Keep in mind he is an African pastor
Hello Pastor , me the peace of the Lord be with you and I hope you and your family are doing well. I wanted to bring something to your attention. We left our iPad at church yesterday after practice. It was placed inside the Church on top of the keys and we left it there because we knew we were coming back today and trusted that everything would be safe unfortunately when we return, the iPad was gone. I am simply a visitor so for something like this to happen is completely unacceptable. This is not the first time something of mine has disappeared in that environment, and it is becoming very concerning to be cleared. The iPad was left inside the church and the location was pin at church all day. Only recently did the tracking up they show that is somehow made his way downtown to a very specific location apartment level four unit three this means someone physically removed it from the Church building. I am respectfully asking for your assistance in retrieving the iPad if anyone picked it up by mistake and took it for any reason I would appreciate if it could be returned as soon as possible thank you for your help.
Is it disrespectful?
African as you’re in Africa or he’s an African dude in the US or somewhere else? Call the cops. You’re not likely to get the iPad back this way to be honest.
YTA-so you leave an iPad in a church and when it disappears you want to message the pastor about it? Like it’s somehow his responsibility to police your items that you for some ridiculous reason left there?
he did take the iPad it wasn’t to accuse him but to seek directions as he would know who came around in church the very next morning. it wasn’t to accuse him or anything. I actually thought it was someone else. The reason it was left there was because we had practice the very next morning and we locked everything before leaving
I mean… where’s the interpersonal conflict?
So you leave your iPad somewhere on church property, it gets picked up, you know where it is. So why not contact the police? How is the church or the preacher responsible for what YOU left behind? YTA
Why over-react? Maybe the pastor took it home because the church doesn’t have a lost and found. Maybe he thought it was abandoned (since it was left behind) He might be waiting for someone to ask for it back. There is no reason to call the police before having a rational and calm conversation.
And in the future, OP shouldn’t leave his electronics lying around. It’s not the church’s job to keep track of his crap.
YTA That’s a very aggressive email. Either call the police if you think he or someone stole it or send a nicer email if you think he just took it home by accident
You left an expensive piece of hardware with his keys and you weren’t around when it was time to go.
How heavy is that iPad that you had to yell at him for watching over your paperweight?
YTA Take better care of your stuff.
you’re at fault for leaving behind expensive electronics.
Also, why is his race/nationality relevant?
YTA
YTA
Stop leaving your valuables unattended
I also want to clarify that the iPad is church property, and the location where it was pinned is actually at his house. Since it is church property, it always remain inside the church just like the mixers, microphones, and other equipment that have always stayed there. I didn’t mention this before because I was only seeking assistance and guidance. I went to the police they were no help, the next person I asked was cursing the person who stole it and their generation, he was the only person left with valuable intel. I asked As he had access to anything and anyone in the church. And I have taken accountability and apologized extensively to him. We thought it was the music engineers who came around as when we entered that early morning music was blasting. What we turned off was suddenly on it was just trippy
YTA
This has way too much information and accusation in it, the tone is offensive.
Strip it back, perhaps something like this. Take the accusation out of it and come from a place of problem-solving.
“Hello Pastor,
I am hoping you can help me resolve an issue. Yesterday I left my iPad at the church , planning to pick it up the next day. It has been removed without notice and is showing up at *this location*.
I’m hoping you may be able to assist me with retrieving it. This is not the first time property has gone missing from the church, perhaps we need to look into some secure storage?”
Mostly, though, stop making other people responsible for the security of your possessions.
Hey, R, u OK. u OK,. E E I o=!