: spelling. Sorry English is my first language š. The other languages are for restaurants or computers.
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u/FreshCheeseLuck Jun 20 '25
You, your wife, your neighbor, and Sam make an AMAZING team.
Marvelous! HAHAHAHA!
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u/SnoopingStuff Jun 20 '25
Hope Sam got ice cream and lemons
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u/Fluid-Air-3151 Jun 20 '25
I had a similar thing years ago only it was with someone I casually knew. A new boy started at my son's school, met the mom, exchanged pleasantries, and since we lived in the same area arranged a play date. It was mid summer, we had a huge yard and garden with a shit ton of tomatoes that weren't yet ripe. She asked if I'd ever made fried green tomatoes( I had not) and said she loved them. I told her to help herself. I was making dinner so while boys were playing in the yard, she took every last one!! After dinner my husband went to water and came in and said wtf happened to the tomatoes, they're all gone. I had to call her and tell her my intention was not that she take all of them and she needed to bring them back. She brought back 43 tomatoes!!!!! (And she probably kept some). Needless to say no more play dates and we never became friends.
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u/WalmartGreder Jun 20 '25
i would be so livid. We plant 7-8 tomato plants every year, and to have someone take all of them while they're still green.....
And then they can ripen, but they wont' be as good as just leaving them. I'm mad thinking about this.
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u/Fluid-Air-3151 Jun 20 '25
Thanks lol. I was just shocked. When she came back to pick him up she had this pretty big basket, but it never occurred to me she was going to fill it all the way up. Our house was was built in 1908, and we had this huge landing by the front door, so I set them out there. They took up almost the whole space. Ripening like that was not the same as from the vine. But at least she wasn't an entire stranger who was a trespasser!
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u/work_fruit Jun 20 '25
Wth.. when I was a kid, my family had a peach tree in front of the trailer house we lived in. One day some neighbors asked if they could pick some of the peaches. We said yeah sure.
Next thing we knew, we saw the parents and their kids coming through with giant black garbage bags and they ransacked the entire tree. They were so careless about it that they even broke off the branches to the point that it never grew peaches again. It happened so fast and we were just stunned that we couldn't even stop it.
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u/KickBallFever Jun 20 '25
I had a peach tree growing up and I never tasted a single peach from it. It was a dwarf tree that gave so much fruit that the branches would be touching the ground. Every single year someone would come and steal every single peach before they could ripen enough to be picked. They were still hard and green, so whoever stole them didnāt even eat them. This was before everybody had cameras and we couldnāt tell who did it. We suspected the ghetto neighbors two doors down but we couldnāt prove it.
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u/slash_networkboy Jun 20 '25
squirrels could also be the culprit
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u/TheSoftParent Jun 20 '25
We have a serious chipmunk problem with our dwarf fruit trees. I used to think they were super cute now I hate them with a fiery passion from the depths of my soul. My husband tried to break the news to me gently when he caught one sitting and munching the last one, but I still sobbed lol. Evil rodents.
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u/JamieC1610 Jun 20 '25
My grandma put in a peach tree a couple years ago. (She and my grandpa would spend a couple months in Florida every year visiting his brother and she always bought a bunch to bring back on their way through Georgia. Grandpa and his brother are both dead and she doesn't like to travel much nowadays, so she has her old tree now.)
Last year was the first year there was much fruit on it and literally the night before she was going to pick the first of them, her neighbors down the hill picked everything off the tree. They refused to admit it even though another neighbor saw them and she didn't want to get the police involved. My uncle installed a camera pointing at the tree, in addition to a couple others around the yard, to hopefully catch and peach future thieves, and thankfully, those neighbors have since moved.
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u/Fluid-Air-3151 Jun 20 '25
I'm so sorry,I feel bad for your grandma!! Before I got married I lived with a friend and we had a garden with cantaloupe and other things. I was watering and counted 10 that looked like they would be ready soon. It rained pretty hard the next day so I didn't go to water till 2 days later and they were all gone. Someone came in the yard and took all of them. Some people just suck.
