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Chi84

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No, it was just a small ear plug case. Anything that had minimal value was already in my locked suitcase. It's not hard to think that someone grabbed them especially when one of the housekeepers Disney arrested years ago admitted to the officers he stole small things from rooms he didn't think would be missed - this guy even stole stupid things like keychains! Most of the time thefts are just crimes of opportunity and housekeepers who steal don't have much time in each room. It was left out, it looked like it might be AirPods or equivalent, easily grabbed and pocketed, and tossed later if it isn't. There was even an arrest of a WDW housekeeper going into room safes to steal money (several years ago maybe). I think that happens a lot less often than a simple grab and go but crap happens everywhere. I just feel bad for the good housekeepers (like my aunt) who get looked on suspiciously just because of the actions of a few bad ones. But to think housekeepers never steal, and that things like that never happen at Disney resorts, is just really naïve. After searching everywhere for it, and knowing where it was (impossible to fall off by itself), the only remaining option was housekeeping. It was frustrating because I had bad ear pain during the flight home and I couldn't find any to buy at the airport but I still laughed when I thought about the disappointment to realize what they were. I think small things like that are usually taken because they are less likely to be reported stolen.
Still makes no sense for them to steal earplugs. EarPlanes look nothing like expensive music ear buds and the carrying cases they’re in can’t be mistaken for anything expensive. I’ve bought EarPlanes and I own AirPods. There’s no mistaking one for the other.

But if you’re convinced they stole inexpensive earplugs because they usually steal small things of minimal value like keychains, there won’t be any convincing you otherwise. Personally, I think the riches of Babylon are safe.
 

LeighM

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Still makes no sense for them to steal earplugs. EarPlanes look nothing like expensive music ear buds and the carrying cases they’re in can’t be mistaken for anything expensive. I’ve bought EarPlanes and I own AirPods. There’s no mistaking one for the other.

But if you’re convinced they stole inexpensive earplugs because they usually steal small things of minimal value like keychains, there won’t be any convincing you otherwise. Personally, I think the riches of Babylon are safe.

I didn't leave them in the small clear case they came in because I didn't want to lose them in the bottom of my purse. I had them in a different case with a bright color. People steal the craziest things LOL. Sometimes it's just an urge to steal and they don't want to steal anything of value but they get a high from it (I have a cousin like that). I once worked for a local government and they had decided to let go all of the internal housekeeping staff and go to a contracted 3rd party. A bunch of us started noticing small things being taken - new pack of pens, post it notes, a ruler. Things that for most people are trivial but can be used for school, and don't have much nominal value. But then the housekeeper took an orchid off of someone's desk. Like someone won't notice a blooming orchid gone missing?! So the police set up cameras in the affected departments and caught the new housekeeper stealing. If you can't believe that people just do stupid crap then I can't convince you that someone mistakenly stole ear plugs from my Disney resort room.
 

Chi84

Premium Member
I didn't leave them in the small clear case they came in because I didn't want to lose them in the bottom of my purse. I had them in a different case with a bright color. People steal the craziest things LOL. Sometimes it's just an urge to steal and they don't want to steal anything of value but they get a high from it (I have a cousin like that). I once worked for a local government and they had decided to let go all of the internal housekeeping staff and go to a contracted 3rd party. A bunch of us started noticing small things being taken - new pack of pens, post it notes, a ruler. Things that for most people are trivial but can be used for school, and don't have much nominal value. But then the housekeeper took an orchid off of someone's desk. Like someone won't notice a blooming orchid gone missing?! So the police set up cameras in the affected departments and caught the new housekeeper stealing. If you can't believe that people just do stupid crap then I can't convince you that someone mistakenly stole ear plugs from my Disney resort room.
Wow that story is incredible . . .

That’s a lot of very specific and personal knowledge of thieving housekeepers! With all those experiences, no wonder you thought of the housekeepers first.
 
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Lilofan

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I didn't leave them in the small clear case they came in because I didn't want to lose them in the bottom of my purse. I had them in a different case with a bright color. People steal the craziest things LOL. Sometimes it's just an urge to steal and they don't want to steal anything of value but they get a high from it (I have a cousin like that). I once worked for a local government and they had decided to let go all of the internal housekeeping staff and go to a contracted 3rd party. A bunch of us started noticing small things being taken - new pack of pens, post it notes, a ruler. Things that for most people are trivial but can be used for school, and don't have much nominal value. But then the housekeeper took an orchid off of someone's desk. Like someone won't notice a blooming orchid gone missing?! So the police set up cameras in the affected departments and caught the new housekeeper stealing. If you can't believe that people just do stupid crap then I can't convince you that someone mistakenly stole ear plugs from my Disney resort room.
I read several years ago law enforcement did set up hidden cameras in hotel rooms in a resort in Orlando to entrap housekeeping stealing in the act so yes police do get involved resulting in arrests.
 

