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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Stitch upI remember my old form tutor reading out a notice during registration that the local corner shop was going to ban school children after catching a few dozen toerag students helping themselves to anything that wasn't nailed down. Threats of police intervention did little to quell thought process and along with a few mates we upped the ante somewhat.
Shopping trips into town with several friends was one of the highlights of the week (we were only about 13 at the time). Virgin Megastore was the prime target and back in those days all you needed to do was remove the silly little silver strip and look innocent with half a dozen Amiga games up your jumper.
This of course let to the dilemma of where to dispose of the metal strips. The obvious answer was in the hood of any passing child or popping them into other peoples carrier bags. When all tags had been deployed we retired outside to watch the ensuing chaos.
Bemused Security staff searched some very worried looking people while we stood there grinning like wanking Japs.
(, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 15:16, Reply)
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