> What's the subtext? They weren't really being robbed and were perpetually using this lie to beg for money to feed habits that were otherwise beyond their mean

> What's the subtext? They weren't really being robbed and were perpetually using this lie to beg for money to feed habits that were otherwise beyond their means? Yes, it's a grift. > These thieves may even have the correct key to their door. Says it all. If the stuff ever existed, most people won't kick in their own door to stage a burglary of it. Most people also won't file false police reports to substantiate a staged burglary either (because that's two crimes). IME they'll never have talked to the cops (or the landlord), and odds are the burglary story is a lie altogether. If the stuff existed at all, they likely pawned it themselves and can't afford to buy it back and reframe this as "theft." Nobody would feel safe continuing to sleep anywhere a thieving poltergeist quietly comes and goes undetected, but their top priority is replacing trading cards and jewelry...knowing full well it will be "stolen" again. This is what professional victimhood looks like!