Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Sept 15, 2015 7:57:58 GMT
When I was a lass the local YMCA reputedly had a group of girls who went to the Saturday night bops who would shoplift to order. I find shoplifting appalling to be honest and there is NEVER an excuse.
It's why the prices are higher isn't it because the shops have to compensate for loss of stock?
Shoplifting is a huge industry with people stealing to order.
Yesterday I bought 4 packets of rice in Tesco (£3.16) but had asked for a 25g pack of tobacco. The young man said £3.95 please. I put my debit card through. Somehow he managed to charge 79p for the tobacco when it should have been about £8.50.
I don't see it as direct stealing but in another way maybe I should have said something.
I have, once. And it was a genuine mistake. My son was only a few weeks old. I had gone to Boots to get his nappies. The only place I could buy them was Boots and they had to be ordered in and paid for in advance ... he was a really tiny baby. I picked up a few other things whilst I waited for them to come out with the nappies. They were ages. They came back to say they couldn't find the order. Nightmare!! A tiny baby and no nappies isn't an ideal combo. I was getting really frazzled. Can't you buy ordinary nappies the girlie snapped. Do you not think I bloody would if I could?! Dappy mare.
They did eventually find the order and by then I was late heading to where my then husband was going to pick me up. I arrived, explained and he put the pram in the car. Yes we had a pram. Baby Tink was too tiny for the buggy we'd bought to start with. The harness catch was level with his forehead and I was worried he'd just slide out if we went over a bump lol
It was only when we got home and he brought the pram in I realised the things I had planned to buy were there in the string basket on the side of the pram but I hadn't paid for them.
I was going to vote 'No' until I saw Apollo's last sentence. I used to take stationary from work & no, I did not consider it as stealing, but in the strictest sense I suppose it was.
I went shopping with 30 recently. I hold the coat, bag, cardigan & the excess clothes that she wants to try on. Most shops have a limit on the number of clothes you can take into the changing room. Anyway, she went into the changing room with 6 garments-her starter for about 12- while I waited outside with the next batch. All of a sudden she came rushing out & gave the clothes to the assistant telling me we had to go, "Just remembered ..." I lost the rest of her sentenced as she made for the door. At the last minute I realised I was still holding a bunch of hangers. I gave them to the security guard as we whizzed past him so that was a 'nearly' shoplifted.
24 helped herself to a soft toy when she was in a toddler in her buggy. I only realised when we got back to the car & I had no idea where it came from.
Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Sept 15, 2015 9:24:30 GMT
If you were using the stationery to do work planning at home I would not consider that as stealing. As a stationeryholic/ must have my ownie , I tended to be the other way. For example I bought my own Whiteboard Easel , after which the other staff decided they wanted them too, and for many years the school enjoyed the benefits of my OHP which I had used in my classroom before electronic whiteboards were installed. I even left it when I retired! Mr FP constantly complained about the amount I spent on books but if I saw something that I knew would enhance the children's learning I had to own it. I gave my inheritance to my colleagues when I left the classroom so I know they are still valued.
I can honestly say that I've never shoplifted or stolen anything. I used to ask if I could take stationery home from school but never used as much as I was given so when I 'retired' I took it all back. And my ex also equipped me out with equipment for work at Christmas, like paper cutters, a book binding machine and a laminator. Not very romantic gifts, but it meant I could do most of my preparation at home rather than staying in school until the caretaker wanted to lock up.
I did once see a young girl shoplifting and acted on 'instinct.' I went up and said "I'd put that back if I were you" and she did. However, if it had been a man or someone who looked more intimidating I think I'd have turned a blind eye in preference to getting a thump.
I voted NO but, strictly speaking, if you've ever made a private phone call from work that might be considered theft. I've certainly done that in the days before mobile phones.
Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to.
That reminds me of the time that I drove out of the school car park with my handbag on the car roof. I thought that all the people I saw on the way home were waving at me because they were pleased to see me but no, they were trying to tell me about my bag. I twigged after about 5 minutes that something was amiss. Amazingly enough it had stayed put, but that was probably due to the weight of it rather then my driving. I haven't tried it with glasses and a tray though ........ yet.
In one job I had when I charged my mobile phone in breaktime (and everyone charged their phones all over the company anyway whether in the electrics area, the warehouse or upstairs in the computer section) and the general manager, a Mr. Bender said it was stealing.