A few month ago, I made a mistake. It was around October-November-ish when I was caught, but I actually have stolen somewhere upwards of $80 from my local (grocery store). What I would always do every time is grab whatever I want (chips, treat, apple, etc) and eat it before leaving, and for some reason that actually works every time. I'd walk by employees and happily ask them how their day was, in the middle of eating, finish, and just stroll right on out. No clue why that worked. Now that had been going on for several months off and on, whenever I felt like eating. Now here's where I messed up. There was a class party the next day and I was supposed to deliver those divine soft cookies with the frosting on top that just crumble in your mouth. Those things are (deleted) awesome. Anyways, as I was walking out with a whole box of those godly treats, a cop (or some dude pretending to be one maybe but just (store) security?) pulled me off to the side, took the cookies, and said don't come back. He didn't ask me for my name or anything. I was like "well, (deleted)," in my head pretty much, because this is the only local grocery store nearby and I need to get stuff pretty often (often cook for myself or buy my own food, idk why but I buy meals but just take snacks n' stuff (I don't even think of it as stealing for some reason it's just closer to taking in my head)). I came back, and lo and behold that same cop is there and he remembers me. It's summer now and I'd rather not starve to death since I cook all my own meals. Yeah, I (deleted) up, sorry. My morals are pretty (deleted) up, I never had someone to tell me between right and wrong so at 16 I'm still figuring out the ramifications and consequences of different actions.
Now enough with the rambling, and I'll get to the point. Did/will anything come of it? When can I, if ever, go back and buy food? He doesn't know my name, but does know my face. I really need food and wanted a gift card for my friend's birthday. Starving doesn't sound fun, and I'd rather not disappoint someone by not giving them anything. Not going to steal again because it's not worth it if I can't buy anything, seems like more of a pain to get caught than to just not steal. I never have had any sort of moral regrets for it, I admit, but I'm not going to do it again because I've learned that these kinds of things have long-lasting consequences.
Also, I'm not poor or anything, I could have payed for the cookies if I wanted to (and tried when the cop took them away) but like I said, my morals are pretty (deleted) up in some areas. I'm not stupid or fat or anything either, in several AP classes and go biking/jogging/hiking everyday, actually unhealthily underweight. I think he remembers me easily because there aren't many kids where I live, but it's not a small town, population's ~50k. I don't really regret it in the moral sense and I don't feel bad about it, but I do regret doing it because it's just an inconvenience. That said, I'm not going to do it again because of the trouble it's caused me and I'm pretty hungry. So if anyone can explain to me the answers to the aforementioned questions in the previous paragraph, that would be great, thanks.
~Yeah
EDIT: I'm a minor if I didn't mention before.
Now enough with the rambling, and I'll get to the point. Did/will anything come of it? When can I, if ever, go back and buy food? He doesn't know my name, but does know my face. I really need food and wanted a gift card for my friend's birthday. Starving doesn't sound fun, and I'd rather not disappoint someone by not giving them anything. Not going to steal again because it's not worth it if I can't buy anything, seems like more of a pain to get caught than to just not steal. I never have had any sort of moral regrets for it, I admit, but I'm not going to do it again because I've learned that these kinds of things have long-lasting consequences.
Also, I'm not poor or anything, I could have payed for the cookies if I wanted to (and tried when the cop took them away) but like I said, my morals are pretty (deleted) up in some areas. I'm not stupid or fat or anything either, in several AP classes and go biking/jogging/hiking everyday, actually unhealthily underweight. I think he remembers me easily because there aren't many kids where I live, but it's not a small town, population's ~50k. I don't really regret it in the moral sense and I don't feel bad about it, but I do regret doing it because it's just an inconvenience. That said, I'm not going to do it again because of the trouble it's caused me and I'm pretty hungry. So if anyone can explain to me the answers to the aforementioned questions in the previous paragraph, that would be great, thanks.
~Yeah
EDIT: I'm a minor if I didn't mention before.
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