Have any of you shoplifted before? - Who says crime is only considered a "man and minority thing?"

[Legalize Asbestos]

I use to lift a lot of food but it was never a mainstay. I wasn't a reseller, nor trading bricks of cheese for smack. I was just legit broke, needed to eat, and had that 'the world stole from me, so I'm just stealing a little back' mindset. Eventually I realized I was isolating myself from society by thinking like a thief, and so stopped thieving.

If you think the grocery store is your sworn enemy, then "all is fair in love and war". Steal as much as you want; it's not theft, it's spoils. Taste the victory of your little skirmish, your little battle. But if a good old boy blows your fucking brains out with a .44 magnum for stealing a couple cantaloupes, don't whine to Charon about it. You declared war.

 

[AbyssGazer]

Shoplifting is a high risk low reward nigger crime I wouldn't do as someone with a clean record. Let's say you steal for $100 per visit, with a 99% success rate. Then that's only $10,000 for fucking up your crime record and thereby employment opportunities for years.

That said, I hear a story about a guy who managed to take a hand held self scanner home and modify it to charge a fraction of the price. He even made a stealth function that would display the real prices if someone checked on him. That's some next level shit if true.

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

The idea of people eating/drinking stuff in the store - the actual products from the store, I mean - is weirdly horrifying to me. Even if you’re the type to keep the wrapper so it can be scanned and paid for at the checkout, wtf is wrong with you that you couldn’t wait the fifteen minutes’ shopping time until you’d paid for the item? No idea why it bothers me so much. It just feels really dirty and gluttonous somehow. I’ve never actually seen anyone doing it, but I can absolutely believe it happens regularly. Vile.

 

[Mound Dweller]

The idea of people eating/drinking stuff in the store - the actual products from the store, I mean - is weirdly horrifying to me. Even if you’re the type to keep the wrapper so it can be scanned and paid for at the checkout, wtf is wrong with you that you couldn’t wait the fifteen minutes’ shopping time until you’d paid for the item? No idea why it bothers me so much. It just feels really dirty and gluttonous somehow. I’ve never actually seen anyone doing it, but I can absolutely believe it happens regularly. Vile.

It's always been a behaviour seen amongst certain "groups", also the occasional very embarrassed diabetic who legitimately needed to up their blood sugar, but pre 2019 99% of the time;

But since the COVID factory reset, social etiquette has been nuked and long gone is basic decency, happens constantly now from all demographics and it drives me insane. Not only does it commit the mortal sin of creating more work (cleaning up their rubbish/messes with inventory counts/creates massive liability by leaving fucking pistachio shells strewn about the place like an allergenic snail-trail) people see "people" doing it and think it's okay to push other boundaries, which is why now we have to wear body cams, the slippery slope is real.

 

[grimacefetishist]

One time I saw someone steal a bunch of Bobby pins by opening a pack of them and leaving the rest with the box. I bought the tampered with container for some reason. I don't even style my hair so the cashier probably just figured I was retarded.

 

[PhoBingas]

Can I still give my two cents if I'm a guy?
Decades ago in high school somebody owed me money and didn't want to pay me back so I stole a couple hoodies and pairs of jeans from the clothing store he worked at because there were no cameras. Didn't get caught, didn't tell the guy who owed me money ripped off his store, just stopped talking to him.

 

[Rich Evans Simp]

I came very close as a 14/15 year old starting high school, beginning to really want clothes/makeup/accessories that were beyond my means. Then two girls in my social circle got caught stealing from Abercrombie and Fitch (one was actually shoplifting, the other probably knew but didn’t participate). It didn’t become widely known at school or anything, but it harmed the friendship between the two and made me too afraid of getting caught.

This was more than 25 years ago, I have no idea if teen girls would be busted for $100 in clothing these days.

I had an unhinged gay friend in college who stole all the time - candles and soap from Bath & Body Works, home decor tchotchkes, convenience store snacks and drinks, steaks and cheeses from the grocery store. Got busted at a chain grocery store, again, so long ago I don’t think Kroger/Meijer/Harris Teeter type stores would put up a fuss for $40 of beef in the jeans of a 21-yo Adam Lambert lookalike.

