What Have You Shoplifted Over The Years?

[Wilhelm-Scream]

...and Why/How?

Yes, I just saw the "shop online" thread and read "shoplift" for a split second, but still, I thought about it and decided it might be nice to hear about things people have stolen from stores or any elaborate measures that were taken.....possibly shame-based thefts of tampons, condoms or suppositories.

If you're all too goody-goody to participate then in a saving move, I will tell my funny story.

[Honey Vibe]

Never shoplifted before...
...this needs a poll, Wil. :down

[FaT_tONle]

I was collecting some Hot Wheels cars and I found one out of the box so I stuck it in my pocket... ooops

[Mee]

I've never done it.

When I was a kid I was always tempted to just grab one of the big bags of candy in Wal-Mart, take a piece out and run away, but I never did.

[The Spawn]

I know a lot of people that do.

Mostly Spencers...every girl I know has stolen a dildo at least twice.

[BRUTAL]

Poll Plz...

[Kaleb]

Scream really makes threads :o

[Fran]

Two Auto Traders, because I thought they were free. :o

[bulok]

when I was 5 or 6 I opened a bag of Hershey kisses and put some in my pocket

[tzarinna]

When I was a kid some candy now and again.
As an adult stuff from work,some jobs from the government that I'm way too chicken **** to even name. :o Even though they were super petty,just the thought. Ooooooo....

[Immortalfire]

Never.

[Killgore]

Can I plead the fifth?

[Honey Vibe]

As an adult stuff from work,some jobs from the government that I'm way too chicken **** to even name. :o Yeah, you'd better not. FBI investigations are disturbingly thorough.

One time I posted a memo I got at work here on Hype, back when I worked for gov. I was sweating the whole time, and I generally don't get surveillance paranoia.

[The Incredible Hulk]

Rod: A real man wouldn't shoplift the pootie from a single mother.
Jerry: I didn't shoplift the pootie......alright, I shoplifted the pootie.

[SuperFerret]

I used to steal Legos from toy stores when I was younger.

[Fanticon]

The first and last thing I ever shoplifted was a bottle of banaca breath spray that I was gonna use to spray on firecrackers that were duds. Mom caught me when I used it...and took me all the way back to the grocery store to return it. 11yrs old.

[terry78]

Just last night I purchased a train ticket for the stop right before my home stop beacuse it was cheaper. Technically that is supposedly theft, so the conductor takes down my name and says I must mail 3.30 to their main office to compensate for it, which was basically 1 dollar more. :rolleyes:

[Crooklyn]

Just last night I purchased a train ticket for the stop right before my home stop beacuse it was cheaper. Technically that is supposedly theft, so the conductor takes down my name and says I must mail 3.30 to their main office to compensate for it, which was basically 1 dollar more. :rolleyes:
1) How is it theft?
2) How did you get caught?

[terry78]

^Fell asleep like a dumb ass and didn't put the ticket away.

[hippie_hunter]

When I was 6 I found a cowboy hat in the store and wore it. My mother said I couldn't have it though, but I kept on wearing it. I forgot I was wearing it and I walked out of the store with it on.

[black_dust]

A house it was just sitting there so you know... :)

[Ben Urich]

Mostly pens. I took a trucker hat once. :huh:

[Wilhelm-Scream]

What is this clucking about a "poll" ?
I don't care about people who lack the Klingon balls to take what they want.

This is a place to list the things you've stolen, ingenious ruses and edge-of-your-seat escapes.

[Mee]

This is a place to list the things you've stolen, ingenious ruses and edge-of-your-seat escapes.
There was this one time...


I walked into Mcdonald's, I was looking all normal, no one suspected anything. Then I took a handful of ketchup packets, stuffed em in my pocket and walked out all smooth-like. No one caught me. :ninja:

:up:

[thedeadite]

from places i didn't work at...nothing really, maybe some candy when i was a wee lad
from places i HAVE worked at...alot, movies, toys, clothes, a machete, other items.

