Shoplifting. Any experience?

[Julie_Pilgrim]

And the next day too?

worst criminal on earth

 

[linuxares]

The only shoplifting I've done was by a mistake. I put down one of those reflex for your jacket. I just put it in my pocket since I were scanning some stuff I already had in my hand. Then I forgot it. Until I got home. I felt bad about it.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Shhhh I’m trying to play it cool in front of the FBI that’s obviously totally watching ;O;

the nsa is the one watching us

 

[Roamin64]

I shoplifted a few useless things when I was kid. I "borrowed" a lot of stuff from jobs I had and never brought it back. Who hasn't

 

[DinohScene]

Don't be surprised if the bobbies tap you on the shoulder one day.
You deserve it.

 

[skydancer93]

I shit you not, the one time I shoplifted was the Macho Man Randy Savage "Be A Man" CD. There was no way in Hell I was paying full price for THAT....

 

[Viri]

I shoplifted a lot of digital games on the Switch, 3DS, DS, Wii, Vita, etc! Does that count?

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

I shit you not, the one time I shoplifted was the Macho Man Randy Savage "Be A Man" CD. There was no way in Hell I was paying full price for THAT....

how dare you do such a heinous thing

 

[rvtr]

When I was little, my parents took me to this one store. There was tons of chocolate in giant bins and 8 year old me couldn't resist. I took one each time. Eventually I got caught and got in big trouble. I don't do that kind of thing now, but I used to. (I think in the end I got away with at least 5 chocolates)

 

[YeezusWalks]

I shoplifted a mouse that I still use to this day, and this isn't technically shoplifting, but I stole a whole pc from my school back in 8th grade.

I have since stopped being a kleptomaniac lol

 

[Seliph]

I shoplift from a little store called Steam all the time

 

[The Catboy]

It's $7.25 nationally - unless a state specifically increases it themselves. Many states choose to keep it at $7.25.

Many states (mostly in the Deep South,) actually have a wage lower than $7.25.

 

[fatmeegz]

Not gonna lie. Ive stolen alot of pricey things. Mostly electronics. Before i could afford expensive things but now i'll shoplift because i can't afford what i want. I don't feel any guilt stealing from big chains like Walmart. I recently shoplifted a pair of joycons (They're not behind a glass or anything, so i just rip the packaging and steal the joycons right out of the package to make sure there's no beeper lol) I've saved a tremendous amount of money that's forsure.

 

[Koroshi]

I shoplift from a little store called Steam all the time

google + < title of game > + *igg* =

 

[x65943]

Many states (mostly in the Deep South,) actually have a wage lower than $7.25.

Yes they have a lower wage on the books, but they must follow the federal minimum wage laws - so it's 7.25 regardless

 

[The Catboy]

Yes they have a lower wage on the books, but they must follow the federal minimum wage laws - so it's 7.25 regardless

I actually kind of wonder if that is enforced or if there are places that continue to pay their low state wages?

 

[Blaze163]

When I was a kid, about 5 or 6, I was reading a book in a charity shop. My 'mother' called me out of the shop and it wasn't til we got halfway down the street she asked where I got the book from. I'd been so into it I'd walked out without paying and not realized. I said we needed to go back and pay but she acted like I'd asked her to climb Mount Everest using only her arse. So technically I stole that book instead of paying the 10p. I did make it up to them eventually though. About 20 years later I was back in the area and went back to that charity shop, gave them a £20 note explaining what happened and that should cover the book and any interest that had accrued.

 

[AshuraZro]

Only once. I stole a Magic card from a hobby shop during a phase of giving into peer pressure. I felt bad about it immediately although never returned it. I still have it today.

 

[Windaga]

I've done it, albeit accidentally. I went to the ThinkGeek store at the Palisades Mall a few years ago and saw this really basic, green Zelda shirt. I was planning on buying it, so I slung it over my shoulder and kept browsing. I eventually get to check out, payed for the stuff in my hands, and left. It wasn't until we were sitting down in the food court that I realized I still had the shirt slung over my shoulder.

On the flipside, when I was younger I worked retail at a large pharmaceutical chain. People would shoplift all of the time; specifically in personal care (condoms, wipes, gels) and in the makeup aisle. We were under strict protocol to not approach them and just take down their physical features before forwarding the information to the police. Normally I'd follow procedure, but if the person was super obvious, we'd walk down the outer aisles and ask if they needed any help. Most of the time, they'd put the item back and leave.

The annoying part was, we had to do the inventory count for that aisle every time we "suspected" shoplifting, and as you can imagine, doing an entire inventory of the makeup aisle takes....practically all day. So.....we normally didn't approach anyone on the makeup aisle.

 

[MohammedQ8]

When we were young my cousins used to steal my gameboy color games like zelda oracle of seasons. I found it in his room years later I was shocked. They used to swap there damaged controls when I go to the bathroom but my dad caught them. I never in million years though they will hurt me as a kid. Years years later I stole his gba sp and went home and smashed it at the wall it was very satisfying.

unfortunately I was and still surrounded by bad people.