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*Libertie*
post Jul 26 2006, 07:12 PM
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I've worked in retail for two years, and I can tell you that I get bitched at every time something gets stolen. It's not fair, because a lot of the time it's not something I could have prevented. So, basically.. you're hurting a lot of people when you steal, you're making the price of merchandise go up, you're creating a lot of headache for the person who didn't catch you doing it. It just irks me. Of course, I've sold expensive gifts and shoes, so it's a bit more of a problem when people steal from me. mellow.gif
 
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post Jul 26 2006, 07:21 PM
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i stop staling since monday
cB is the first to know about my habit besides my family
i got caught a few days ago..and arrested..and i feel so bad about it..and i haven't told any of my friends except for 1 but she did it with me
now i have to go to some dumb program
 
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post Jul 26 2006, 07:27 PM
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I never shoplifted, but there were times when I brought an item beyond that sensor thing and I got scared when it made a noise. Hella stupid they put the items like a foot away -_-
 
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post Jul 26 2006, 07:27 PM
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I've shoplifted like 6 times. When I was 12 I stole Pokemon cards, haha. The past 3 times I've shoplifted were condoms, lmao.
 
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post Jul 26 2006, 07:46 PM
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I don't steal...I think it's wrong
other than the one time when I was like five I think...I wanted some christmas erasers and my mom didn't want to buy them for me so I just picked them up when my mom wasn't looking...but when we got in the car she saw I had them so I had to return them
 
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post Jul 26 2006, 07:51 PM
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Well one time I stole a piece of candy when I was little. :X
 
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post Jul 26 2006, 07:56 PM
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i used to shoplift all the time when i was little. i would go to the grocery and slip gum.. candy.. anything i wanted into my pocket. >_> i never got caught, it was weird.
 
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post Jul 26 2006, 08:04 PM
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QUOTE(nyctophiliac @ Jul 26 2006, 8:46 PM) *
I don't steal...I think it's wrong
other than the one time when I was like five I think...I wanted some christmas erasers and my mom didn't want to buy them for me so I just picked them up when my mom wasn't looking...but when we got in the car she saw I had them so I had to return them

I don't either but when you're 17 and without a job even though you've tried to get a job like 4,574,748,430,999 times, desperate times call for desperate measures. lol.

That happened to me too. I walked out with baseball cards and a pencil when I was little and my mom made me give them back and had the manager pretend like he was gonna call the cops and I was crying haha. I remember him saying "Well, ok, since you seem like you're sorry and have learned a lesson, I won't." That scared me so bad. laugh.gif
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 12:12 PM
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I've never, will never, and have never even thought about stealing from an individual person - but I'm always tempted whenever I go to a store like Sephora or Saks 5th.

I never actually took anything until yesterday, though. I was at Saks 5th and saw this Karl Lagerfeld tank top that was way too expensive for it's own good and noticed that it didn't have a sensor tag... so I accidentally-on-purpose wore it out. It was really exciting. I should feel more guilty than I am, but hey... who's REALLY going to spend hundreds on a flimsy tank top?
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 12:31 PM
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QUOTE(Libertie @ Jul 26 2006, 07:12 PM) *
I've worked in retail for two years, and I can tell you that I get bitched at every time something gets stolen. It's not fair, because a lot of the time it's not something I could have prevented. So, basically.. you're hurting a lot of people when you steal, you're making the price of merchandise go up, you're creating a lot of headache for the person who didn't catch you doing it. It just irks me. Of course, I've sold expensive gifts and shoes, so it's a bit more of a problem when people steal from me. mellow.gif


I'm with you.

I'm the duty manager of a well known retail store in England - and I swear, the amount of stuff that gets pinched by little bastards too tight to fork out a couple of quid for something is a hell of a headache for me. It does put prices up, it ruins having 'live' displays and it's additional worry.

There is nothing worse in retail than working for a store you love and seeing empty packages with the content stolen out of it stuffed down the back of some shelf.

If I catch people stealing from my store, I make sure they get reported and banned. If we can't prove anything's been stolen I follow them around like a goddamn limpet and they get the picture. Pricks.

Sorry, but I detest thieves. You're not just stealing from a faceless store - you're stealing the wages of employees, new stock, improved stock, building repair and maintenance - it all adds up.

I have never stolen anything in my life and I never would. It's called self-control as well as respect. I get my cheap thrills elsewhere.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:37 PM
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I've shoplifted only once, that was for a Hershey's chocolate bar, back in the fifth grade.

I'm such a badass. ph34r.gif
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:38 PM
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Never have, and never will.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:41 PM
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I never have before, don't plan on it either, and if I don't have the money I just save up for next time. It's not hard.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:43 PM
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It's funny when I watch an episode of World's Dumbest Criminals and people who utilize their children in their shoplift.

I remember one episode when the kid told the security guard, "I have free clothes in my backpack!"
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:44 PM
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QUOTE(jaeman @ Jan 2 2008, 07:43 PM) *
It's funny when I watch an episode of World's Dumbest Criminals and people who utilize their children in their shoplift.

I remember one episode when the kid told the security guard, "I have free clothes in my backpack!"

LMAO! I love it when they try to get away and then they have that who me look on their face when they get caught lol. I am always like, bitch you know you did it! laugh.gif
 

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