Shoplifting
When 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?
( , Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:13)
When 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?
( , Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:13)
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Shoplifting by proxy
If there are any kids within earshot when we are passing the Pick and Mix in Tesco's or Woolies. I'm often heard telling the wife:
"Did you know if you eat the sweets before you leave the store they're free", at which the kid's faces light up as they reach for their "free" sweets.
The looks I get off parents who overhear are priceless.
( , Thu 10 Jan 2008, 13:01, 1 reply)
If there are any kids within earshot when we are passing the Pick and Mix in Tesco's or Woolies. I'm often heard telling the wife:
"Did you know if you eat the sweets before you leave the store they're free", at which the kid's faces light up as they reach for their "free" sweets.
The looks I get off parents who overhear are priceless.
( , Thu 10 Jan 2008, 13:01, 1 reply)
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