LeighM

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You probably want the earplugs to go with the blanket stuffed pillow. The perfect dream combo!

Excuse me please now while I nap….

Why are you so obsessed with earplugs?! Maybe the housekeeper stole them for a family member like YOU lol 🤣
 

LeighM

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Wow that story is incredible . . .

That’s a lot of very specific and personal knowledge of thieving housekeepers! With all those experiences, no wonder you thought of the housekeepers first.

Are you lacking in reading comprehension? I said that I looked everywhere to see if they fell and after all other options were exhausted, decided it had to be the housekeeper. One would think you were guilty of theft with the way you keep defending thieving strangers. And I know a whole lot of people from all walks of life and have worked in a wide variety of places so yes I do have specific and personal knowledge of housekeepers, amongst others.
 
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Chi84

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Are you lacking in reading comprehension? I said that I looked everywhere to see if they fell and after all other options were exhausted, decided it had to be the housekeeper. One would think you were guilty of theft with the way you keep defending thieving strangers. And I know a whole lot of people of all walks of life and have worked in a wide variety of places so yes I do have specific and personal knowledge of housekeepers.
I have excellent reading comprehension. I know you said you looked everywhere, couldn't find your earplugs and then concluded the housekeeper stole them. You didn't see it happen; you deduced it from the surrounding circumstances.

Your first post said the EarPlanes were left in their carrying case and then you rather gleefully surmised how disappointed the housekeeper must have been when they discovered the case contained earplugs rather than expensive music ear buds. Your posts since then have added much more detail and a good deal more explanation of how likely it is that housekeepers steal from people's rooms, even items of little or no value.

Others have pointed out how easy it is to misremember the type of details you stated here and misplace or lose small items. They also pointed out the unlikelihood of any housekeeper mistaking earplugs for expensive music ear buds and the further unlikelihood of a housekeeper stealing small inexpensive items like earplugs (not that it's never happened - just that it's unlikely).

This doesn't have anything to do with reading comprehension. If you post something like this, people will take the facts you posted and then consider them in light of their own knowledge and experiences to determine the most reasonable conclusion. That's what some of the posters here have done and concluded that it's highly unlikely (although not impossible) that the housekeeper stole your earplugs.

@CaptainAmerica just had a much more succinct way of putting it.
 

LeighM

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I have excellent reading comprehension. I know you said you looked everywhere, couldn't find your earplugs and then concluded the housekeeper stole them. You didn't see it happen; you deduced it from the surrounding circumstances.

Your first post said the EarPlanes were left in their carrying case and then you rather gleefully surmised how disappointed the housekeeper must have been when they discovered the case contained earplugs rather than expensive music ear buds. Your posts since then have added much more detail and a good deal more explanation of how likely it is that housekeepers steal from people's rooms, even items of little or no value.

Others have pointed out how easy it is to misremember the type of details you stated here and misplace or lose small items. They also pointed out the unlikelihood of any housekeeper mistaking earplugs for expensive music ear buds and the further unlikelihood of a housekeeper stealing small inexpensive items like earplugs (not that it's never happened - just that it's unlikely).

This doesn't have anything to do with reading comprehension. If you post something like this, people will take the facts you posted and then consider them in light of their own knowledge and experiences to determine the most reasonable conclusion. That's what some of the posters here have done and concluded that it's highly unlikely (although not impossible) that the housekeeper stole your earplugs.

@CaptainAmerica just had a much more succinct way of putting it.

Probably because it was a simple comment that I didn't think needed deep analysis to explain every nuance of why I surmised they were taken by housekeeping. I didn't think the detail of changing the case or the color (do you need to also know the color of the case and the color of the interior of my purses?). Just like I don't think its fair when people unfairly blame people for something that was likely just misplaced, I think it's just as wrong as to unfairly attack people for stating their legit experiences to unfairly defend those that are likely guilty. CapAm said that "I'd bet all the riches in Babylon that nobody stole your earplugs, and that no Disney housekeeper has ever stolen anybody's earplugs." I gave examples of just how he was wrong. I originally wrote a lot more in response but it didn't post. Now, I have no interest in retyping it and try to defend myself to people that are just extremely judgmental about things that they have no knowledge about. I hid Caps posts years ago because of his condescending, holier than thou responses to people that he disagreed with. I'll just continue on ignoring him and now you. If you disagree with my experiences, please save yourself the headache and do the same towards me. I'm not going to continue to argue common sense logic with people just looking to argue and be contrary on the internet. I got a laugh about the earplug situation but yall go on continue being upset with me finding the humor in it. I hope it never happens to yall over something with more value - either financial or sentimental.
 
