When their tomatoes began disappearing, a family in Montreal assumed it was the work of a squirrel. But when they checked their security camera, they saw the tomato thief was none other than their mailman.

Now, they want an apology.

Rob Morin told CNN that he and his wife regularly grow fruit in hanging baskets outside their home in the Mount Royal neighborhood and said he expected the culprit to be a squirrel.

“Each year we hang out tomatoes and strawberries in front of our house,” Morin told CNN. “This year after many were ripe, we noticed they were going missing. We first thought it was the squirrels, but normally the squirrels leave a mess and there was not a mess on the ground where the plants were.”

After wondering where his produce was going for weeks, Morin’s home’s security camera cracked the case: It had been the mailman all along.

“For fun we check our security cameras and spotted, on many occasions, our postman helping himself to our tomatoes and strawberries,” Morin said.

Canada Post did not respond to CNN’s request for comment, but told CNN news partner CTV News that they are aware of the case and have spoken with the family. CNN has blurred the man’s face in the photo, as he has not been named.

Security camera footage shows that the mailman treated himself to the Morins’ produce on several occasions, eating as many as 10 of the fruits in recent days.

What’s more, the Canada Post employee didn’t only have a taste for tomatoes. He also appeared to be eating the strawberries, CTV News reported.

“It’s rude,” Morin’s wife Paula Habib told CTV News. “He never told us. He never came to the door and said, ‘I took one of your tomatoes and it was really good’ or made a joke about it. He just did it and he couldn’t care less.”

Morin echoed his wife’s sentiment.

“It would have been OK if he took a couple as a quick snack, or let us know as a joke he took a couple and they tasted great,” Morin said. “But he took so many and did not notify us that there was pretty much nothing left for us to eat.”

Habib says her family doesn’t want the mailman fired, but they would like some sort of apology. If he replaces the plants or offers the family a strawberry pie or some tomato sauce, she told CTV News, all will be forgiven.

LINK: https://wgntv.com/2018/07/14/t...-it-was-the-mailman/

As long as that is all he was doing, it was not that bad, but still

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

Habib says her family doesn’t want the mailman fired, but they would like some sort of apology.

LINK: https://wgntv.com/2018/07/14/t...-it-was-the-mailman/

SORRY, 'EH!

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Originally posted by Aquabird:
As long as that is all he was doing, it was not that bad, but still

Not in my book. Theft is theft.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by Aquabird:
As long as that is all he was doing, it was not that bad, but still

Not in my book. Theft is theft.

You and I should begin a group for those of us who are old enough to remember when right was right, and wrong was wrong.

We can call it DOMES -- Dedicated to the Old Morals, Ethics, and Standards. Here's our mascot. Note his bald dome:

Well, the union will protect the thief.

If he steals tomatoes, what else is he stealing?

Their strawberries. Says so in the article.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Well, the union will protect the thief.

If he steals tomatoes, what else is he stealing?

He works for "the man" so he is entitled to your stuff. Just how they see it. Nothing wrong with it.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
He works for "the man" so he is entitled to your stuff. Just how they see it. Nothing wrong with it.

We've been seeing more of that attitude from our bettors in civil service. Think about the recent posts of government employees berating police for getting tickets and other abuses.

That’s absolutely stealing. He’s entrusted to walk onto private property every day and deliver, not take, things.
I’d actually probably fire the guy, if it were my employee- it’s multiple times, not just once when he’s starving for lunch- and he never asked the homeowners. Bullshit.

Good example how socialism works.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
... a family in Montreal ... outside their home in the Mount Royal neighborhood ...

What street do they live on, Mons Regiis?

If I filed a complaint with his superiors, I don't think I would want to eat any strawberry pie or tomato sauce he cooked up!

Take a few of the ripest and inject them with this:

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by Aquabird:
As long as that is all he was doing, it was not that bad, but still

Not in my book. Theft is theft.

This right here.

I spend no less than 4 months growing and tending my tomatoes each year. If my mailman was stealing them after all of that time and effort, I'd be beyond pissed off.

Ask me for one and I'll gladly give it to you. Steal it? Screw you.

I shoot squirrels for eating my plums, so firing the mailman would be getting off easy.

I'd be demanding that the thief be changed to a different route; I'd also be pursuing theft charges.

It is my understanding that stealing mail is a pretty common practice among Canadian mailmen. This guy just took it an extra step.

Did anyone else not think the squirrels were eating the mailman based on this title??

I have a different thought....

Cheap ass people can't share a couple of tomatoes and strawberries with the guy that delivers their mail to them everyday?