“Couldn’t believe dad stole from his road worker job. But when I got home, all the signs were there”

“I never wanted to believe that my dad stole from his job as a road worker, but when I got home all the signs were there” is a joke that was posted on Twitter on August 31, 2011. The joke has been printed on many images.
   
“I didn’t think my son stole from his trigonometry teacher until I saw his room. All the sines were there” is another version of the joke.
 
     
Twitter
Phil‏
@cosracer
@SFTW i didnt believe my dad stole from his job as a lollipop man, but when i got home all the signs were there
3:26 AM - 10 Jul 2011
 
Twitter
Throptoon‏
@Throptoon
I never wanted to believe my dad stole from his job as a lolly pop man! but when i got home all the signs were there!!.....#nufc
11:38 AM - 8 Aug 2011
     
Twitter
Matt Kendall‏
@mrthecoach
RT @MrCliveC I never believed that my Uncle stole from his job as a council road worker, but when I got home, all the signs were there.
4:12 PM - 27 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
Gary Kelly‏
@Gary_Kelly1994
i never wanted to believe that my Dad stole from his job as a road worker, but when i got home all the signs were there…..
3:35 PM - 31 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
Michael Kulezich‏
@MikeKulezich
I never wanted to believe that my Dad stole from his job as a road worker,
but when I got home all the signs were there.
4:43 PM - 31 Aug 2011
 
Reddit—Jokes
I never wanted to believe my husband was stealing from his job as a road worker…
submitted May 10, 2013 by Barniff
...but when I got home all the signs were there.
 
Reddit—Jokes
I Couldn’t believe my dad got fired from his roadworks job…
submitted December 18, 2014 by Stevebet
For stealing, but when I got home all the signs where there!
 
Google Books
Awesome Jokes For Kids
By Peter Crumpton
PeteyRF Creative
2015
Pg. ?:
I never wanted to believe that my Dad was stealing from his job as a road worker. But when I got home, all the signs were there.
   
Google Books
A Prairie Home Companion
Pretty Good Joke Book )6th Edition)
Introduced by Garrison Keillor
Prince Frederick, MD: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
2015
Pg. ?:
I didn’t want to believe that my dad was stealing from his job at the transportation department, but when I got home all the signs were there.
     
Reddit—Jokes
My dad was fired from his job in road work for theft…
submitted March 17, 2015 by fnnythe3hd
I didn’t believe it at first. But when I got home, all the signs were there.
 
Reddit—Jokes
I never wanted to believe that my Dad was stealing from his job as a road worker.
submitted October 27, 2016 by Yourregularredditor
But when I got home, all the signs were there.
 
Reddit—Jokes
I never wanted to believe my dad was stealing things at his job as a road worker
submitted September 23, 2017 by dickfromaccounting
But when I got home, all the signs were there