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Chi84

Premium Member
Probably because it was a simple comment that I didn't think needed deep analysis to explain every nuance of why I surmised they were taken by housekeeping. I didn't think the detail of changing the case or the color (do you need to also know the color of the case and the color of the interior of my purses?). Just like I don't think its fair when people unfairly blame people for something that was likely just misplaced, I think it's just as wrong as to unfairly attack people for stating their legit experiences to unfairly defend those that are likely guilty. CapAm said that "I'd bet all the riches in Babylon that nobody stole your earplugs, and that no Disney housekeeper has ever stolen anybody's earplugs." I gave examples of just how he was wrong. I originally wrote a lot more in response but it didn't post. Now, I have no interest in retyping it and try to defend myself to people that are just extremely judgmental about things that they have no knowledge about. I hid Caps posts years ago because of his condescending, holier than thou responses to people that he disagreed with. I'll just continue on ignoring him and now you. If you disagree with my experiences, please save yourself the headache and do the same towards me. I'm not going to continue to argue common sense logic with people just looking to argue and be contrary on the internet. I got a laugh about the earplug situation but yall go on continue being upset with me finding the humor in it. I hope it never happens to yall over something with more value - either financial or sentimental.
Please don’t take this personally. It wasn’t meant that way. Everyone posting on the internet is anonymous. No one has any idea of the truthfulness or motivations of anyone posting. I apologize that my posts upset you; I thought it was just fair discussion.
 
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Ayla

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Probably because it was a simple comment that I didn't think needed deep analysis to explain every nuance of why I surmised they were taken by housekeeping. I didn't think the detail of carrying case or the color (do you need to also know the color of the case and the color of the interior of my purses?). Do you want to know if they were regular EarPlanes or the EarPlanes+? I didn't think my initial statement required that much detail when I was just sharing my experience of it being possible a pillow was stolen. Do I think it was intentional? Probably not, it could've gotten mixed up in the laundry. I've lost things like that a bunch of times. But is it also possible that a housekeeper saw the pillow and thought a child they knew might've liked it? Also, yes. Just like I don't think its fair when people unfairly blame others for something that was likely just misplaced, I think it's just as wrong as to unfairly attack people for stating their legit experiences to unfairly defend those that are likely guilty. CapAm said unequivocally that "Nobody stole your earplugs" and "I'd bet all the riches in Babylon that nobody stole your earplugs, and that no Disney housekeeper has ever stolen anybody's earplugs." So I gave evidence that YES Disney housekeepers have stolen from the resorts and what they have stolen. It happens everywhere, not just Disney. I think it's very wrong of people to mock, belittle, etc someone else's real experience just because you disagree. Would you also doubt the person who had a lot stolen and filed a police report for it? Would you blame them for being stupid and leaving money or technology out where the housekeeper could steal it? I'm all about not jumping to conclusions but yall have made a lot of assumptions about things you have no idea about. It would be interesting to see if the same happens to yall, how quickly you will be to defend the only logical explanation of someone taking it.
You not being able to find your earplugs is not evidence housekeeping stole them.
 

JIMINYCR

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I get the everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Theres no video showing the theft of earplugs, but if she is certain she didnt lose them, misplace them, trash them, and after making an exhaustive search they cannot be found, where did they go. No one else had access to the room. Mousekeepers have been caught stealing before, theres going to be ones who will steal in the future. Going by all we have been told, its believable that someone took them. A Mousekeeper is suspect. Earplugs or ear buds, people take all sorts of things regardless of how expensive or inexpensive they are. Sometimes in the moment the desire, temptation and occasion to pilfer something is right and an item is taken. Neither side of this story can be 100o/o to be proven but it seems plausible the earplugs could have been taken.
 

Chi84

Premium Member
I get the everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Theres no video showing the theft of earplugs, but if she is certain she didnt lose them, misplace them, trash them, and after making an exhaustive search they cannot be found, where did they go. No one else had access to the room. Mousekeepers have been caught stealing before, theres going to be ones who will steal in the future. Going by all we have been told, its believable that someone took them. A Mousekeeper is suspect. Earplugs or ear buds, people take all sorts of things regardless of how expensive or inexpensive they are. Sometimes in the moment the desire, temptation and occasion to pilfer something is right and an item is taken. Neither side of this story can be 100o/o to be proven but it seems plausible the earplugs could have been taken.
People can be "certain" of a lot of things that turn out not to be the case. In any event, as you said no one actually knows what happened; luckily the item had little value.
 

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