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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ShopgiftingA tale of reverse shoplifting from Ikea. I bought a 4-place dining table, four chairs and four cushions for the chairs.
Seems easy enough, right? You stack your goodies on a flat trolley, the assistant wanders round the trolley with a scanner, scans everything, and you pay for it.
Somehow, this assistant didn't seem to think there was anything out of the ordinary in buying a four-place dining table, four cushions and three chairs. So that's what I got charged for.
I realised when I was in the car park, but decided not to go back. Not because I was mildly annoyed that they charged 70p for the privilege of using a credit card, nor because of the times I've had to return something that one of their monkeys has thrown across the warehouse. Simply put, I couldn't see any way of paying for the extra chair which wouldn't involve being sent to the back of some epic-length queue. I don't think the profit on an extra chair was going to help solve their pitiful staffing levels.
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le brian, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 17:22,
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