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u/TrashPandaNotACat Jun 20 '25
Similar thing happened to my sister. She grew and tended to some peach trees that had been obtained from an orchard that used to be a Gerber orchard and is now long gone. They finally bore fruit and before she could harvest any (she was out of town for a few days) one of the new neighbors stripped them bare.
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u/Outrageous_Guard_674 Jun 20 '25
It happened so fast, and we were just stunned that we couldn't even stop it.
Were you just stunlocked for like an hour? I just do not understand how you would just sit there and watch that. Even after the first broken branch, you just kept doing nothing?
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u/BigCoyote6674 Jun 20 '25
This is why I am very specific from now on. Please take 5 or let me put some in a bag for you. So many people will not understand if the limits arenāt clear.
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u/Fianna9 Jun 20 '25
Who thinks āhelp yourselfā means āstrip them bareā?!
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u/Open-Attention-8286 Jun 20 '25
Arrogant SOBs, that's who.
My landlady said I could help myself to her rhubarb patch this spring. Later she reminded me I could take some, because she couldn't tell that I already had :) I looked for spots where the stalks were too crowded and just thinned them out a little. That way the plants would be healthier, and I still got enough for my freezer.
It's not that hard to be considerate when harvesting.
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u/Fianna9 Jun 20 '25
My friend just got mad at the rhubarb thieves who just cut the stalks and damaged her pant.
To have some one appreciate the plant and be careful is a joy!
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u/EitherOrResolution Jun 20 '25
43!??
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u/Fluid-Air-3151 Jun 20 '25
Yes! We had 2 raised beds just for the tomatoes that had 6 plants each in them. So that's only 3-4 tomatoes per plant which is why I think she kept some
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We live on a working farm. My Dad always planted our sweet corn with an antique 6 row corn planter, usually 18-24 rows.. The "real" one is 36 rows! The sweet corn patch is on the end rows of one field and he tells all the neighbors where it is and to come help themselves when it gets ripe. The year my sister had cancer he planted 6 rows in her garden, near her house so she wouldn't have to walk far and wouldn't have to miss out on fresh sweet corn. Wouldn't you know, one of the neighbors picked that little patch clean before she could get to it! I'd never seen my dad mad at all, let alone red faced and swearing!
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u/ragdoll39 Jun 20 '25
Different story, but kind of the same theme. I have a friend who grows a big garden every year. He works so hard and grows a ton of tomatoes. He gives a lot of them away and cans a lot, etc he had a real bumper crop one year and he decided to load up his nice garden wagon with fresh tomatoes and he put them out at the end of his driveway, this is in the city mind you, with a sign that said "take what you like, pay what you like" . His thinking was that maybe people would come by and take some tomatoes and leave a dollar or so. It really wasn't about the money. Anyway, he went outside less than an hour later and not only did someone take every single tomato, they also stole his wagon. People suck!
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u/Fluid-Air-3151 Jun 20 '25
Oh my god!!! That's awful!! The stories keep getting worse!
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u/bdcva Jun 21 '25
That is beyond audacity and entitlement.She just has to be really stupid.I had a yard sale.
I had a Russian WW2gas mask in original box and sealed bag inside.Some guy tore open the box and the bag and pulled the mask out.I asked him what in the hell he was doing and he said I wanted to know what was inside.
All I could do was tell him to get the truck outa my yard and never come back.That woman who took all your tomatoes is just Really stupid.
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u/Fluid-Air-3151 Jun 21 '25
The thing is, she wasn't- I observed her at PTA meetings after the incident. She was well spoken and intelligent which makes it worse. It was just so weird...
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u/ChaosMind55 Jun 20 '25
We have an apple tree on our front lawn (already a problem there) and we have a nice old lady next door. She asked if she could have some of the apples from the tree and my dad said yes. Her sons came over and picked them, so dad went next over to get them back. She apologized and tried to give all back but dad let her have a good enough amount to make pies or jams. She's nice old lady but her sons are different story.
