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I'm a baaaaaaaaad girl

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As if there was ever any doubt.

Yesterday I went out with MIL, SIL and FBIL. MIL and I went shopping while SIL and FBIL went to get her cellphone contract sorted out. MIL has some issues with her back and legs, so she grabbed a cart as soon as we entered the mall, and all our (mostly hers) shopping and everything went into that. We were halfway through the mall when she realized that she still had grocery shopping to do but the cart was full already, so we decided that I would take that cart while I went off to look for PJs, and she would get another cart at the grocery store.

I didn't find exactly what I wanted in Shop A but there was something close-ish, so I moved on to Shop B knowing that if I didn't find what I wanted there I could always go back to A. While looking around in B, I found these sets of temporary hair colour chalk and SIL had been talking about getting temporary colour in her hair, so I put two in the cart, and carried on looking around for PJs. Didn't find what I wanted at B, so headed back to A. With the chalk still in my cart.

When I got to A, FBIL came up to me to say that they were still busy in the cellphone place, and would I be much longer/where would they find me etc. That's when I looked down at the cart and saw the chalk. I nearly fainted. I immediately asked FBIL to hold the cart for me and ran back to return the chalk.

Thankfully there were no consequences for me. The guard just took the chalk back and was like "It's okay, but try not to do it again."

I think my brain just took a holiday yesterday, because I also very nearly left the cart in Shop A when I went back.

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So... Totally unintentional shoplifting. Who else has done it?
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  • levioosalevioosa member
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    Last year I accidentally stole a pack of sharpies from Walmart.  I was wearing a hoodie and for some reason we spent like an hour there (I hate Walmart, so an hour was like 59 minutes too long there) and I got tired of holding them, so I stuffed them in my front hoodie pocket with the intention of buying them when we checked out.  Except I totally forgot about them.  I didn't even find them in my pocket until a week later.  Oops. 

    I don't shoplift, so it was a little disconcerting.  I'm a bad girl though because there was definitely a very small part of me that was like, "that was really easy....too easy."  


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    levioosa said:
    Last year I accidentally stole a pack of sharpies from Walmart.  I was wearing a hoodie and for some reason we spent like an hour there (I hate Walmart, so an hour was like 59 minutes too long there) and I got tired of holding them, so I stuffed them in my front hoodie pocket with the intention of buying them when we checked out.  Except I totally forgot about them.  I didn't even find them in my pocket until a week later.  Oops. 

    I don't shoplift, so it was a little disconcerting.  I'm a bad girl though because there was definitely a very small part of me that was like, "that was really easy....too easy."  
    This is how I felt too. I mean going into and out of this shop you have to pass security. I kinda feel like hey, I screwed up, but that's a really bad guard.
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  • lurkergirllurkergirl member
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    I have walked out of the store without paying for something several times, but I always go back and buy it.  Except for the last time it happened.  I accidentally never put my coffee on the conveyor belt.  It was raining, cold, and afternoon rush hour, so the store was super busy.  I'm a little embarrassed to say I did not go back for the sole reason that I just wanted to go home and not deal with the store anymore...

    I justified it to myself by thinking of all the times they've rung up my produce incorrectly and caused me to overpay.  Plus, it's not like it was hidden.  The employees didn't notice it either. 

    (I still feel a little guilty about this anyway.  Stealing is just so fucking wrong!)




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  • mikenbergermikenberger member
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    Pack of water on the bottom rack of the shopping cart. Gets me every time.


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  • novella1186novella1186 member
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    A pumpkin. It was in the bottom rack of my cart at walmart when I was in college. No one noticed it, not even the employees, and I didn't feel like going back to pay once I got to my car and saw it was there. So I left it on the cart. Whoops. 

    Cat treats. I was at the grocery store getting some stuff and my mom had asked me to pick up treats for their cats. I did the u-scan thing. When I got to her house she asked me how much to treats were so I looked through the receipt and they were not on there. They must not have scanned when I swiped them. 
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  • ashley8918ashley8918 member
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    mikenberger said:
    Pack of water on the bottom rack of the shopping cart. Gets me every time.

    OMG ALL THE TIME.

