You’ve probably heard the term “petty theft” before, but you probably haven’t come across any theft quite as petty as this one.

Still, this woman didn’t want to give up her cans!

You’re going to want all of the details on this one, so check it out.

AITA for forcing a woman to return the bag of cans she stole out of the back of my truck?

I was out yesterday running errands.

And I had a really big transparent bag of cans I was going to take to the bottle drop in the bed of the truck.

Then, the heist of the century went down:

I stopped to get lunch first at a place with ‘sub’ and ‘way’ in the name.

And when I came back out, the bag of cans was gone.

So I drove towards the bottle drop, and sure enough, I saw a woman heading that way and lugging my bag of cans on the sidewalk.

I pulled over, and she clearly recognized my truck.

And it turned into quite a confrontation.

I accused her of stealing the cans from my truck.

She denied it.

Until I said I was going to call police.

And the restaurant I was at likely caught her theft with their CCTV.

So she could either admit she stole from me and return the cans, or I would call the cops.

Threats were made, names were called:

She got angry, and told me money was tight right now.

And it was just a bag of cans.

I told her that she didn’t get to steal from me and play the victim.

So it was either return the bag, or I would call the cops.

She tried to say the cops wouldn’t give a **** about a bag of cans.

So I told her we should find out.

I was about to start dialing, when she dropped the bag, then told me to go eff myself.

She walked away ranting and saying I have no sympathy.

And the aftermath?

I told my friends about this later.

And one of their girlfriends absolutely went off on me.

She went on a rant about how I didn’t know what kind of situation that woman might have been in.

And she could have been homeless for all I knew.

So I should have just let her have the **** cans.

So, who was in the right?

We had a big argument, and she left furious.

I was pretty sure I was in the right before.

But not anymore.

AITA for forcing that woman to return the bag of cans she stole from me?

Let’s check in with the comments:

Nobody thought this lady was in the wrong:

Literally nobody:

Not a single comment said otherwise:

At the risk of offering an unbearably hot take, I agree with the friend.

If you truly needed the money from those cans, that would be one thing.

But I wouldn’t dream of even threatening to get the cops involved.

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