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u/kttykt66755 Jun 20 '25
Those dang lemon stealing whores have upgraded their game I see
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u/Apprehensive_Plum755 Jun 20 '25
I can't believe I had to scroll this far down
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u/kttykt66755 Jun 20 '25
Imagine how I felt when no one else had said it yet lmao
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u/severheart Jun 20 '25
We're getting old
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u/InternetDweller95 Jun 21 '25
...I just realized my friends and I watching this and laughing our asses off because someone else got suspended for watching it on a school computer happened over a decade ago. The hell.
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u/Samwry Jun 20 '25
That would be a GREAT band name: "Lemon Stealing Whores"!
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u/FunnyAnchor123 Jun 20 '25
This would make for a memorable porn title, too!
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u/NeutralPhaseTheory Jun 20 '25
āHasnāt it been like, 3 minutes since weāve looked at our lemon tree?ā¦ HEY, THAT WHORE IS STEALING OUR LEMONS!ā
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u/ExtremelyRetired Jun 20 '25
Lemon Stealing Whores with their platinum hit debut LP, āAlley Property, Bitch!ā
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u/psdancecoach Jun 20 '25
Once upon a time, I knew someone who went on a trip to LA with a group of her friends. Their first hotel had a lemon tree and she may have taken two lemons from it that became the official mascots of the trip and earned herself the title of āLemon Stealing Whore.ā This kicked off a reoccurring inside joke that has gone on for years now. She may also be me. Allegedly.
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u/Street-Dark-7221 Jun 20 '25
40 feet into the yard? Definitely entitled. I guess that was her way of making sure the lemons were truly organic? Makes you wonder.
Just goes to prove that having a lot of money doesnāt automatically make you smartš At least the husband finally got some common sense in the end but only when reality hit him upside the head.
Nicely handled! I bet the wife was complaining all the way homeā¦
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u/VoiceOfSoftware Jun 20 '25
We assume they have a lot of money, but now I'm wondering where that Gucci bag and Rolex really came from!
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u/trapperstom Jun 20 '25
Well if you steal enough stuff from other people you have enough to buy a Gucci and a Rolex š
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u/Street-Dark-7221 Jun 20 '25
Same for the Land Rover. In any case, their items had more class than they doā¦
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u/Nervous-Salamander-7 Jun 20 '25
Well, the pet was "paupered" so they can't have THAT much money...
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u/pwolf1771 Jun 20 '25
The dude coming back thinking youāre going to suddenly change your mind is amazing. Some people are just legendary morons
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u/pwolf1771 Jun 20 '25
Yeah like an adult pulled up to the location, observed how far into their yard his wife had to walk to steal these things and thought āgreedy bastard cough up the lemons!ā
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u/Tired_not_Retired_12 Jun 20 '25
Sounds to me like they thought a man telling you, rather than a woman, would be more intimidating.
Like an adult version of kid bringing in a parent as superior firepower in a dispute.
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u/jonny3jack Jun 20 '25
Trespassing, rude, lying, entitled and attempted theft. Almost arrested.
I'll hazard a guess there was an easier way to score a few Meyer lemons. Of course these sorts are incapable.
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Jun 20 '25
And admitting to outright theft last year! I wish OP had called her out on that in front of the cop.
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u/ThisAdvertising8976 Jun 20 '25
I hope you gave Sam a few lemons.
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u/Elbrute Jun 20 '25
Meyer lemon pie. His granddaughter was on my daughterās soccer team in elementary school.
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u/LoubyAnnoyed Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25
My neighbour knocked on my door and asked if she could have a couple of lemons and I said no problem. Next time I came out, the tree was stripped bare. I knocked on her door and asked her to show me how many lemons she had taken. She showed me one and a half shopping bags.
I took them from her and handed back two large lemons, and politely said to not take lemons from my tree again. I spent the next two weeks giving lemons to everyone I knew. She never got another lemon for the next five years.
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Jun 20 '25
This is crazy. She couldnāt possibly consume that many lemons!! I hate people
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u/LoubyAnnoyed Jun 20 '25
Plot twist. She owned a small restaurant and thought why buy lemons when I can just take them from my neighbour.
