How would you respond to this?

You come home one day and a family member says: "Oh hey, your coins weren't as shiny as I thought they could be. So I polished them up with an S.O.S. pad."

 

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How would I respond?

 

Wow that sucks

 

"Gee, thanks! Now, where did I leave my gun?"

 

Why blame the family member since it seems apparent that you didn't take the time to explain the proper handling and care for your coins.

Chris

 

SDB SOB!!!

 

depends..lol how fare are we from the nearest trauma ward and do they a a mental ward cause i need a few years locked away for the murders that shall be commited..lol

 

i 100% agree .. put a do not touch disclaimer on your table ..

 

that is why i keep my coins locked up..

 

Thank god my better stuff is slabbed here's how id respond

 

Woot! I get to buy more coins!

 

My wife knows better so I must've done something REALLY bad and am probably still more in trouble than she is.

 

can't stop laughing, I keep mine locked up

 

Really? I've never instructed my family not to take my flat screen outside and hose it down when it is dusty, I just hope they are smart enough not to do it. Seems like you wouldn't have to give detailed instructions for everything you own.. some things should be common sense.

 

I'm afraid "common sense" is firmly on the side of "clean things that are dirty, polish things that are tarnished". We're firmly entrenched in the realm of "uncommon" on this forum.

My mother, a very sensible person whose parents and children were all coin collectors over long periods, found a few silver dollars that she'd been given many decades ago. I warned her not to clean them, and her response was "I'm glad you said that, because when I saw how tarnished they were, my first thought was to polish them." Indeed, they're pretty darkly toned, but I also have a feeling that they've been polished before. After all, if you've got nice silver, you've got to "take care of it"...

 

"Polishing the silver" is a common and old-school practice. Can't be mad if you left it out there.

 

So, what do you do with any weapons you might have in your house? Have you ever seen one of your children playing around with a sharp knife in the kitchen and just ignore it? Do you leave the bathroom while your toddler is in a bathtub full of water and expect your 10 year-old to know what to do?

Have you ever bothered to read the statistics for children killed in home accidents?

Yep! It's their fault! They should have known better!

Chris

 

A grown woman and a toddler.... good comparison!

 

Happened to me when I was 5 years old.
My teenage sister told me she had polished all my world coppers with Brasso.