Am I in trouble? Caught by CCTV

[Dorset Plodder]

I'm never surprised as what some customers get up to ... or Posties! However I've never come across this before ... I mean Poppies FFS!

I could understand if you'd dug up a rare, and expensive, plant but Poppy Heads!

For what it's worth I'd probably tell my DOM (he's not as bad as some)....... knock on the door and apologise to the customer ....... tell him you're not going to be paying him any compensation for "Dead Heading" his Poppies for him (I suppose you could warn him that you've been advised this could be construed as Blackmail, why not contact the CWU Legal Helpline see what they say) .... and learn yet another lesson in life.

Good Luck try not to stress ... it's a killer.

[masterblaster]

Do they have a sign stating CCTV Monitoring as legally required?

[Wolf91]

Why on earth …

[eastie]

Dead heading a poppy FFS they come back every year. You haven't killed the plant or dug it up

[Rekoons]

Can’t believe people are trying to justify it, sackable offence in my eyes.

Moaning about being blackmailed… laughable

[TrueBlueTerrier]

It is Blackmail.

It was theft. (if it happened) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60

Whilst 2 wrongs don't make a right, you could be in trouble however it plays out. Best to be honest and accept the consequences of your actions.

[Black_Cat]

Maybe you are. However the customer is blackmailing you, a more serious offence.

One single Poppy head can have Over 500 /1000 seeds, so why a hand full? Or why not knock and ask?

As said blackmail is the bigger crime. He has demanded compensation or else.

I took all the poppy heads. Lets not be naive as to why.

[dennyboycox]

slap the bake of him

[doob]

It might be the drug problem Royal Mail would be be more worried about hearing about.
Just say sorry and ask how he wants to be compensated. Don’t let him take the mick tho.

[Postie45]

You can see it from the customers point of view he has grown his poppies and the postie has come along and damaged and stolen from them, I'd be pissed off too.

If you want to keep your job, make it right with the customer he's doing you a favour by not reporting it already, the fact that he checked to see who did this on cctv suggests he's not bluffing.

[xPandabear1992x]

Is that something a normal person would even do?

You’re there to deliver stuff.

No commit theft, if petty no doubt.

[Kenfandango]

Do they have a sign stating CCTV Monitoring as legally required?

I think of this every time I hear a ring doorbell go off, especially those situated at an angle so it catches you in the neighbours garden

[Ali831]

Our old postman used to pick and eat raspberries we had growing in the garden, never had a problem with it as there were so many and he only ever took a couple at a time. He was a lovely chap and when we knew he was doing it we told him to help himself before the birds ate them. Wouldn't dream of involving the police or demanding compensation i would have just had a quiet word telling him not to do it again.

[clashcityrocker]

I don't think a few raspberries is the same as deadheading all the blokes poppies in search of opium.

I eat the blackberries in a couple of gardens because there are so many and they are so sweet. They are wild.
I don't expect to get pulled up for it.
I wouldn't eat the raspberries in the same way I wouldn't pick courgettes or onions out of someone's vegetable garden.

[Black_Cat]

I guess what I'm trying to weigh up is how much trouble my job could be in vs a couple of hundred quid