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.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:13)
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When I was 18 I ran a pub with my dadIt was opposite the local magistrate's court so we had all manner of colourful characters in there on a regular basis.
One guy told us how Tesco's had a massive bottle of Bacardi, and how he was desperate to steal it, just to see if he could. Trickier than it sounded as it was a 1.5litre bottle and he was well-known to the shop security as a persistent shoplifter.
Finally he did it - after sneaking round and making sure that no-one could see, he got it up his coat, purchased a packet of peanuts and strolled nonchalantly out the door.
Where the bottle fell out of his coat and smashed into tiny tiny pieces.
(, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 16:21, Reply)
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