a confession

24 Jun 2004

Today.. I accidentally shoplifted! redface

I know what u are all thinking.. how can u accidentally steal something! confused

I had loads of bags in my hand and was carrying a basket in the shop. I had picked up a pair of dress earrings and they were to small not to fall though the mesh on the basket.. so I put them over my thumb.. and carried on looking at the clothes.. then went and paid for all my purchasesâ€¦ except the earrings!
I didnâ€™t realise till I went in the next shop!
I was tempted to go back.. but was way too embarrassed , so spent the rest of my trip round the shopping centre terrified that I was going to get a tap on the shoulder!!!!!!
The earrings were only worth Â£6, and when I got home,.,,, I realised they donâ€™t actually match the outfit I bought them to go with anyway! rolleyes

I think I will have to do some kind of penance to cleanse my soulâ€¦.. any suggestions?
evil

It has made me realise that when I laugh at the ridiculous excuses people give for things they have done.. sometimes they might actually be telling the truth!!!!!
Anyone else been in a similar situation?

24 Jun 2004

Ahhh don't worry about it. It was an accident. It's not like you're going to take them back for a refund or anything. And the loss to the shop, probably about 50p
TBH I've done this loads of times at B&Q. It's the dozy sales assistants fault as s/he should have spotted them and reminded you.
If you really need to perform a penance you could come round for a smackbottom

:twisted:
Probably cost you more to get here than the earings are worth.
Alternatively next time you pass someone with a charity box, slip some money in. That should even the kama up a bit. wink

24 Jun 2004

Why not post them back to the store with a little note saying what happened. Obviously you dont have to sign it

24 Jun 2004

lol I did almost the exact same thing years ago in Top Shop!!
I was wandering about, picking clothes up and putting them back (I'm a Libra! We can't make decisions!) and already had loads of bags of things I'd bought in other shops. At some point I'd picked up a pack of opaque tights for work, but with all the other stuff in my hand, I totally forgot about them until I was wandering around the shopping centre. I didn't even buy anything from Top Shop in the end!
It's easily done (although that was the only time it's happened to me) and your penance is to not mention any fantastic sexual experiences you have between now and the 2nd July :lol2:

24 Jun 2004

If we see you on Crimewatch...............we know where we can get the reward :twisted: :twisted:
Dave_Notts

24 Jun 2004

Quote by easy
It's not like you're going to take them back for a refund or anything.

hmmmmmm .................i mean,, yeah right! :twisted:

Quote by foxylady 123
Why not post them back to the store with a little note saying what happened. Obviously you dont have to sign it

i guess so, its not like they even suit me! lol confused

Quote by Angel Chat
It's easily done (although that was the only time it's happened to me) and your penance is to not mention any fantastic sexual experiences you have between now and the 2nd July :lol2:

deal!
i prommise not to tell you about the 4some we have planned for tomorrow night :twisted: , or anything that happens at the party we are going to on saturday night. :twisted: ..........phew.. at least i will be able to have fun at the motel munch! lol

24 Jun 2004

Quote by Dave__Notts
If we see you on Crimewatch...............we know where we can get the reward :twisted: :twisted:
Dave_Notts

et too brutus

24 Jun 2004

I think you have a problem WBB, putting up an identikit picture of yourself as an avatar wasn't such a smart move after all was it........
I can see members on here printing your avatar off and posting it in police stations up and down the land, its sooo recognisable you'll soon be nabbed.
Give yourself up girl.

24 Jun 2004

ha! i anticipated that.
i have had a boob reduction, cut my hair and dyed it red, and suntanned so i am no longer pink.. i now look NOTHING like my avatar!
ha.... always one step ahead of u!!!
lol

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

24 Jun 2004

p.s..
dave... i also now have some tacky earings to aid my disguise! rolleyes

24 Jun 2004

NOW.................... TELL YOU WHAT WBB ................now come over to my little corner so i can whisper!...............come on now ........havent all day..nearly there!
nowshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhbring tham here so i can see if thay go with any of my outfits............................o shit thats done it.. out me corner redface

ops:

24 Jun 2004

Quote by well_busty_babe
ha! i anticipated that.
i have had a boob reduction, cut my hair and dyed it red, and suntanned so i am no longer pink.. i now look NOTHING like my avatar!
ha.... always one step ahead of u!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Damn this girls good.........Hmmmm right then so the only way to nab her is to nick all the girls wearing tacky earrings.....bugger.... :shock: thats all of Essex.