 

[el bandito loco]

Can I still give my two cents if I'm a guy?
Decades ago in high school somebody owed me money and didn't want to pay me back so I stole a couple hoodies and pairs of jeans from the clothing store he worked at because there were no cameras. Didn't get caught, didn't tell the guy who owed me money ripped off his store, just stopped talking to him.

shit, this reminds me. as a teenager in our local grocery store they sold pizza by the slice in this little cafeteria area where they also sold other food. you'd get a little ticket and then you'd pay for it at the regular grocery register. My Friday routine was to go to that used game store I mentioned with my friend, then drop him off at work at the movie theater, then go pick a girl up, we'd go get a few slices of pizza at the grocery store, I would throw that ticket away and we'd leave and not pay for it, then we'd go to a movie.

anyways, I don't remember what the conversation was but in my senior English class one time this dude who worked at the grocery store was talking to our teacher and something came up about paying your dues or something and he went "what about guys like Bandito?! That cocksucker shows up to my job every weekend with a date and eats a whole GOD DAMN pizza for FOUR YEARS and they haven't paid for it ONCE!" and everybody started laughing and I just said "my bad, dude."

the only reason I remember it at all really is I think it's the first time someone ever called me "cocksucker" and it was just really funny. the guy in question was actually my friend and I asked him about it later, and he told me he'd been covering for me and kept telling his boss in the kitchen I was in fact not the same guy as last week. We laughed about it and I told him I wouldn't do it anymore just in case somebody ever blamed him. I moved on to the Chinese food section.

 

[Chappell's Lost Earring]

The idea of people eating/drinking stuff in the store - the actual products from the store, I mean - is weirdly horrifying to me. Even if you’re the type to keep the wrapper so it can be scanned and paid for at the checkout, wtf is wrong with you that you couldn’t wait the fifteen minutes’ shopping time until you’d paid for the item? No idea why it bothers me so much. It just feels really dirty and gluttonous somehow. I’ve never actually seen anyone doing it, but I can absolutely believe it happens regularly. Vile.

It happens all the time. Candy bars, wrappers from the deli, juices and apples sauce for the kids. I've never done it myself, but it happened hourly at the store I worked at. It isn't technically theft unless it is the stuff you weigh like grapes or cherries. But I'm sure the stock guys would find emptied wrappers around the store sometimes.

anyways, I don't remember what the conversation was but in my senior English class one time this dude who worked at the grocery store was talking to our teacher and something came up about paying your dues or something and he went "what about guys like Bandito?! That cocksucker shows up to my job every weekend with a date and eats a whole GOD DAMN pizza for FOUR YEARS and they haven't paid for it ONCE!" and everybody started laughing and I just said "my bad, dude."

The fact he remembered you and noticed you doing it for years is insane. That is chill of him to cover for you.

I go to the same iced coffee place several times a week, and I know they're supposed to be stingy with the premade coffee. Like measure it to the exact line, and only give you that much, but the girl there is super friendly to me and she fills it up past the line every time.

Not stealing, but its nice when people notice you and break the rules for you.

Does time theft count?

Probably. I support this, and do it often. Always try to poop on the clock if I can. Sometimes twice a day.

When I worked retail I would privately schedule myself a bathroom break every 2 hours, because they wouldn't give us a 15, so I would just go sit on the toilet for 10-15 minutes. Never told the managers I did this, just when the 2 hour mark hit, told them I had to use the bathroom and left my post.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

When I worked retail I would privately schedule myself a bathroom break every 2 hours, because they wouldn't give us a 15, so I would just go sit on the toilet for 10-15 minutes. Never told the managers I did this, just when the 2 hour mark hit, told them I had to use the bathroom and left my post.

