Plumbers possibly stole something anything I should do?
Had the house repiped a couple months ago. There is an attic access point in the closet in my office. Nobody ever goes in my office other than me. The plumbers were in there alone for attic access.
My office is themed as though it is Indiana Jones’ office. I have a bunch of adventure-y type things in there including authentic ancient artifacts and tools and such. It’s supposed to be as though it is Indiana Jones’ office from the 1930s.
Anywho, I had a 4,000 year-old terracotta bust on the bookshelf and it’s not there anymore. I have a bunch of artifacts in there so I didn’t notice it missing until now.
I can’t prove the plumbers took it but nobody else ever goes in that office and it is definitely missing now.
Any thoughts on what, if anything, I can or should do about this situation?
We need to see photos of your office before we can give you solid advice.
I JUST FOUND IT!! It must have fallen off my shelf somehow. It was behind my chair in the corner.
Disregard thread, please!
We still need to see photos of your office.
I’ve never been entirely sure how to even post photos here.
I JUST FOUND IT!! It must have fallen off my shelf somehow. It was behind my chair in the corner.
Disregard thread, please!
Dammit! What a disappointment. I was having soooo much fun trying to imagine what kind of plumber you found that had an interest in such an item.
Spoiler
j/k of course. Glad you found it and that the entire plumbing crew has been totally exonerated!
Was definitely Luigi.
Being a plumber is a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it.
Dr Meh. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.
I knew this plumber caper would be cracked.
PICTURES NOW!
of the bust, of the office... of anything interesting.
You would never have accused an electrician in such a reckless manner.
Test image of bust/statue in question…
Awesome!
And you keep it on a shelf that it can fall off of for no apparent reason? How high is the shelf? I might spitball a few other display ideas if I were you.
Hang on to it. That thing could be worth some real money in another thousand years!
Alright, here are more pictures but they’re going to be not an entire overview as I use the office for my side business and have some personal paperwork and such that I don’t want to put out here.
The desk, again, cropped a bit for privacy reasons but you get the idea.
I particularly like the bayonet at the top of the radio.
Obligatory Indiana Jones hat. I have a whip further down on the coat rack, too.
A smattering of items in the corner. If you watch the movies, his offices aren’t terribly organized and have an abundance of maps and artifacts sort of haphazardly placed around. That’s the idea I was going for.
Stuff on a shelf
I try to keep things authentic but you can see the hilt of a sword here. That’s a replica from the movie Gladiator and not an actual piece, sadly.
This is actually one of the more valuable items I have. It’s a Revolutionary War Field Manual. In honor of the 4th of July, I figure I might as well share it.
Awesome!
And you keep it on a shelf that it can fall off of for no apparent reason? How high is the shelf? I might spitball a few other display ideas if I were you.
Hang on to it. That thing could be worth some real money in another thousand years!
I had it at the top of the bookshelf which wasn’t very wise. It’s now on a middle shelf toward the back. I’m in California and get regular earthquakes but they’re usually so small, you can’t really feel them. I’m guessing one of them was large enough to give that guy a bit of a tumble.
Ok, that’s better than I thought it was going to be.