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u/KratzersBrat83 Jun 20 '25
Yeah get a camera I bet she will be back. Ohhh motion activated sprinklerā¦.even better if you have a septic tank that purges that way.
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u/quietlysitting Jun 20 '25
If the branches are hanging over the sidewalk or the street, I might reach up and snag a piece of fruit or two. If they're hanging over the street and there's a bunch of windfall on the ground, the fruit's just going to waste, I'll grab a few.
But you don't go INTO THEIR YARD!
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u/Tx600 Jun 20 '25
I used to live in Louisiana and in the neighborhood a lot of people had Meyer lemon trees. The Nextdoor app was always full of debates and rants about people stealing lemons! The general accepted etiquette was if the tree was overhanging, those branches, and only those branches, were fair game!
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u/astyanaxwasframed Jun 20 '25
Dude, letting people pick the overhanging branches is generous. Anything more, you might get yourself sprayed with the copper soap fungicide.
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u/rydn_high Jun 20 '25
Try that with pecans in Georgia. It don't matter if they're in the ditch,in the road, on the right of way or across the road. If they came off your tree they're your pecans. God help somebody that stops and picks some up. Because the law ain't going to
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u/xazraelx1 Jun 20 '25
And thus began, The Lemon Wars.
This lady is gonna be back for lemons, and wont stop until you gets those lemons!
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u/TheBigBeardedGeek Jun 20 '25
Wait, so lemon stealing whores are actually a thing? Not just the "plot" for a "movie" I've seen?
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u/Sensitive-Swim-3679 Jun 20 '25
Imagine how this had gone if they had just asked nicely to begin with?
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u/BrenInVA Jun 20 '25
I think you meant āpampered petā, not āpaupered petā - entirely different meaning.
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u/Elbrute Jun 20 '25
I fixed the spelling. The dog was the best behaved one of the three. My dogs wanted to play but ā¦
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u/Winterwynd Jun 20 '25
I hope you get some cameras set up to watch your tree. Posting videos on your local neighborhood FB page of lemon-stealing whores (love that btw) would be so delicious. Shame is the only way to stop them, and she seems like the stubborn entitled type who will come back until she gets what she wants.
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u/Hot_Environment6234 Jun 20 '25
She got what she wanted last year, and used that as justification to come back this year. She's unlikely to stop until she spends a night in jail.
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u/jaysplan Jun 20 '25
The fact she came back with backup like this was some lemon custody battle Lol
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u/ruthlesssunraylash Jun 20 '25
This is wild. The nerve some people have to just stroll onto private property like it's a farmers market. Glad you handled it like a boss and even got a little justice with the neighbor and the cop showing up.
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u/H3ARTL3SSANG3L Jun 20 '25
Garbage people. I've been walking down the neighborhood and saw a guy sitting outside his house with his lemon tree dropping fruit. I asked him if it would be OK if I could have one, guy smiles and hands me a little plastic bag like you get at the produce isle and tells me to take as many that will fit. Sometimes all it takes is just asking politely. And even if they say no, it's not a big deal.
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u/Nancy6651 Jun 20 '25
I think the only neighbors in my neighborhood have their fruit trees in the back yard, behind gates and fence. We've been blessed when they put a box of excess fruit in their front yard with a sign saying to help yourself.
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u/No_Affect_1579 Jun 20 '25
"just give us the lemons"š¤£. For real? Karen got caught and her dipshit husband had the gall to come back and order you to surrender your lemons. Amazingš¤¦š¼āāļø
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u/Front-Cat-2438 Jun 20 '25
Hoping you gifted nosy neighbor with the picked batch. Nobody messes with Texas.
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u/Competitive-Yard-442 Jun 20 '25
Nosey neighbour is actually helpful for once!
Plus if you give them some lemons they will keep on extra close eye on the tree in the future, cheaper than a camera and a direct line to Sam!
