# Oops! I shoplifted! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019 "2002-12-20T14:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/21 "2002-12-20T18:29:35Z")
swipey machine? šŸ˜ƒ auntie em, I truly respect your honesty, itā€™s refreshing. BTW were you refering to El Cerrito CA? ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/22 "2002-12-20T18:29:58Z")
Back when I was working at a grocery bagger, I used to go to starbucks during my breaks. One time I went there a brand new girl was working there; she looked just barely old enough to work and looked quite nervous. Well, it turns out she was so nervous that when I gave her my order she just relayed it to the coffie-maker guy and didnā€™t ring me up. Since I have this ritual where I give them the money when the total comes on the screen and they tell me how much, I forgot to pay her- I just asked her for a carmel macchiato, they made it, and I left with it. Back at work I was trying to remember if I actually PAID for it- I realized I didnā€™t so after work went back and gave them the 3.50 for the beverage. I felt sorry for the girl that messed up- I remember what a nervous wreck I was the first day of my first job. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/23 "2002-12-20T18:34:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jake \* > \*\*BTW were you refering to El Cerrito CA? \*\* Yep. And thanks for the kind words. Iā€™ll need them to fall back on in case Nana gets wind of the fact that Iā€™m going back to pay for the goods. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/24 "2002-12-20T18:35:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Incubus \* > \*\*Back when I was working at a grocery bagger, I used to go to starbucks during my breaks. One time I went there a brand new girl was working there; she looked just barely old enough to work and looked quite nervous. Well, it turns out she was so nervous that when I gave her my order she just relayed it to the coffie-maker guy and didnā€™t ring me up. Since I have this ritual where I give them the money when the total comes on the screen and they tell me how much, I forgot to pay her- I just asked her for a carmel macchiato, they made it, and I left with it. Back at work I was trying to remember if I actually PAID for it- I realized I didnā€™t so after work went back and gave them the 3.50 for the beverage. I felt sorry for the girl that messed up- I remember what a nervous wreck I was the first day of my first job. \*\* So how did it turn out, **Incubus**? One of my fears is that Iā€™ll get the cashier (whose name is on the receipt) in trouble. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/25 "2002-12-20T18:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \* > \*\*Right after I sumbitted that post, I thought, ā€œAwwwā€¦ maybe she wonā€™t do it.ā€ > > But yaā€™ did. šŸ˜‰ One of these days Iā€™ll learn. And when I do, Homebrew really CAN have you. šŸ˜› \*\* I donā€™t think he wants that ā€“ I donā€™t come with a toaster (though perhaps I could work a George Foreman grill into the deal). ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/26 "2002-12-20T18:39:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*The truly sad part is that no way am I telling my grandmother (who is in town, and was at my motherā€™s house when I realized Iā€™d made off with a butt-load of free bootyā€“she was quite pleased with my haul) that I 'fessed up, because sheā€™ll yell at me for it. ā˜¹ \*\* My Grandma would have been pleased as well. She was known to buy a pretty dress for a special occasion, tuck the price tag/s into the sleeve, wear it to the event and return it the next day when she was done with it. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/27 "2002-12-20T18:41:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Seeing as how he has Care Bears \*\* [Minor Hijack] Care Bear. No ā€œsā€. I only have one, damnit, and it was a gift. So, nyah! [/Minor Hijack] A few months ago a co-worker and I were in her car waiting in line at the drive-thru of the local Long John Silvers. We sat and fried in the car for nearly 15 minutes and, then, as we pulled up to the speaker we heard ā€œIā€™ll be right with you.ā€ Ho-hum. Ten minutes went by. (Yes, we would have left by then, but we were scrunched between two cars.) We finally gave our order, waited another five minutes or so to get our foodā€¦ and then drove off. With my $20 sitting on the car windowā€™s arm rest. ā€œWe have to go back,ā€ I said, thinking I was being a paragon of virtue. ā€œWhy?ā€ she asked. ā€œBecause I didnā€™t pay.ā€ ā€œNo,ā€ she said. ā€œI mean, why go back when we have to wait in that line again?ā€ Free food for that day! Surely I am rationalizationā€™s bitch. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/28 "2002-12-20T18:49:10Z")
One time, I was shopping in the mall. Iā€™d already bought something which was in a box, not a bag. I went into Sears and picked up a pair of panyhose (flat package), and tucked the package beween my thumb, and the box I was already carrying. I was with a friend, we started yacking, and I was halfway across the parking lot before I realized I hadnā€™t paid for the pantyhose! I went back into the store, explained to a cashier what had happened, she rang me up and I paid. Another time, I paid for gas with a 10.00 bill and the cashier gave me change as if I had paid with a 20.00. The sad thing is, my teenage nephew was with me, and for the life of me, I couldnā€™t make him understand why I had gone back to the cashier and fixed the problem. He (at about 17 years of age) totally didnā€™t grok the golden rule. When I explained that the extra money would have come out of the cashiersā€™ pocket if his register came up short, my nephewā€™s attitude was ā€œwell, thatā€™s his problem, thenā€. Heā€™s still a delinquent, and heā€™s in his 20ā€™s.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/29 "2002-12-20T18:51:17Z")