24 Jun 2004

Quote by davej
Damn this girls good.

so they say.......
redface

pmsl

24 Jun 2004

Quote by well_busty_babe
ha! i anticipated that.
i have had a boob reduction, cut my hair and dyed it red, and suntanned so i am no longer pink.. i now look NOTHING like my avatar!
ha.... always one step ahead of u!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nothing like your avatar and just like me!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

25 Jun 2004

To be honest Busty,these places make that much profit then i really really wouldnt feel bad about it at all.
We once took our kids out shopping and my youngest was holding the toy she wanted while she was sat in the pushchair,we didnt realise till we were down the street afterwards that we never paid for it and that she'd dropped it onto the tray at the bottom of the pushchair.
I think it happens to everyone at some point,and as it was an accident then it doesnt make you an evil person,(unless you'd like to be :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: )
Clare,xxx
wink

25 Jun 2004

I am sure that someone will clarify things, but I got a feeling that you havn't done anything wrong. You can only shoplift if there was a clear intent to make off with the goods without paying, being a bubble head and forgetting isn't a problem........... eeerrrmm I think

25 Jun 2004

Don't worry about it...... just don't make a habit out of it, the buzz of almost being caught can be such a buzz you know wink

:wink: :wink:

25 Jun 2004

Dave , sorry , but no . This is problem area , I have found myself the street side of the tills with something I didn't own , but have never left the shop so no offence comitted , but if you do , you are a criminal in the eyes of the law .
And as WBB found out it is soo easy to do.

25 Jun 2004

I would have taken you into the office and given you a STIFF telling off... lol

25 Jun 2004

ah flipper no <<< dull point of law follows, sorry!!! ;-) >>>
it's not necessary to actually leave the store. once you're past the "last point of payment" e.g. thru the checkout but not yet out the door, technically you are arrestable.....but the first thing your local constabulary person will ask is "did you intend to make off without paying" and "did you know you we're committing an offence?". if you can stcik to the "no of course not officer" without throwing your hands up during interrogation, jobs a good 'un and no need for all that tedious court/solicitor stuff! lol

similiarly if you're seen putting something in your bag, say, cos your hands are full, you could be done for "concealment" even if still in the shop, but again, intent to actually keep it concealed as you saunter out the store has to be shown! ;-) bolt

hope this is useful now WBB is so clearly on the road to kleptomania! :P
neil x x x x x

25 Jun 2004

I think it would be a brave , or stupid , person who would arrest you while still on the premises , esp if you were holding whatever in full view .

25 Jun 2004

I honestly thought that there needed to be clear intent to make off without paying even if you had got outside, but this now means that I am getting into serious mode and I cant be doing that so....
WBB GUILTY!!! string her up....thrash her with whippy twigs.....make her wear her ill gotton gains and heat them up through the mains.....better still public humiliation, yes thats it.....make her wear Dr. Scholls sandels for a week...yep that'll do, Oh and an outfit out of Bon Marche (do you have them your way) the only clothes that contain more than a 100% polyester Â£8 will get you their finest matching top and skirt.

25 Jun 2004

Right I've worked out what WBB was actually up to. It goes something like this....
WBB wanders into the store. As she's perusing the goods she spots a bodybuilder type in a security uniform..
"hmmmm how do I get his attention? I could flash my boobs but there's sooooo many people around......I know I'll nick something and then get taken into the managers office and the rest will be history... :twisted: :twisted: "
So she select an item of jewellery and makes off past the checkouts with it....
But oh dear, she's pick a low value item with no security tag.
After 10 minutes of walking in and out of the store in vain and only getting funny looks for her troubles, she decides to go home, where she remembers she didn't put the jewellery back.....
hence the post. wink

25 Jun 2004

Quote by davej
Oh and an outfit out of Bon Marche (do you have them your way) the only clothes that contain more than a 100% poyester Â£8 will get you their finest matching top and skirt.

