ShopliftingWhen I was young and impressionable and on holiday in France, I followed some friends into a sweet shop and we each stole something. I was so mortified by this, I returned them.
My lack of French hampered this somewhat - they had no idea why the small English boy wanted to add some chews to the open box, and saw it as an attempt by a nasty foreigner oik to contaminate their stock. Not my best day.
What have you lifted?
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chthonic, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:13)
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Gallantly Accidental ShopliftingI have only ever remember stealing something once, and it was completely by accident (this is by the medium of shoplifting; when it comes to software/music I'm much more guilty, as probably are most of us here).
I was in a flu-filled haze in 1994, and was helping my mother with the laundry. My mother required some washing powder, and gave me two whole English pounds with which to purchase the product.
I remember walking to the store.
I remember getting home.
My mother asks for her change in shiny coins.
I hand her two English pounds.
Obviously perplexed, I tried to recall the events of my shopping trip, and then it hit me. I had walked into the store, picked up a box of washing powder directly in front of the cashier, gave a nod and a vocal sounding of 'alright?' to the man, then hazily walked out of the store.
What I don't understand to this day is why the shopkeeper didn't stop me, or say anything.
It was probably because he didn't expect a woozy looking child with a runny nose to have the bawls to walk into his store, shoplift something RIGHT UNDER HIS NOSE and greet him at the same time.
Length? up to about 15 washes before it shrunk.
(, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 16:23, 1 reply)
...I think it was probably the confidence with which you appeared to act that threw him; he probably didn't ever realise, or not 'til 5 hours later anyway!
(, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 2:03, closed)
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