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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World's worst shoplifterWhen I was younger I worked as a sales monkey at WHSmiths - it was a safe job for a 16 year old to have, piss easy with very little going on and good pay.
When PSPs were new we used to have them behind the tills on a shelf, all nicely in their boxes.
Now one Saturday I was on until closing (6pm); it had been a very dull day and my collegue (another 16 year old girl) and I were just killing time until it was time to cash up and leave.
There was only a couple of people on our floor and eventually one of them- a kindly looking elderly man; you know the type- decided to buy something. While I was serving him, my collegue rang up to the office to get the cash boxes.
Out of nowhere a scrawny, impetigo ridden chav of about 20-odd years lept over the counter and grabbed a PSP from the shelf.
Now, I'm not the most intimidating person in the world, but like hell was he getting a PSP for nothing when I couldn't, so before he could take more than a few steps I caught up with him and demanded it back.
And he did. Stuttering that he was only looking at it. Right.
He managed to scarper before the security guard (who was useless, I might add) got to him, but I was feeling quite pleased with myself.
Surely "Rule #1" - when you have something, the sales monkey's can't stop you and you are in the clear you RUN, not give it back when asked...
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(, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 12:02, Reply)
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