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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Gallic beatingI was sitting in a street cafe in Greece when a gaggle of Gallic teenagers wandered along, all sullen pouts and seething hormones. They gathered round a display of cheapo necklaces outside a souvenir shop and it became clear that some clumsy shoplifting was taking place.
After completing their browsing, they ambled off and the shop owner came out to look at his display. He noticed immediately that there were gaps in it and deduced that Les Kids were the culprits. Rather than make a swift call to the local police (which would have been quite useless as they were probably asleep) he raced after the kids, grabbed the first one he came to and beat the crap out of him, knocking him to the floor and kicking him while he was down. The others stood around in horrified amazement.
The missing merchandise wasn't returned, but the kids were presumably less likely to shoplift during the remainder of their trip.
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 11:55, Reply)
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