Never stolen a thing
No, really.

However I once worked for a large electrical store. They were petrified of staff theft. Not theft of staff, but rather staff having their hands in the till or generally being a bit on the light-fingered side. New staff were sent for training in a far off villa (shop) and shown many videos demonstrated how BAD and WRONG it is to steal.

You would've thought the kind of people they were targeting would probably fail the interview process, and you may be right. There's nothing better than making subservients feel subservient though.

Anyway, the following items were stolen (by 'customers') whilst I was there...

1 x 42 inch wide screen telly. It was wired up at the front of the store. Watching the theft on the security video it seems the chap just walked in, picked it up, and walked out. He didn't even unhook it, just let the wires snap behind him. The staff member who set it up didn't alarm it as who would nick a widescreen telly from the front of a store?

1 x speaker. Just the one. It was from a surround sound set. Normally I would surmise it was because someone had broken theirs and needed a replacement. Only this was a brand new set and design - it was stolen the day it was released.

1 x Display case for a power shower

32 x Washing machines. Kept in a storage crate at the back of the store. Some chump left it unlocked.

After that excitement, I worked in a shoe store. People relatively frequently stole the display shoe (right foot) and then returned the following day to complain that the staff only gave them one pair.

Following on from that I worked in a cafe. A colleague chased a bloke across town - about two miles - because he'd nabbed a MUFFIN.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 17:55, 1 reply)

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for the muffin theft. I'm sorry, the MUFFIN theft.
(Emily Bruce-Dickinson http://jovialfellow.blogspot.com/, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 6:29, closed)