moosmom
07-20-2008, 01:50 PM
I don't go to the cemetery very often to visit my parent's grave, so today I decided I'd go, have breakfast with them and water the pansies in a log vase that I bought when Spring came around. I had a special weather resistant American Flag stapled to a thick dowel so it would withhold the weather stuck in the vase.
When I got there, not only was the log vase (I put my last name all over it so there was no mistaking it) gone, the flag was stuck in the ground 4 graves down. I was furious!!!
This is not the first time this has happened so I called the cemetery office and complained. I tried not to get too worked up over it and told them that this is unacceptable. There are other graves with all sorts of stuff on them that goes untouched, including infants graves with toys, ballooons, etc.
She told me that the grounds keepers are really good and they try to put the stuff back on the graves they belong too. I was walking around the perimeter looking at every single log vase for my name. Couldn't find it. The woman told me that they put all the stuff in a pile on the side of the garage near the front office.
So I'm supposed to go rummaging through this crap trying to find the vase I paid $17 for???? :mad: I DON'T THINK SO!!!!
From now on it's just gonna be my American Flag (if somebody doesn't steal that). I'm not gonna have what I cherish stolen again.
Randi,
Now I know how you felt when John's bronze kitty was stolen. I feel violated.
Thanks for listening.
When I got there, not only was the log vase (I put my last name all over it so there was no mistaking it) gone, the flag was stuck in the ground 4 graves down. I was furious!!!
This is not the first time this has happened so I called the cemetery office and complained. I tried not to get too worked up over it and told them that this is unacceptable. There are other graves with all sorts of stuff on them that goes untouched, including infants graves with toys, ballooons, etc.
She told me that the grounds keepers are really good and they try to put the stuff back on the graves they belong too. I was walking around the perimeter looking at every single log vase for my name. Couldn't find it. The woman told me that they put all the stuff in a pile on the side of the garage near the front office.
So I'm supposed to go rummaging through this crap trying to find the vase I paid $17 for???? :mad: I DON'T THINK SO!!!!
From now on it's just gonna be my American Flag (if somebody doesn't steal that). I'm not gonna have what I cherish stolen again.
Randi,
Now I know how you felt when John's bronze kitty was stolen. I feel violated.
Thanks for listening.