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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I'm not even sure how this would be achievedWhile working at John Menzies (see below), I was set to cleaning the shelves (it was nothing but glamour and excitement, that job) and found myself dusting off the selection of electric typewriters .
Yes, I'm that old.
Anyway I noticed that these items were chained to their shelves, so naively asked the boss why. It seemed that not too long beforehand, somebody had in fact managed to walk out of the shop -- and they were at the back, so they'd have had to walk the whole length of the place -- with an electric typewriter. These things were huge, and weighed a ton.
Hats off, I say. That takes some balls.
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reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 13:56,
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