I did this exact same thing a lot in one job i had that i hated more than anything, i was earning peanuts and hated everybody Those 10 minutes every couple hours made me not want to rope as much but i ended up getting called out by HR for it . You'd think they would have the decency to spare us both the mutual embarrassment since i always met my quotas anyways , but no, literally went there and put me on the spot asking me if i had a condition making me shit so often and and telling me if i wanted to take so many breaks i needed to get a doctors recipe.

Some time later i quit without a two weeks notice and stole a backpack full of office supplies , even years later i still had post its and notepads from that.

 

[Chappell's Lost Earring]

no, literally went there and put me on the spot asking me if i had a condition making me shit so often and and telling me if i wanted to take so many breaks i needed to get a doctors recipe.

Tbh I would just try to get one. Say you have IBS. Some doctors are chill and will help you out. Or you can make a fake note to give them, especially if it is a job you don't care about. What are they gonna do about it.

 

[Grimoire Canthari]

7 year old me stole a small tote bag with a cartoon character on it, parents noticed just before we got to the car and made me put it back and apologize. Now I'm one of those people who holds up my reciept as I approach the greeter to leave the store even when I have 1-2 small items they already saw me check out.

 

[¨¨¨]

I have not because I'm neither a gipsy nor a nigger and I do not want to contribute to the social decay and erosion of trust that crime causes and that will invariably come back and hurt me and my loved ones.

Like others haves stated;theft will result in the minimum wage workers not getting a christmas bonus because the money went to paying for additional security.

If you're broke then apply for welfare or rummage through the discount "soon to expire"-bin,and if you're going to be a scummy thief then atleast admit to it instead of trying to portray yourself as a noble socialist revolutionary who is fighting the plutocracy by stealing expensive make-up for personal use.

 

[Chromeo]

The idea of people eating/drinking stuff in the store - the actual products from the store, I mean - is weirdly horrifying to me. Even if you’re the type to keep the wrapper so it can be scanned and paid for at the checkout, wtf is wrong with you that you couldn’t wait the fifteen minutes’ shopping time until you’d paid for the item? No idea why it bothers me so much. It just feels really dirty and gluttonous somehow. I’ve never actually seen anyone doing it, but I can absolutely believe it happens regularly. Vile.

I understand drinks since stores are huge and don't have great AC most of the time, but what always struck me as retarded was people doing this with bananas or apples or other things priced by weight. Like how the fuck am I supposed to charge you for an apple core?? I just threw them out, 'cause again, fuck it who cares, it's the least of the store's concerns when it comes to shrink. Nobody's counting the apples like "ONE APPLE WAS STOLEN THIS MONTH!!"

 

[Mound Dweller]

Nobody's counting the apples like "ONE APPLE WAS STOLEN THIS MONTH!!"

Yes they are, at least in civilised countries, because inventory everywhere is controlled since retail margins are razor thin.
This means every so often (every two months or so on average) every last aubergine/banana/chunk of garlic gets weighed and measured. It's quite soothing actually and doesn't take as long as you'd think, and yes, the loss % is always in double digits because "hurr durr it's just one apple" is a common subhuman thought process.

 

[Chromeo]

Yes they are, at least in civilised countries, because inventory everywhere is controlled since retail margins are razor thin.
This means every so often (every two months or so on average) every last aubergine/banana/chunk of garlic gets weighed and measured. It's quite soothing actually and doesn't take as long as you'd think, and yes, the loss % is always in double digits because "hurr durr it's just one apple" is a common subhuman thought process.

The loss in produce has got to be higher from straight-up rotting on the shelf or being accidentally damaged rather than some people eating bananas/apples in the store. How would you even discern which was which, and would it even be meaningful if nobody ate fruit in the store?

I ran some numbers and afaik a single banana is like 7 cents, and an apple is 55 cents. Maybe $1.22 if it's a honeycrisp. I think an idiot accidentally stealing fruit by eating it before it can be properly paid for is less harmful to society than a jackass coming into the store stealing boxes of pokemon cards or trying to make off with high-value items with fake UPCs stuck on top of them. There's a malice in the latter that isn't there in the former, and maybe this is me being liberal or idealistic or whatever but I think small things like a 55 cent apple to keep a little kid from losing their mind because they're hungry is a valid loss. Maybe not to Sam Walton, but I'm not Sam Walton, I'm just the poor sucker working for him.

