Shoplifting, Larceny, Robbery, Theft I won't be mean to accidental shoplifters any more.

[adjusterjack]

Because I became one today (yes, accidental, it's true, it can happen).

I went to the big box grocery store to pick up a few things. As I passed the greeting cards I remembered my daughter's birthday was coming up so I got her a card ($3.42) and put it down flat in the upper portion of my cart.

I did my shopping putting 4 of one item and 3 of another item in the upper part and multiples of other items in the lower part of the cart. When I went to pay I gave the cashier one of each and gave her the count of how many I bought, returning the individual items to the cart after paying.

I don't usually bag anything at that store because I keep cartons in my trunk for groceries and then take the loaded cartons into the house.

I went out to the car and started transferring the items into the cartons and when I was finished I started to roll the cart toward the cart repository area in the parking lot and noticed (to my horror) the birthday card sitting there where I had forgotten about it.

I brought it back in the store, paid for it at the self check-out register, got my receipt and went back to the car.

So, I will be sympathetic to accidental shoplifters in the future because I am living proof that it is possible.

 

[Highwayman]

You're nothin' but a perp.

Lost all respect for you.

 

[shrinkmaster]

Yes it happens but sadly unlike you most are not accidents and use the "accident" excuse so when honest people like you say "it was an accident" they are accused of lieing.

 

[Betty3]

You're nothin' but a perp.

Lost all respect for you.

LOL, Highwayman.

Yikes, adjusterjack, I'm glad you didn't get stopped.

 

[mightymoose]

And this is why criminal convictions require evidence of intent, but most of these matters never get that far through the system.

 

[adjusterjack]

Yikes, adjusterjack, I'm glad you didn't get stopped.

Me too. Would have been quite awkward.