naughty climber nicking my logs !

[orang utah]

oh and felling bar i think a van search next week

 

fireing a friend is the last thing i want to do

[Andy Collins]

oh and felling bar i think a van search next week

 

fireing a friend is the last thing i want to do

 

And firing a thief is the 1st thing you should do! because he's a friend (was?) its even more of a betrayal.

[RobRainford]

That's a downside to having friends work for you. You feel obliged and you don't want to discipline them. If any of my mates tried to rob anything I don't think I'd even consider them a friend anymore tbh

[Tommy_B]

I'd be doing it with a heavy heart, but I would be giving him his marching orders I'm afraid. Things like this tend to escalate IME, if he's nicked one thing, he won't have a problem nicking again. As Andy said, you can't really class him as a mate if he nicks stuff. (Especially YOUR stuff). That's my take on it mate.

[not for sale sorry]

same as rob but i think i would chin them as well , i hate thieves!

[orang utah]

ill be thinking it over this weekend i wasnt going to take it so far but you all make a good point

[Andy Collins]

You are too close to the subject, we are not, we see it as it is, and make no excuses. Personally I wouldnt brood over it. You brought it up on here to get answers and opinions, the over-whelming majority here have said more or less the same. Thats the answer you knew would come. You cannot afford to work all your life for someone to just take whatever he wants, when he wants. Dont worry about being fair to him, he has not been fair to you. He made that choice.

[armchairarborist]

just give him an invoice that fairly covers the loss, i assume the cctv footage shows everything clearly enough for you not to be mistaken?

[orang utah]

yeah cctv shows the truck full and time elasped between going up to the logs store is half a hour as for the kit i have never suspected anything and it well may have been misplaced on site

[Joy Yeomans]

id agree with andy mate, in this job, reputation is all, and if hes knicked from you, he may be light fingered at a customers

sounds like youve got a magpie there