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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Not me but...I remember once walking into Borders in Bournemouth; just as I was walking through the front door I saw one woman grab another and throw her to the floor - bashing the poor girl's head against the "New Releases" table as she went down.
I was a bit shocked by this random act of violence so strolled over to see if I could help. At that moment the aggressor took a radio from her back pocket, and mumbled something unintelligible into it. At this two more people came streaming towards this little scene, one from outside, another from downstairs, at which point all 3 of them picked the girl up off the floor and carried her outside the shop leaving her frantic cries of "Help me mate, help me" ringing in my ears.
The weird thing was that all of these people were wearing plain clothes and one of them came from outside the shop. Presumably their victim was a shoplifter, but in that case why the "sting operation" rather than the usual Benny Hill style dash down the High Street? And where the hell did they take her?
Not entirely sure why I shared that, however I make no apologies for length and at least it wasn't a terrible pun.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2008, 10:11, 1 reply)
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