Hi everyone, I wanted to ask about a situation that happened today (on Easter) here in Wroclaw.
We have been living here for 8 months already. Someone took our stroller from our parking spot in the garage. They left a note saying they borrowed it and would return it in the evening—but without leaving any phone number or other contact details.
I posted in a local Facebook property group, and the stroller was returned within 30 minutes with apologies. I also confronted the person who returned it—they were very apologetic, saying sorry for not leaving their phone number or details.
Is this kind of behavior considered normal here in Poland?
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Posted by dmytro270390
30 Comments
Absolutely not normal.
No. Not normal.
Usually people ask before they borrow.
No, not normal at all. I’d say on the contrary, we are not chill about property at all.
It’s called stealing and is reported to the police.
😂 trolololo
Yeah… I mean no not really normal
that’s wild behavior anywhere, not just in Poland. the fact they brought it back quickly and apologized kinda saves it a bit, like okay at least they realized they messed up and didn’t double down on it, but still… you don’t just take people’s stuff without permission. most people here would never do that, so don’t take this as some cultural thing, it’s just one person being weird and making a dumb decision. I guess you just ran into someone who had a questionable moment and hopefully won’t try that again 😭
Not normal at all, that’s called theft.
This is a “what the fuck” moment when interacting with the neighbours. Not normal, not acceptable…
Not normal. Buy a bicycle lock and keep it locked next time. Your neighbours are dickheads.
Absolutely not. Wtf.
That’s not even pushing it — that’s just straight-up stealing. I’d be seriously pissed if it was my daughter’s stroller, and I suspect vast majority of people would have a huge problem with that kind of “borrowing”.
If it was your younger teenage brother who got his teenage girlfriend pregnant… maybe expected. Otherwise, not normal.
I cant even tell what the fuck they wrote
Straight up theft
At least they left you a note 🙃 I’m joking, very cheeky!!
Those are people with serious mental problems.
Not normal. Just self righteous and selfish
No, everyone I know would consider it stealing
No and I would be enraged a lot and I would say many things what I think about this behaviour
One thing is ask for stroller, „hi neighbour can I borrow your stroller/anything till evening” and I would say „yes sure feel free”
But taking it without asking and permission is highly unacceptable
Wtf? Stealing
Shit on their doormat and leave a note saying you’ll clean up later
This is not a normal behaviour. Even if you want to borrow someone’s private stuff you need to ask. You can’t do it without asking. This is too much. I would be shocked and dumbfounded.
If you let it slide, they will likely do it again.
This is not a note from a native Polish speaker and not a typical Polish behaviour.
The note shows “Pozycyliśmy wózek, oddany dzisiaj”
It should be written: “Pożyczyliśmy wózek, oddamy dzisiaj”. Uneducated person could have wrote “Porzyczyliśmy wuzek” and that’s basically every mistake a native could do in that sentence.
This was most likely written by a person not even fluent in handwriting in Latin alphabet and rewriting it from translator, that explains odd mistakes and that the second part is written in capital letters.
I’m sorry for your experience in Poland but most likely that wasn’t any of us.
The fuck
It is not normal behavior, but now Reddit is trying to bait you into outrage. You already talked to the neighbor. They explained it was an emergency situation and were apologetic. There’s no problem. At least until this happens again or becomes a pattern.
Now you can either get really bitter about it like the majority of this sub or you can be understanding. Will a mindset of hostility and persecution help you in the future or could this be an opportunity to have closer relations with your neighbors and potentially benefit further down the line? You decide.
Hey, OP, not normal, even if you were friends with those neighbours, best approach would be for them to aak and offer some form of remuneration, only for you to reject it.
Considering that neighbours do not sound like the most sensible bunch, I’d look into securing your stuff (also just common sense).
Not normal at all, leaving a piece of paper doesn’t matter, it’s still theft. I am sure that person would not be happy if someone decides to take their property without asking.