    And like, I feel a little bad, but no way in hell am I going back into the zoo that is Walmart with only 2 registers open. 
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  • ElcaBElcaB member
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    My two year old niece stole a koozie once. Her mom gave it to her to hold to occupy her while shopping on vacation and totally forgot about it. 

    Oh, well. Now I have a cool souvenir :D 

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  • flutteringinflflutteringinfl member
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    Once I was out at Joann Fabrics with my dad, and after we checked out and were in the parking lot, I realized there was a spool of thread I forgot to pay for. My dad, who hated accompanying me to buy costume supplies (this was before I had my own car), groaned and said, "Do you really want to go back in there?"

    It'll be okay. Gradually the guilt will fade and you will accept your new life as a criminal deviant.

    ETA: I later ended up working at Joann's (a different one), and found out that catching people is pretty much against corporate policy. One time this family with small kids was shopping, and as they left the lead I was working with pointed out that the kids had put on some flip flops we sold that the parents didn't pay for. She said this WHILE they were checking out. I asked if we should do something, and she just shrugged and said we couldn't. I was surprised. I'm not sure if she just didn't want to deal with it or if there was some policy that prevented us from simply saying, "Excuse me, are your kids taking those sandals home?"
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  • plainjane0415plainjane0415 member
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    I was stopped and questioned by security at Wal Mart one time years ago because I picked up some body wash and then I went over to the groceries to get some food stuff, and in the midst of that I decided I did not need the body wash.  I had parked on the side where makeup and toiletries were, so on my way back to the checkout counter, I just put the body wash back where it came from.

    On my way out the door two security guards stopped me, searched my bags and told me it was really suspicious how I picked up the body wash and then put it back.

    I still to this day don't understand why that made them think I was shoplifting.

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  • wandajune6wandajune6 member
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    I left Target without paying for a case of beer last night.

    I had a huge cart filled with stuff and completely missed the beer. DH did too. We head outside to load the car when we noticed it. I roll the cart back inside and the security guard asks me what I was up to. I explain and he just waves for me to leave.

    Not going to argue with him....
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  • WinstonsGirlWinstonsGirl member
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    Mom and I went to Tim's yesterday for lunch.  I grabbed my milk and cookie and she waited for the soups.  She didn't realize I had picked up the milk and asked for another, so I ended up with 2 chocolate milks.  I took one back to the counter though.  They didn't notice, but I figured it was dumb when I can pay for another milk if I wanted one.  

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  • hellosweetie1015hellosweetie1015 member
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    I did. I went in Walmart to get those little nail tip guides that are supposed to make your french tips look good (protip: they don't) and a second pack was stuck to the first. I also accidentally stole a thing of embroidery floss from Walmart as well. It cost a grand total of $0.30. I was torn up about that one, I tell ya.

    Anywhere other than Walmart, these tiny thefts would bother me. But I hate Walmart.
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  • theartistformerlyknownastheartistformerlyknownas member
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    Some giant dried flower-y things from IKEA. I used a You-Scan aisle, and it's hard to keep track of what you've scanned since they don't have bags or a conveyor belt long enough to put all your shit on - you just scan everything still in the cart. I didn't realize I hadn't scanned them, nor did the security/cashier person who checked my receipt. Whoopsie.
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  • ShesSoColdShesSoCold mod
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    I've accidentally stolen paper plates like 10 times. The packages stick together and neither me nor the cashier notices. 

    A few years ago I bought a bunch of stuff and realized that the cashier hadn't scanned one of the under armour things I bought worth like $50. So I went back and customer service looked at me weird, like I had stolen it and had a change of heart, but they didn't want me to pay for it. 
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  • penguin44penguin44 member
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    I accidentally stole a 6 pack of beer from Walgreens. The cashier actually scanned it, but I guess it didn't ring up. We didn't realize until the next day.
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    wandajune6 said:
    I left Target without paying for a case of beer last night.

    I had a huge cart filled with stuff and completely missed the beer. DH did too. We head outside to load the car when we noticed it. I roll the cart back inside and the security guard asks me what I was up to. I explain and he just waves for me to leave.

    Not going to argue with him....
    WITH BEER?!  LUCKY!
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