Have you ever... (say, after the age of 14)

[Bbbananas]

.... shoplifted ?

[888sally888]

Yes.

[Bbbananas]

Me too.

Will you again?

[hau kola]

Once, but won`t again.(no, i didn`t get caught)

[logic]

sort of.

[Bbbananas]

sort of ?! Was it 'accidental' ?!

[888sally888]

Mine really was accidental - I know lots of people say that but really it was!

[bigmamma]

No , not before or after .

[Bbbananas]

I believe you Sally. I have walked out of shops carrying stuff I had forgotten I was still carrying cos I'd been in there so long. I've walked out of Tesco with a jumbo pack of loo rolls that I'd hung on the back of my trolley.
I'm not quite menopausal, or demented, but 'accidents' do happen!
I was referring more to deliberate shoplifting though. Not exactly planned - but fully intentional.

[lil75]

yes! but not anymore

[888sally888]

Well to get it off my chest. Mine was 16 years ago. I had spent about �150 in a well known store, paid and was leaving with my 2 children aged 6 months and 2 and was stoppped cos I had a pair of trousers hanging off the handle of the trolley.

The store had a zero tolerance so I was carted off in a police van with the 2 children and locked in a police cell for about 3 hours before being released. The police were lovely to me and thought it was madness.

[lil75]

I went in sainsburys once and way overspent...I was so embarrassed that I didnt have the money, I told the cashier that my partner was waiting outside and that I would have to get the moeny from him...of course he wasnt there, I just wanted to get the hell out of there! What I didnt realise as I made my escape that I had hung several bags on my daughters buggy!!!! I got home as fast as I could...that poor cashier must have got in a lot of trouble over that! ooops!

[lil75]

Sally...how over the top! but it did make me smile x

[daniela31]

I used to take sweets from the pick and mix in Woolworths when I was about 12 or so. But as I still have it on my mind I must be feeling guilty even now.
And no, I wouldn't take anything from a shop....it's bad!
:-)

[Bbbananas]

daniela - that's sweet! But I think 90% of us did that - that's why I specified age 14+.
DocSpock - brilliant! Didn't they chase you or couldn't they be bothered? Most of the other people in the queue probably wished they'd done the same.

[logic]

I think the only person who never stole anythng at all, got crucified.

[Bbbananas]

good observation!
May as well nick as much as I can then... ;-)

[funnygirl]

Yes, these credit crunching time are bitin !!!!!!