[sati769leigh]

Originally Posted by chicana Sad to say that my dding days are over. A local church would go to the newspaper place and pick up their extra papers from the week before. Well, a couple of friends and I caught on to what they were doing. So, Friday night after midnight after they filled their bins we would go in and get the inserts. We usually would end up with about 50-60 a person and there were 3 of us. Well, unfortunately they caught on to us too. A couple weeks ago when we went to get papers we found that they had padlocked the lids down and boarded up the side windows. Well before we could leave after finding the bins locked down the police came with their lights on, stopped us and asked us what we were doing there? We didn't admit to anything just because I didn't know what kind of trouble we could have been in. They said that they had a complaint from the church that somebody was stealing their papers. i wanted to tell them the truth that we weren't taking the papers only the inserts but I didn't want to recant my story. We don't even take a lot of weight. All the expired coupons we throw back in their bins. SO let's say at the most we may cut out 5,6, or 7 coupons and throw the rest away. How many ounces do you think they are really loosing? Not very much. Any extra papers we throw in their bins to make up the difference. So, sad to say it was nice while it lasted.

curious, why didnt you just ASK the church if you could do that? if i see a neighbor out while i am doing my diving i ask if its ok and move on if they say no. most say sure. some even help me! LOL if i were going to a church or an apartment complex i would ask the owner/church first. clears the way. Maybe ifyou apologised for the misunderstanding and asked nicely they would let you again?