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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Security made me do itA few years ago i was in the oxford street branch of HMV during one of their sales. The place was absolutly heaving as this was a saturday afternoon. Welgar was having a happy time found a few bargins and things he has been after for a while but is too tight to pay full retail.
This particular HMV is on 3 floors if you dont know it.I had just gone upstairs when i noticed sometihing odd. There was something comming out of the ceiling a bit like smoke but my mind was in money saving mode so it didnt register. A couple of minuites later the security types come through roaring at everyone to get out.
Literally hundreds of people spill out onto oxford st some slightly panicky. At this point welgar realises that he still has half a dozen cds and a couple of videos in his hand as do a lot of other people.
Not wishing to take advantage of the situation i turned round to return said items.
An old man in front of me was trying to do the same and approached the security ape.
"Erm i took these out with me by mistake , can i put them back?"
"Nobody alowed in!"
"But i havent paid for these"
(tries to give cds to security)
"LOOK JUST PISS OFF WE ARE BUSY WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE"
Welgar shrugs and puts his bargins into his M & S bag and walks away. Many others do likewise.
Apparently there was no fire just a minor electrical fault in the aircon system wihch just put smoke into the shop
(, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 7:00, Reply)
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