[terry78]

I can tell all youse guys are suburban stock. I stole ketchup, I stole a gumball. And I felt so bad afterwards I paid the shopkeep back tenfold. :p

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Hahaha, thedeadite stole a machete from work.
Awesomely

[Killgore]

I think that most are leery of being incriminated. I've pulled a couple of scams in my day. Getting more responsibility curbed that behavior. If you'd like to know a couple of scams I might tell you via pm. Or Spoon Tang.

[DBella]

When I was about 10, I used to shoplift pencils which I then used to stab my classmates. Well... one in particular coz he annoyed me but just being him... which was an annoying lil prick.

[Halcohol]

I habitually steal lighters... not from stores, but from other people. I'm badass, I know.

[DBella]

I habitually steal lighters... not from stores, but from other people. I'm badass, I know.
That's not 'shoplifting'. Peoplelifting perhaps? :huh:

[Halcohol]

That's not 'shoplifting'. Peoplelifting perhaps? :huh:
That sounds like I'm dealing in black-market babies or something. Which, of course, I'm not...

[DBella]

That sounds like I'm dealing in black-market babies or something. Which, of course, I'm not...
I smell... guilt.

[AndThePickles]

I don't think I've ever shoplifted. The only place I probably would have is when I worked at an Estee Lauder counter in Macy's but the lady I worked with was super nice and always gave me free things :yay:

[Wilhelm-Scream]

That sounds like I'm dealing in black-market babies or something. Which, of course, I'm not...
Of course you're not. That'd be silly. Not your style.


Anyway, you've all really let me down. I don't believe the Hype is this innocent.

I'll have to tell my story, but it requires a drawing and I'm off in 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, keep paying your taxes and only crossing at the crosswalk and reporting friends who illegally download Mandy Moore albums. :whatever::up:

[Mee]

Wilhelm is a rebel!

[DBella]

I don't think I've ever shoplifted. The only place I probably would have is when I worked at an Estee Lauder counter in Macy's but the lady I worked with was super nice and always gave me free things :yay:
She shoplifted those stuff and gave them to you. So you second-hand-shoplifted.

[Lackey]

you're a lightweight until you start stealing live animals :up:

[terry78]

If you've ever worked at a supermarket, I guarantee you've stolen food before. If you haven't, you're a dirty liar. :o

[AndThePickles]

She shoplifted those stuff and gave them to you. So you second-hand-shoplifted.

Lol no, she was the counter manager. She would always just give me stuff that normally went to customers, like lots of free samples and those "free gift with purchase" things......which was awesome because I got some decent makeup, brushes, and makeup bags. :hyper:

[Lackey]

by the way, if you ever stolen anything from Disneyland and got a way with it, you are a professional-level shoplifter.

They got cameras everywhere and are watching everyone as if the place was a casino...they prosecute everyone, too. Shoplifiting at Disneyland has it's own California criminal code.

[DBella]

Lol no, she was the counter manager. She would always just give me stuff that normally went to customers, like lots of free samples and those "free gift with purchase" things......which was awesome because I got some decent makeup, brushes, and makeup bags. :hyper:
Do not try to justify what you did, young lady. There is no such thing as "free stuff". Those things that she gave to you cost money to produce and since you did not purchase anything and get the free stuff anyway, I consider that 'shoplifting'. You're a second-hand-shoplifter. Stop being in denial. Admit it.

Take me with you to that lady. I want some 'free stuff' too.

[AndThePickles]

Do not try to justify what you did, young lady. There is no such thing as "free stuff". Those things that she gave to you cost money to produce and since you did not purchase anything and get the free stuff anyway, I consider that 'shoplifting'. You're a second-hand-shoplifter. Stop being in denial. Admit it.

Take me with you to that lady. I want some 'free stuff' too.

:csad:


Cool, she can hook us up with some perfume too :up:

[DBella]

:csad:


Cool, she can hook us up with some perfume too :up:
Does that sad face mean you are no longer in denial? Embrace your inner shoplifter. :heart:

That's all I want to hear from you and now your secret is safe with me. Can't guarantee if the others who read your 'confession' can do the same though.

[AndThePickles]

Does that sad face mean you are no longer in denial? Embrace your inner shoplifter. :heart:

That's all I want to hear from you and now your secret is safe with me. Can't guarantee if the others who read your 'confession' can do the same though.

http://www.freedomridersfoundation.com/images/jackson.jail.1.jpg

[Wilhelm-Scream]

by the way, if you ever stolen anything from Disneyland and got a way with it, you are a professional-level shoplifter.