 

[Mound Dweller]

The loss in produce has got to be higher from straight-up rotting on the shelf or being accidentally damaged rather than some people eating bananas/apples in the store. How would you even discern which was which, and would it even be meaningful if nobody ate fruit in the store?

Depends on what sort of operation is being run; some places have standards others have "standards", it's not unusual to dispose of half of on hand stock every morning for certain lines due to their mould afflictive nature, all part of the calculation. How do you tell? Bite marks lol.

I ran some numbers and afaik a single banana is like 7 cents, and an apple is 55 cents. Maybe $1.22 if it's a honeycrisp.

Razor.Thin.Margins. That's why they care about that sub 7 cents, it's economy of scale; have to sell big to make back what is being expended, that "just a rounding error" stuff adds up believe me. That said for this particular topic fruit especially is often a loss leader; deliberately underpriced to attract custom, which makes it less bad in terms of actual loss.

I think an idiot accidentally stealing fruit by eating it before it can be properly paid for is less harmful to society than a jackass coming into the store stealing boxes of pokemon cards or trying to make off with high-value items with fake UPCs stuck on top of them. There's a malice in the latter that isn't there in the former, and maybe this is me being liberal or idealistic or whatever but I think small things like a 55 cent apple to keep a little kid from losing their mind because they're hungry is a valid loss. Maybe not to Sam Walton, but I'm not Sam Walton, I'm just the poor sucker working for him.

Yes I agree being bLACK is less bad than eating babies while being bLACK, that said being bLACK and only stealing bananas is still bad.
You're not really making a point here other "you are lynching negroes" tier whatboutism. It makes sense, the only excuse for stealing is some sort of justification; because it is inherently bad and requires explaining away somehow.
It's just one of the lesser evils, but it is evil all the same.

 

[Chappell's Lost Earring]

The loss in produce has got to be higher from straight-up rotting on the shelf or being accidentally damaged rather than some people eating bananas/apples in the store. How would you even discern which was which, and would it even be meaningful if nobody ate fruit in the store?

I ran some numbers and afaik a single banana is like 7 cents, and an apple is 55 cents. Maybe $1.22 if it's a honeycrisp. I think an idiot accidentally stealing fruit by eating it before it can be properly paid for is less harmful to society than a jackass coming into the store stealing boxes of pokemon cards or trying to make off with high-value items with fake UPCs stuck on top of them. There's a malice in the latter that isn't there in the former, and maybe this is me being liberal or idealistic or whatever but I think small things like a 55 cent apple to keep a little kid from losing their mind because they're hungry is a valid loss. Maybe not to Sam Walton, but I'm not Sam Walton, I'm just the poor sucker working for him.

This Mound guy is just watching this thread like a hawk, negatively reacting to everyone that doesn’t think you should be beheaded for petty theft, because he probably works loss prevention for some brand name grocery store. I’ve had to ignore him, but thread is still shit now. Sad. I just wanted to hear people’s shoplifting adventures and laugh.

 

[UERISIMILITUDO]

Like others haves stated;theft will result in the minimum wage workers not getting a christmas bonus because the money went to paying for additional security.

They were getting a bonus in the first place?

Yeah, Wal-Mart employees are overwhelmingly subsidized by government assistance since they'd otherwise die, but theft is the reason they don't get a bonus.

 

[Chromeo]

They were getting a bonus in the first place?

Yeah, Wal-Mart employees are overwhelmingly subsidized by government assistance since they'd otherwise die, but theft is the reason they don't get a bonus.

They called it something else, there was a little bonus in winter but they didn't call is a "Christmas bonus" unless you were one of the fancy high up managers. Either way it wasn't a lot.