My mum always buys me strange jumpers from there at christmas :confused: Dunno whether she gets em cos she thinks I will like em :shock: or cos she knows they send me to the other side of the room with static shocks every time I pull em out the tumble dryer sad

She's one of those people that think I should hang everything on the line ...... but if I do that then I forget about it and it stays there for days, then it needs rewashing - cue endless cycle of one washload and a massive backlog in the laundry basket rolleyes

Now regretting she knows about the static shock effect, cos it's kinda admitting to actually wearing the said jumpers confused

- but only round mums to show her I appreciate her pressies, and undercover of darkness (although tends to show the static sparks more, so not only draw attention to naff jumper, but looks like I'm advertising it with extra sparkles :? )

25 Jun 2004

Quote by MISSCHIEF
Oh and an outfit out of Bon Marche (do you have them your way) the only clothes that contain more than a 100% poyester Â£8 will get you their finest matching top and skirt.

My mum always buys me strange jumpers from there at christmas :confused: Dunno whether she gets em cos she thinks I will like em :shock: or cos she knows they send me to the other side of the room with static shocks every time I pull em out the tumble dryer sad

She's one of those people that think I should hang everything on the line ...... but if I do that then I forget about it and it stays there for days, then it needs rewashing - cue endless cycle of one washload and a massive backlog in the laundry basket rolleyes

Now regretting she knows about the static shock effect, cos it's kinda admitting to actually wearing the said jumpers confused

- but only round mums to show her I appreciate her pressies, and undercover of darkness (although tends to show the static sparks more, so not only draw attention to naff jumper, but looks like I'm advertising it with extra sparkles :? )

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
OMG misschief . :shock: ........you hang them out for the neighbours to see :shock:

25 Jun 2004

Yeah yeah yeah 'acidentally' huh?
You and Winona Ryder , i suppose you were researchin for your next movie role Busty ........tell it to the judge , yer goin down lol

25 Jun 2004

Quote by bluexxx
Don't worry about it...... just don't make a habit out of it, the buzz of almost being caught can be such a buzz you know :wink: :wink:

actually, to be honest i kept on giggling on the way home!
everyone on the bus thought i was mental!

Quote by rocky horror
I would have taken you into the office and given you a STIFF telling off...

would have expected/hoped for/wanted nothing else mr horror!

Quote by neilinleeds
hope this is useful now WBB is so clearly on the road to kleptomania! :P
neil x x x x x

hey... anything ya need, im the gal to get it for ya!!!! :twisted:

Quote by davej
Oh and an outfit out of Bon Marche (do you have them your way) the only clothes that contain more than a 100% poyester Â£8 will get you their finest matching top and skirt.

hey.. how do you know it was not bon march i stole from? pmsl
:lol: :lol:
it wasnt! i swear!!!!!! lol

Quote by easy
Right I've worked out what WBB was actually up to. It goes something like this....
WBB wanders into the store. As she's perusing the goods she spots a bodybuilder type in a security uniform..
"hmmmm how do I get his attention? I could flash my boobs but there's sooooo many people around......I know I'll nick something and then get taken into the managers office and the rest will be history... :twisted: :twisted: "
So she select an item of jewellery and makes off past the checkouts with it....
But oh dear, she's pick a low value item with no security tag.
After 10 minutes of walking in and out of the store in vain and only getting funny looks for her troubles, she decides to go home, where she remembers she didn't put the jewellery back.....
hence the post. :wink:

is NOTHING secret round here!!!!!!
mr security gaurd.. if u are reading this... pm for my address! lol

Quote by Silk and Big G
Yeah yeah yeah 'acidentally' huh?
You and Winona Ryder , i suppose you were researchin for your next movie role Busty ........tell it to the judge , yer goin down :lol:

mmmmmmm you prommise???? :twisted:

25 Jun 2004

Busty I'm am fairly sure that it wasn't Bon Marche, cos I cant believe they have ever had anyone steal anything from their shops.

25 Jun 2004

Just incase you are still worried, or this happened to someone else where a very large sum of money was involved (which happened to a friend of mine a few years back), here is how to be completely in the clear legally:
Write them a letter explaining what happened, enclosing a cheque for the cost of the earrings, making sure you use the following words "in full and final payment" in the letter.
Take a photocopy of the letter, and post the original, with the cheque.
Once they cash the cheque, the earrings are yours and you are 100% safe, and can prove it in court with your photocopy and bank statements.

25 Jun 2004

i have been in a bon marche shop once......my gran wanted a new coat and dragged me in with her!
i was tempted to wait outside... but figured if i went in, i could actually hide behind the clothes.... rather than take the risk of someone i know seeing me outside!