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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"He stole a yellow ribbon"At the age of 5 I saved up to buy a giraffe keyring from my local village shop, the woman over-charged me by 10p. Now back in 1982 10p was a lot of money, you could buy a British Leyland "Princess" car for that (the sporty one with extra brown).
So the next time I was there I stole a yellow ribbon costing 10p, and I did it under the nose of my mother and the old bag that ran the place. Did such an early experience of successful vigilante justice have a lasting effect on me? Not really, but I am a bit obsessed with being overcharged or shortchanged. I always check my supermarket receipt before leaving; you would be surprised how often items "accidentally" get swiped twice.
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 12:07,
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