Originally Posted by
godofwine
I think the only thing more infuriating about this "lady" ripping you off, is you not doing one thing about it. Even worse is your claim that your candy was medicinal, that just makes you look like more of a door mat than usual. Someone decides to steal something that is medicinal in value, you witness it and say absolutely nothing? Not one word? For the entire flight? Nothing? It is incomprehensible.
Alas, godofwine, this was OTC medicine, so it had no prescription label identifying me as the rightful owner. And I lacked the presence of mind to affix my name to aforesaid bag. So proving title to the bag could have proven difficult, even for a god, and especially for a god for whom wine, and not chocolate, is his/her proper jurisdiction. Anyway, a challenge might well have come down to one of those yes it is/no it isn't scenarios.
I think next time I'd have said something like, "Oh, thank you for being so thoughtful, it is true that chocolate could well melt in those dreadful seat pockets. But I think the best place for my candy is in the bag under my feet. Meanwhile, shall we share another round of MY candy?"
What the whole thing reminds me is that theft does occur in airplane cabins, and as outrageous as chocolate theft is, it could have been worse.