Rants & Raves: Bakery bandits

Muffins similar to those stolen from supermarkets on a regular basis. Photo / Thinkstock

Tell us what you love about life in New Zealand - and what needs to change. Email rantandrave@nzherald.co.nz

Rant
Why do customers think it is okay for their offspring to take a muffin and eat it there and then courtesy of Countdown. I have seen this happen many times and on one occasion even saw an older couple munching through a cheese and bacon loaf.

Pam

Rave
A big rave to the alert trio, two women and a man, who noticed a rather disreputable man standing and looking over my shoulder as I withdrew cash from the ATM at the ASB in Remuera. They warned me he might have been trying to see my pin number. The trio stayed with me until he moved away. Once I completed my transaction they accompanied me down the street towards my apartment building.

Jeanette

Rant
I'm totally for inorganic collections. But this attracts strange vans and cars. Plus, the towels and sheets stolen off my clothesline were not in the collection.

Tanja

Rave
Grateful thanks to Barnaby from England and Mikey, Ari and Katie from the backpackers at The Farm at Whangaruru who found the wallet of our friend from Montana, then followed our car for several kilometres before we stopped at Oakura Beach. They returned the wallet complete with all contents to our stunned friend, who didn't even know he had lost it. You guys rock.

Jenny

Rant
Why do people think it is okay to help themselves to the fruit trees in my garden. I had feijoas to be collected, only to find that they had been already taken when I got home from work. Yes, there are a million on my lawn, but you have no right to take them without at least asking.

Daphne Short

Rave
Congratulations to the gardeners who create the street flowerbeds in Highbury, Birkenhead. They give me a lift each time I walk or drive past, not just the colours but the perfume. They change with the seasons and inspire me to plant varieties that they have used.

Judy C