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 can already tell...That this QOTW is going to annoy the hell out of me. I'm sure there'll be some great stories, and I'm sure I'll click a few, but I'm equally sure there'll be a few "LOL I stole it anyway 'cos the world owes me something" anecdotes.
Yay. Rant over.
Anyway, to my story.
At the end of last years summer, a few friends and I decided that we would see out the season in a nice, sophisticated manner. Namely sitting in Hyde Park and having a few beers, playing a bit of Frisbee and generally soaking up the atmos.
On the way there, we decided to nip in to Tesco to get some nibbly bits and pieces. These duly paid for, we set about leaving the store. As we walked through the barriers:
"WHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOP"
And we're set about by some burly security guards. Bags are emptied, receipts are checked. Until my girlfriends bag gets checked. Her handbag, that is.
Lo and behold, there's a bottle of Amaretto in there. Which she'd bought earlier that day, and the person on the till had forgotten to take the mag strip off of it.
After a quick trip home to get the receipt to clear our names, we were allowed to be about our business. Although to this day I still get a distinctly black look from one of the security guards, though I suspect this is because I eloquently pronounced him to be a "fucking wanker" (even though in the cold light of day I am now aware he was only doing his job...)
So yes. That's how my girlfriend (now fiancee! Woo!) managed to shoplift something even though she'd paid for it. Genius.
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Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:52,
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YupI fear that your little rant may turn out to be justified.
I can feel some flaming coming on already.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:57,
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Absolutely agreeThere are going to be some complete arses bragging this week..
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Not meaning to be difficult, but . . .. . . how did you get into the TEDCO store or leave the store where the Amaretto was bought without the alarms going off? Puzzled.
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@FedskiI have no idea! Maybe the alarms went as we entered the store.
I dunno. Unless I've been had and she actually was shoplifting! :S
EDIT: Wow, you used for first post for me... *touched*
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Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 14 Jan 2008, 14:59,
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