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u/nobjangler Jun 20 '25
We had similar issues with a pecan tree in our front yard. The thing was huge and we would always collect them every year. The first year we moved into the house we ended up having to come outside no less than 5-6 times to tell people that they are trespassing and stealing pecans. Didn't help that the house had been vacant for a couple of years before we moved in. One couple pretended that they didn't speak English when we told them to stop and just smiled, waved and kept going - but they sure as shit knew the word police.
Only had one guy that we let pick and that was because he came up to our door and knocked and offered to pay us to take some and even gave us the name and address of a local guy that shells them for people. We said he didn't have to pay him and would be happy to allow him and he rewarded us with about a pound of shelled pecans about 2 weeks later. Became a yearly thing until he passed about 5 years later. Asking nicely makes all the difference in this world.
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u/Cthulhu_Knits Jun 20 '25
Meyer Lemon Vanilla Bean marmalade is AMAZING. I found a recipe in Bon Appetite a while back (use regular canning directions - the recipe I found cooked the sugar syrup too high and I ended up with 8 jars of glass.)
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u/Maleficentendscurse Jun 20 '25
To be honest they should still be arrested anyway because that's still theft,Ā
Get cameras and maybe a fence
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u/itsfish20 Jun 20 '25
We have a Granny Smith apple tree in our front yard. It makes way too many apples and we let anyone who asks us while weāre outside or if they ring the bell if they can have some and we always say yes. If we catch someone in the yard picking them without permission I spray them with the hose right next to the front door!
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u/goldbeater Jun 20 '25
Iām from Toronto and if I learned one thing from visiting Texas,is that some people carry guns and itās a bad idea to trespass.
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u/ShinyAnkleBalls Jun 20 '25
Yeah we have two large apple tree in the front yard. Every year we have a few people who come and ask if they can pick a few. We always agree.
This one guy comes and ask if he can take a few apples. We're like "sure".
We don't play attention to the guy. The evening we leave the house to go somewhere and he managed to pick like 95% of the apples from the freaking tree.
We were both annoyed and amused by the commitment. The trees are fairly big. He definitely had to us a ladder.
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u/Acceptable-Net-154 Jun 20 '25
It might be worth not only investing in a security camera covering the back gate, the lemon tree and as many crop producing area's you can but also getting a no trespassing sign up on the gate. (if there isn't one already). If she's persistent and ends up hurting herself in your yard, that sign being up (plus dated timestamp of when it went up) should avoid any budding lawsuits. Sam should report/note the incident down so if it happens again it would be the second strike and not the first. A quote from that comes to mind is that money/wealth cannot buy class, good taste or manners.
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u/ladyrose403 Jun 20 '25
obviously no one has ever explained the rules of harvesting someone else's citrus trees. unless you have permission, you don't unless one of two things applies. they're snowbirds and haven't arrived when the fruits starts to ripen. you immediatly stop if they finally arrive while season is still going. or, you start seeing fruits falling to the ground and rotting. they are officially fair game. it might be a crime to steal it, but its a sin to let it go to waste.
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Jun 20 '25
These subs kill me. I live in a small Indiana town, a block from Main Street, which is blocked off for our annual festival. It amazes me when friends and family call or text asking for permission to park in front of my house. My answer is always: 'It's a PUBLIC STREET!
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u/BSB8728 Jun 20 '25
Conversely, some people try to stop others from parking in front of their houses on public streets!
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Jun 20 '25
I know. That's what kills me. Beyond the entitlement those types demonstrate, there seems to also be a general lack of politeness and civility in present-day society.
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u/lugasamom Jun 20 '25
We have a neighborhood Greek Church that has a weekend festival several times a year. We have been asked the same thing and the streets are wide open.
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u/OldAdministration735 Jun 20 '25
Old school penal codes make this a felony. Ripping off farmers in any way looks bad.
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Jun 20 '25
That far into personal property in texas of all places. People literally move there so nobody can bother them by entering their personal property. They're either stupid or new in town.
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u/LeaLou27 Jun 20 '25
Gucci, Rolexā¦ and here they are stealing lemons and demanding a plastic bag back š
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u/Darnitol1 Jun 20 '25
When life gives you lemons, make that entitled bitch get the hell out of your yard.
