BURGLARIZED COFFEE SHOP ISSUES FORGIVING NOTE

A coffee shop in Louisiana called Campbell’s Coffee was victim of a burglary. The culprits allegedly stole hundreds of dollars from the tiny spot. The shop’s owner took to Facebook with an unusual message for the thieves, appealing to the humanity of the burglar, and rallied for forgiveness. The message has gone viral. Here’s the message:
“Dear Person Who Broke In This Weekend: We hope that you really needed what you stole from us. We hope that your child got extra special food to eat, that your water bill was paid and service restored, even that your dog got a special treat. We hope that you donated to one of our favorite local causes. The money that we earn through our honest living goes to these things – our employees, our family, our loved ones, and the causes and community programs we support. Your actions make it difficult for us to do these things so at least we want to know that you will put our money to the same purpose we would have. We will rally with forgiveness and not respond with anger. Our fans and friends will rally with us and come to our aid by showing their continuing support of the honest, high quality work that we do and continue to help us provide services to this community that we love so much.”
* That’s sweet. Everybody should rob a place like this.
* Not this exact place – that would be cruel.
* It’s weird how this reads. They’re trying to sound nice but they just sound even more furious.
* It’s the sound good people make just before they snap.
* Plus right at the end they do a guilt trip on their customers to come back and spend more money.
* And there’s just a little too much patting-themselves-on-the-back about all the good things they do.
* How about – at the end of every business day – you take the money and … I don’t know … stick it in the bank?
* Sorry, but do burglars really risk felony imprisonment to buy their dog a special treat?
* I don’t want to make them feel any worse, but the burglars probably spent the money on hookers and drugs.
* That didn’t help, did it?