Porch Pirate Dressed As A Trash Bag?!?
MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 29: Several garbage bags, on 29 December, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. The Madrid City Council has asked citizens not to take out the garbage on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, because there is no garbage collection service on those days. These tasks will be reinforced the days after the holidays, in order to remove the waste generated during the celebrations. The service will return to normal on the night of January 1 to 2. (Photo By Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Porch Pirates. Constantly making lives of delivery drivers and customers miserable. Just waiting for our goods and some person comes and snatches them. Usually, they are brazen (or stupid) enough to just roll up on a porch, most likely equipped with a Ring cam, and take packages. A porch pirate in Sacramento however got awfully creative, and dressed as a trash bag.
Porch Pirate Dressed As A Trash Bag?!?
According to Fox29, a man in Sacramento had a package stolen from his porch. He says that he received a notification that he had a package delivered but when he showed up, it was missing. When he checked out his security cameras he came across something that made him laugh. There was a garbage bag shuffling up to his porch, and “swallowed up” his package. You can see the video here. According to Fox29, the victim said he was upset at first because he needed a new phone charger but couldn’t help but laugh at the creativity of the thief. He is chalking it up to some kids but is confident it will not happen to him again.
Porch Pirate Thefts
According to security.org, 44 million Americans have been victimized by porch pirates in the past 3 months. The numbers aren’t really higher than an other year since 2020 but it’s still an incredible amount of people who have fallen victim to this. There is a lot of information on what to do if you have been the victim of a porch theft and even suggestions on how to prevent it. That can be found here at security.org.
Anything Better Than A Garbage Bag?
Have you been the victim of a porch pirate package theft? Did you catch them on camera? Were they dressed as anything better than a garbage bag? E-mail us at email@daveandchuckthefreak.com and let us know if we can top the garbage bag porch pirate!
Ranking 3 New Ben And Jerry's Ice Cream Flavors
Ben and Jerry’s new flavors couldn’t be more different from each other. The popular New England based ice cream brand has added three options to their creative family so far this year, and here I will rank them all.
Coincidentally, I tried each of these in one sitting. This was an unplanned taste test. With a house full of young kids, a visiting friend recently stopped by and knew the way to quickly win over the youngsters. Pints of ice cream.
Before I get into explaining which was best, I should note I am not an ice cream (or dessert) enthusiast by any means. Dare I say, I hardly seek out ice cream, even in the summer months. However, if it is put in front of me, I will eat it if it’s one of my favorite varieties.
If I’m going for ice cream, though, Ben and Jerry’s is easily my brand of choice. Being a New Englander, I have toured their Vermont location a handful of times. Their half-baked in a cone is my go-to choice.
If you are not familiar, these are the Ben and Jerry’s new flavors that have rolled out in 2024. Impretzively Fudged, PB S’More, and Marshmallow Sky. Now, it’s important to note that Marshmallow Sky is new just to pints. Meaning, it was available in their scoop shops only.
Another flavor entitled Strawberry Cheezecake was also unveiled earlier this year. This did not qualify here as a new flavor ranking because it had been an ice cream flavor (branded “cheesecake). The new “cheeze” version is a vegan dairy-free dessert.
Upon seeing these at my house, I realized they were new. So, instead of selecting one pint to scoop, I took one for the team and realized I needed one proper scoop of each.
My process was to try one at a time and not have all three in the same bowl. Blending flavors might compromise the intended taste.
As a result, there was a flavor where one bite was enough. Another where I couldn’t get enough, and the third was somewhere in between.
Here is my official ice cream ranking of Ben and Jerry’s new flavors.