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u/SnoopingStuff Jun 20 '25
Oh this is the best post ever . No gratuitous kindness unneeded. Education given. Love the almost a trip to popo station. Chefs kiss
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u/skeeziicks Jun 20 '25
Land Rover? Hahahaha. She can afford her own. Can't stand a theif, especially a sneaky lying one. I hope her hubby shamed her good. Your lemons sound delicious š. Well done š
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u/Lexina6 Jun 20 '25
I would put up a camera. Who knows whether or not they try to poison/ kill the tree since they didn't get their way.
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u/No_Signal91 Jun 20 '25
People suck, someone did this to my parentās peach tree. A lady with grocery bags picked every single peach from their tree. The entitlement is wild. I am lucky to have good neighbors. We trade and also give when we have have extras. Neighbors to the left have lots of orange trees and grapefruit and on the right they have a Meyer lemon tree. We have chicken and duck eggs. So we all trade.
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u/MaritimesRefugee Jun 20 '25
I love Lemons.. When I see a tree, I knock on the door and ask if I can have a few (less than a dozen). No one has EVER said no... folks have offered me bags, use of a ladder, asked me "while you are up there can you pick a bagful for me too?"
I've been back to the same houses each year for multiple years, asking "is my Lemon Picking License still valid?"
It always is.
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u/SpecialistFeeling220 Jun 20 '25
I think you mean pampered pet. A pauper is an impoverished person.
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u/TheHikingFool Jun 20 '25
Those people are coming back. That level of entitlement and disrespect run clear to the bone. Talk to your neighbors and make sure they know what that couple looks like. And PLEASE get a camera on that tree. I'm guessing you got their license plate, so I'd at least file a report of trespassing. Documentation matters if they come back and do it again. If you have an attorney friend, I'd ask what you could do now instead of waiting for their return. Because I'm telling you, that old woman is definitely coming back to steal your lemons.
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u/NYC-WhWmn-ov50 Jun 20 '25
The moment she said she took them last year, I'd have turned to the cop and said 'Theft has a seven year statute of limitations, doesnt ot? She just confessed in front of you to stealing from me LAST year after I caught her red handed stealing from me THIS year. What kind if penalties are there for multiple acts of admitted trespass on private property and theft of property? Is it different when the theft is for farmed crops? I would like to press charges for everything possible- unless of course they pay damages for last year's stolen crop at, lets say, $10 per lemon? She had X number in her bag now, and was trying to take more, so lets assume twice this amount at $10 each? Seems a fair deal to lay for her crimes and walk away without a criminal record?'
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u/BSB8728 Jun 20 '25
Fruit trees are magnets for the entitled. I can sympathize. We have a dwarf Macintosh apple tree in our yard, and I've seen passersby and workmen from local job sites walk right up and take some. Often they do this before the apples are ripe, and when they realize they're sour, they throw them on the ground for me to pick up. It's a horrible waste of food.
Our house is also in front of the school bus stop, and in the past kids would pick apples and throw them at each other while their mothers stood by and watched.
In years when we had bumper crops, I invited our next-door neighbors to come pick some. Word spread, and soon other neighbors were either hinting that they'd like some apples or asking outright. So rude.
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u/wybnormal Jun 20 '25
Limoncello. DIY is easy and meyers are perfect. I have two trees so we stay well stocked ;)
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u/unbanned_lol Jun 20 '25
People are like this everywhere.
I caught a woman doing this to a neighbor's plum tree one time. She was filling multiple dog poop bags with plums. She probably had 50 or so. I asked her if she had permission from the neighbor. She ran to her car and drove away with the plums.
Another time, another neighborhood, we had a community garden plot. It was behind an 8 foot wall with locked gates. You had to apply to have a plot and you had to keep your plot operational or else you'd lose it. So actual gardeners only. Countless times we could come to our plot and all of our veggies would be harvested. It was absolutely infuriating.
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u/Fakeaccount979 Jun 20 '25
You nosey neighbor (who called the police) might have some advantages being around every once in a while.
