This actually happened several years ago. I went to the grocery store, and since I was only picking up a few things (toothpaste and deodorant) I didn't bother getting a cart. But then as I was picking up the toothpaste and deodorant, I remembered some other things I needed, including cat litter which is damn heavy, so I went back for a cart. At this particular grocery store, the carts were all kept in a coral outside. So I walk up to the front, smile at an employee that I happen to make eye contact with, and waltz right out the door. With unpaid-for deodorant nd toothpaste in my hand.
I go out to the coral and get a cart, and I've just started making my way back when I see the employee I smiled at and another employee come running out of the store and stop dead in their tracks when they see me coming back.
Me: *blink* *blink*
Employee I smiled at: "Are you going to pay for that?"
Me (bewildered and completely clueless): "I was planning on it, yes."
Other employee: "Usually we like you to do that before you leave."
Me (realization dawns and I blush bright red) "Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I'm an idiot!"
And then I ran back in to do the rest of my shopping. The two employees watched me like a hawk the whole time. The one guy must have thought I had some nerve to smile cheerily at him while blatantly shoplifting.
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Me: *blink* *blink*
Employee I smiled at: "Are you going to pay for that?"
Me (bewildered and completely clueless): "I was planning on it, yes."
Other employee: "Usually we like you to do that before you leave."
Me (realization dawns and I blush bright red) "Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I'm an idiot!"
And then I ran back in to do the rest of my shopping. The two employees watched me like a hawk the whole time. The one guy must have thought I had some nerve to smile cheerily at him while blatantly shoplifting.
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