Wow, I need to read the geocache forums more often. I think what really irritates me the most is that the 2nd guy was actually wanting to learn how to do geocaching, and the first muggle the actual thief, was taking the 2nd guy out and encouraging him to just go around and steal items. It also really bothers me that I know these guys personally. They work with my husband. He had told them about caching to begin with months ago when we first started. Now they are just going around stealing items. I feel partially responsible. My husband invited these guys over so I can show them how to log on to the website, etc., but neither one of them came. The first guys excuse was I don't do anything on the computer, I don't want to bother. The second guy I have no idea what his excuse was, but I have a feeling he will eventually come over. He was kind enough to listen to my hubby explain the website and what you had to do to look them up and about the geocache app for the iphone, so I think he will do it right eventually. I just wonder how many people the first guy has talked to, and encouraged to just go around and steal.
I always leave trade in a cache even if I don't take an item. I carry a swag bag designed just for the kids. After reading the forum entries I think I may throw in a few more adult items. Usually I just leave my pathtag. If it's a really good cache, I leave a pair of earrings that I made.