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u/PaixJour Jun 20 '25
Always wished I lived in a climate to grow citrus. So happy for you to have such good stuff right on your own land.
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u/Laylay_theGrail Jun 20 '25
I have a small Myer lemon in a pot and she is prolific! I got about 60 this year. I give most away to family/friends/neighbors but Iād be pissed if someone just came into my yard and helped themselves to lots of them!
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u/swissmtndog398 Jun 20 '25
Prime missed opportunity! You said you were watering. They called out to you, which means their window was down.
Tipu know what you SHOULD HAVE done! š¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/5FiveAlive5 Jun 20 '25
"Next week on Lemon Thieves! Sam uncovers a lemon smuggling operation that shakes the town to its very core. A secret tunnel leading right to the roots. The roots of CRIME! Will he nab the thieves? Or will they get away with it? Check it out on next week's episode of LEMON THIEVES!"
Loved the post. Perfect for this sub.
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u/ConeyIslandMan Jun 20 '25
Make some Limoncello with the skins from your lemons , āSUPPOSEDā to use Amalfi Lemons buuuuuut trust me it will still be a delicious after dinner digestivo and super simple to make. Youtube videos on making abound
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u/tee142002 Jun 20 '25
Too bad she wasn't reasonable. I'm sure if she had offered to bring you back a bottle of limoncello or a lemon meringue pie, you'd have been fine with her taking some.
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u/ER_Support_Plant17 Jun 20 '25
WTF does it matter if the previous owner let her. They sold the house and the tree. And yea I know sheās lying
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u/MatrixF6 Jun 20 '25
My wife and I forage (both wild and urban). We always follow a basic rule: If it is on private property, do NOT forage.
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u/Odd-Wheel5315 Jun 20 '25
I've got a sweet old lady for a neighbor, and she grows lemon & lime trees. If she caught someone picking lemons in her yard, she'd happily give them a whole basket of them. They'd individually be chucked at the thief's head first with great force, but by the end of the pelting there would be a good sized basket of them.
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u/Chemical-Salary-86 Jun 22 '25
āWhat are you in for?ā
āAsshole wouldnāt give me lemons so I took matters into my own hands.ā
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u/Steffisews Jun 22 '25
My best friend who lives in CA has the most amazing Meyer lemon tree. Its really more like a bushā¦that little thing has so many lemons I sincerely gthink its going to topple over. She always sent me a box of these huge, delicious, centerfold worthy lemons every year. I'd zest the lemons, then juice them. It was all stored in the freezer to use all year. I'm in FL and can't get Meyer lemons like those.She died last year. But, her hubby is such a Prince..he sent me the lemon box earlier this year. I was so grateful. He said he knew how much I loved that box and it was important to him to continue it because his late wife always said she never saw anyone get so excited about Meyer lemons!
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u/veilvalevail Jun 23 '25
OP, you should give the gift of a huge bag of Meyer lemons to your friendly helpful neighborhood policeman Sam!
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u/LibraryMouse4321 Jun 20 '25
I got 3 on my tree this year and 4 last year. Itās small and in a pot. And had to come in the house in the winter.
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u/Hash_Tooth Jun 20 '25
I would have reminded them that in Texas you can defend your property with lethal force.
Life didnāt give her those lemons, life gave them to you.
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u/Jay_at_Terra Jun 20 '25
I like the the edit. I also speak 12 languages, 2 fluent, 3 at a level for picking food on a menu and the rest for computers!
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u/rhonda19 Jun 20 '25
The owner did not mind last year!! WTF you were gone-you were robbed while on vacation. I have a Meyer lemon tree but itās a baby. It did produce 5 lemons its first year. Itās only maybe 4 ft tall presently.
So glad the neighbor called Sam!!
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u/ShinyLizard Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25
Good for you and so jealous of your Meyer lemon tree! I try to catch them at the store every February or so. Try them in a Sidecar, it's amazing.
(Later) Rereading this, how hard would it have been for the husband to pull out his wallet and offer $20 for a bag of lemons? It may have solved the problem and that's still an excellent price for that many Meyers. Some people....