[Jewelry making - Article 00455] - Re: [Orchid] Dealing with thieves

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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    I'm a little late on this thread because I've been away on vacation
    but I'll throw in my 2 cents worth: 

>     There is the possibility that this is an emotional problem and not
>     "thieving" per se.  Kleptomania is a compulsion, not a moral
>     lapse. 

    Kleptomania may be a compulsion but it is still thievery and theft
    in a business built on trust (as this industry is) should be stopped
    immediately in whatever way is possible.  I don't understand why one
    of the wholesalers was not interested in prosecuting as, regardless
    of the reasons behind the theft, it needs to be stopped.  Usually if
    the matter is brought to court and it is a "compulsion" the court
    will force the person to get some kind of help.  The real problem
    here is that probably the woman has been doing it for years and this
    is just the first time she was caught (particularly if, as claimed,
    she couldn't understand that what she was doing was wrong).  If it
    was my business she was stealing from, I would cut her off
    immediately because it simply wouldn't be worth the risk of doing
    business with her anymore and prosecute her to the fullest extent of
    the law.  As for doing business with the wholesaler who isn't
    prosecuting, I'm not sure I understand the logic behind that either
    but, by not prosecuting, they are in fact, putting the entire
    industry at risk by allowing the woman to continue with her
    behavior, so maybe there is some justification behind it. 

    Incidentally, if you haven't ever had anything stolen from you then
    I would be very careful about allowing the excuse of kleptomania to
    be used.  I have had stuff stolen from me a number of times and I'm
    sure many of the theives didn't think they were "really" doing
    anything wrong, and possibly that some of them were kleptomaniacs,
    but that didn't a) make it right, b) cost me less money than if they
    were professional theives, and c) make it feel one iota better than
    being robbed by some "professional".  It always is a terrible thing
    to have happen and no one should have to have it happen to them. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-234-4392
www.spirerjewelers.com

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