# Am I being set up for a robbery?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-set-up-for-a-robbery/477927>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-set-up-for-a-robbery/477927 "2008-12-19T16:57:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-set-up-for-a-robbery/477927/81 "2008-12-29T15:26:24Z")

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New York requires thicker skin, darling. You’ve got to be willing to suffer the occasional home invasion so as not to make an unnecessary fuss, and \*especially \*so you can remain outwardly cool about the whole thing. You’re in New York! City motto: “Been there, done that.”

Just kidding.

Seriously, though, if it was me I might have had the same thought as you, but this would have to be about 20 times as fishy before I’d consider calling the cops. The most I might do is relocate my giant Wad O’ Cash to a real hiding place.

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**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-set-up-for-a-robbery/477927/82 "2008-12-29T20:32:12Z")

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> [@pbbth](#):
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> I don’t know what is in the package. They called and set 5 different appointment times and failed to show up each and every time. Their final delivery attempt (if you can call not showing up with a package a delivery attempt) was on Tuesday and now they have to return the package to my grandparents who will have to resend it to my office so I can actually get my gift.

Wow! If that counts as a delivery attempt, I need to get into the delivery business! Calling people on the phone to make appointments I don’t intend to keep sounds much easier than dragging packages around!

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