Kirkland kleptomania?

During my jihad to get traffic calming in my neighborhood, I volunteered to keep pedestrian flags stocked at the intersection nearest the Abbey. About every six months I have to bop down to City Hall and pick up another ten of them, as I did this morning. I don't mind, but what I want to know is, who would want to steal a ped flag and why? I mean, if you want to use them for their intended purpose, they're not exactly convenient to carry with you because they're about 18" long. They're squares of orange plastic stapled to dowels, so they're dead cheap & easy to make. My ped flags have never been hit by vandals serious enough to swipe more than a couple at a time, and I don't think any of the many others in Kirkland have either. Walking across the street and forgetting to put it in the other holder? You've got to be kidding me.