When I was about 13, my mom took me to the store and bought me a pair of jeans. When I got them home and put them on, there was something poiking my butt, and I pulled a pair of (really horrible, tacky, ugly) earrings out of the back pocket. I was horrified, and thought that my mom might think that Iā€™d actually stolen them, so I told her and we took the earrings back to the store. In return for being such an honest kid, they gave me a $5 gift certificate. The earrings were only worth about that much. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/30 "2002-12-20T18:54:10Z")
Am I the only one who thought the thread title meant that Britney Spears had been caught shoplifting? ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/31 "2002-12-20T18:54:46Z")
When I was about 7, my older brother and I were in a department store picking out a gift for our mum. I had been looking at some measuring spoons (hey she asked for them!) but we decided to check out another store before we decided. So off we go to The Bay. My brother found something he wanted to buy and as weā€™re waiting in line I realize Iā€™m holding somethingā€¦measuring spoons! I panicked and insisted that we had to go back to the store right away so I could pay for them. I felt so bad and I was terrified I was going to get caught! And that is the only time I have ever shoplifted! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/32 "2002-12-20T18:59:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > \*\*Am I the only one who thought the thread title meant that Britney Spears had been caught shoplifting? \*\* Huh. **Auntie Em** in a blonde wig and a Catholic school girlā€™s outfit? There might be some possibilities there. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/33 "2002-12-20T19:02:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by norinew \* > \*\*The sad thing is, my teenage nephew was with me, and for the life of me, I couldnā€™t make him understand why I had gone back to the cashier and fixed the problem. He (at about 17 years of age) totally didnā€™t grok the golden rule. When I explained that the extra money would have come out of the cashiersā€™ pocket if his register came up short, my nephewā€™s attitude was ā€œwell, thatā€™s his problem, thenā€. Heā€™s still a delinquent, and heā€™s in his 20ā€™s.:rolleyes: \*\* Well, since I ganked my loot because the cashier failed to ring the stuff up altogether, I knew that her drawer wouldnā€™t come up short (not because of _me_, anyway), or Iā€™d probably have tried to remedy the situation before the close of business last night. Still, since it _was_ her mistake, Iā€™m a little worried that sheā€™ll get a whippinā€™. And BTW, my boss (25 years my senior) had the same attitude as your teenage nephew. They never grow up, do they? :rolleyes: šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/34 "2002-12-20T19:08:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \* > \*\*Huh. **Auntie Em** in a blonde wig and a Catholic school girlā€™s outfit? > > There might be some possibilities there. šŸ˜ƒ \*\* And donā€™t tell me. YOU get to be Father Feelup. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/35 "2002-12-20T19:09:35Z")
I once walked out of Target, and even got all the way out to my car without paying for a pack of socks. Me and my girlfriend had been killing time before a movie. So we went to Target, because theres fun stuff to play with, so its a good place to kill an hour. (Itā€™s across the parking lot) So we went there and, since I was there, picked them up. Then proceeded to play video games, and football and stuff. Then we just leftā€¦ I completely forgot I was carrying them around. I got to my car and told her, ā€œI donā€™t think I paid for these.ā€ She thinks and says, ā€œI donā€™t think so either.ā€ So we both hightailed it back into the store and into line to pay for them. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/36 "2002-12-20T19:22:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*And donā€™t tell me. YOU get to be Father Feelup. :rolleyes: \*\* Honey, I didnā€™t say that your naughty bits under that wig and outift were boyish naughty bits, now did I? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/37 "2002-12-20T19:34:22Z")
_note to self: guy blond wig and School Girl Uniform, a really big school girl uniform_ ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/38 "2002-12-20T19:36:41Z")
Gahh ā€œbuy blond wig ā€¦ā€ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/39 "2002-12-20T19:48:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Gahh > > ā€œbuy blond wig ā€¦ā€ \*\* Now, **Homebrew** , to honestly pull that off for me and my [Care Bear](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1555.php), you would actually need to be aā€¦ well, girl. Over 18, preferably. (Still, if **Auntie Em** keeps acting like Grumpy Bear, this here Cheer Bear just might look into Toasterville.) Ahem. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019/40 "2002-12-20T19:55:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \* > \*\*(Still, if **Auntie Em** keeps acting like Grumpy Bear, this here Cheer Bear just might look into Toasterville.) > \*\* Bon Voyage. Pack lightly. And may you get nice and brown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-shoplifted/144019.md?page=3)