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  • We Couldn't Help But SNICKER.

    A couple of years ago, I was shopping with my mother at the dollar store in the local mall. When we got to the cash counter with our purchases, we saw that security was there, having caught this kid, who couldn't have been more than fourteen, stealing a single chocolate bar.

    They were questioning him about it and he kept making up/changing his stories about how it was his, he bought it from another store, etc.

    "But I saw you put it in your pocket!" One of the clerks insisted.

    Then suddenly, in the middle of the interrogation, the kid placed "his" chocolate bar on the counter and ran out of the store in long, exaggerated strides.

    Then everyone - the customers, security and clerks - stood around and laughed in his wake.

    "He couldn't afford a chocolate bar for a DOLLAR?" one of the security guards exclaimed.

    One of the clerks responded, "Actually, they're TWO for a dollar."

    We all laughed even harder.
    Last edited by Melicious Motormouth; 03-07-2009, 02:59 AM.
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  • #2
    people steal the most embarrassing things.

    I was at Suncoast movies when it was still around and this about 15 year old kid set off the alarm going out. The clerk made him come back and remove a DVD from his coat. Was it a new action movie ? Was it porn? No, it was BARNEY. At least take something you can be proud of.

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    • #3
      Quoth Shimatta View Post
      people steal the most embarrassing things.

      I was at Suncoast movies when it was still around and this about 15 year old kid set off the alarm going out. The clerk made him come back and remove a DVD from his coat. Was it a new action movie ? Was it porn? No, it was BARNEY. At least take something you can be proud of.
      Oh, hell, at the Green&White place, we had t-shirts on hangers. I was never sure if I should be more disturbed that they stole the t-shirst....or the plastic hangers that they were on. And they were cheap plastic hangers.
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      • #4
        Quoth Shimatta View Post
        No, it was BARNEY. At least take something you can be proud of.
        Maybe it was a dare or initiation or something...

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        • #5
          You know what's even sadder? I saw a kid, couldn't have been more than 8, stuff a toy from the dollar store down his jacket. =/
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          • #6
            This thread title deserves some kind of award.
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            • #7
              That just goes to show that some people will steal anything. Hell, sometimes you can use that to your advantage. Whenever my neighbors would want to get rid of something...they'd put it out by the curb. Not for the trash, no, they had something else in mind. They'd put a "for sale" sign on the object. Within hours, whatever it was...would be gone. Didn't matter if the object was falling apart and worthless--someone *would* take it
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              • #8
                For round one of the yard sale last fall, I had hauled a box of stuff out in front of my place, and was waiting for mom to bring the car around. One of the items was a portable DVD player that had a few problems (didn't work without the power cord, no remote, etc). I had acquired it for free, I figured I could get five bucks for the thing if the buyer was fine with it needing AC power at all times and was willing to go to the manufacturer for a remote.

                I went briefly back inside to grab something I had just remembered mom wanted me to bring, leaving the box outside because it was awkward and I didn't want to lug it inside only to have to bring it out again.

                I come back outside to see a guy picking through the box o' junk, he grabs the player and hightails it to his truck on the corner...

                ...leaving the power cord, which the player was absolutely useless without, in the box.
                Last edited by Dreamstalker; 03-06-2009, 10:16 PM.
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                • #9
                  Quoth Panigg View Post
                  This thread title deserves some kind of award.
                  LOL. Thanks!
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                  • #10
                    My opinion on children theives is that sometimes, they are just seeking attention-any attention is better than no attention. That's the sad thing. They'd rather have Mom and Dad yell at them when they get caught as to be totally ignored if they behaved "normal". As for the ones shoving items in their jackets, whatcha wanna bet he/she saw dear ol Mom or Dad do the same thing. Again, sad, sad, sad. Little kids (4 and under) sometimes just don't have the concept that you have to pay to take something. Those are the ones that have arrived at that critical point in time that they can now face the consequences and learn the hard way (by returning and apologizing). Poor kids........

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                    • #11
                      Those kinda sightings should be on the stupid criminals story.
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                      • #12
                        My case wasn't really a "theft" per se (yeah the DVD player was technically my property, but it was a POS and I didn't care what happened to it). I thought it funnier that the guy had the idea there would actually be something of value in the box.

                        Mom didn't see the humor in the whole situation, I was "eh, if it didn't sell with the disclosure I would have just thrown it out, besides he didn't take the one item it needs to function". I wasn't about to confront someone bigger than me over a broken widget anyway.
                        Last edited by Dreamstalker; 03-07-2009, 01:57 PM.
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                        • #13
                          People who compulsively steal cheap, non-valuable stuff tend to be kleptomaniacs. That probably explains why someone would steal cheap plastic hangers, or stuff that no one else would want to steal...

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                          • #14
                            I don't know, Toujin...have you seen the prices for hangers lately??

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Becks View Post
                              I don't know, Toujin...have you seen the prices for hangers lately??

                              Or garbage bags

                              I wonder why people will steal hot chickens or chicken wings.... maybe they were feeling "clucky?"
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