They got cameras everywhere and are watching everyone as if the place was a casino...they prosecute everyone, too. Shoplifiting at Disneyland has it's own California criminal code.

[voice like badger with throat cancer]Whaddaya in for?[/voice like badger with throat cancer]

"I slipped a 50th anniversary suede Tigger baseball jacket on over my tank top, jammed a Sleeping Beauty pewter figurine into my fanny pack, just grabbed a mess of Rescuers refridgerator magnets and DASHED out of there, but they were waiting for me at the parking lot."

"[eyes like volleyballs]:eek:[/eyes like volleyballs]"

[Kritish]

Does walking into another movie count? I figured I deserved a refund for seeing Batman and Robin.

[Reptile]

I stole candy.

[\S/JcDc\S/]

Never been poor enough to consider stealing.

[thedeadite]

by the way, if you ever stolen anything from Disneyland and got a way with it, you are a professional-level shoplifter.

They got cameras everywhere and are watching everyone as if the place was a casino...they prosecute everyone, too. Shoplifiting at Disneyland has it's own California criminal code.

i forgot...when i went to disney world while in highschool my friend, his mom and i stole a crap load of stuff..not sure how much different the security is there compared to disney land though....at disney world it was insanely easy.

[Turtle-Man]

Okay, you got me. But I hadn't taken a shower in a month and I had no soap left to use! What was I supposed to do? Borrow granny's soap? :wow::csad:

[Kmack]

Clothes, tons:word: No real reason, just for the thrill. Crazy what bad influences will do to you lol. Sux when you get caught and eventually, ever thief does;)

[terry78]

Clothes, tons:word: No real reason, just for the thrill. Crazy what bad influences will do to you lol. Sux when you get caught and eventually, ever thief does;)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EQ5VJ0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Kritish]

I've fired a guy at work for stealing.

[Orko Is King]

I was buying DVDs at Best Buy one time and the person ringing me up demagnetized all my stuff but forgot to ring up my TCM DVD so I got it for free!:woot:

[Kritish]

I was buying DVDs at Best Buy one time and the person ringing me up demagnetized all my stuff but forgot to ring up my TCM DVD so I got it for free!:woot:

That shouldn't count, the worker was being an idiot and you took advantage of it.

[Master Chief]

Tons. CD-Rs, some CDs, batteries, drinks, candy treats, gum, chocolate bars, lighters, writing stuff, coloring stuff, blah blab blah. Hahah, if I or my bestest friend had a car we'd steal s**t all the time. :csad:

[terry78]

Getting drunk or getting high is nothing compared to the rush you feel after taking something without paying. Knowing they could grab your ass at any moment. The power...the absolute power....:o

[PhotoJones]

one ale81 t-shirt, LOTS of spray paint, a deck of nudie cards, a couple necklaces, pinstriping tape...probably more, but that's all that comes to mind for now.

[Kmack]

Tons. CD-Rs, some CDs, batteries, drinks, candy treats, gum, chocolate bars, lighters, writing stuff, coloring stuff, blah blab blah. Hahah, if I or my bestest friend had a car we'd steal s**t all the time. :csad:
If it was 2006 and we lived in the same town, we'd so be stealing buddies:):heart:

[Master Chief]

That would've been awesome. I'd stand by the exit to the underground parking with something hidden under my coat, and when someone goes to exit I'll run off and cleeean getaway. :o

[\S/JcDc\S/]

Stealing is easy. Refraining from stealing is for the mentally elite :p

[Hades]

I don't think I've ever shoplifted.

All those camera's make me too nervous.

Plus if I ever got caught and banned from a store it would be kind of crippling considering there's not many stores to buy from so it would be severely limiting your options...where I live that is.

[Asteroid-Man]

Sun Flower Seeds. I was hungry

[Fran]

If it was 2006 and we lived in the same town, we'd so be stealing buddies:):heart:

Hi Kmack! :heart:

[terry78]

Stealing is easy. Refraining from stealing is for the mentally elite :p

I didn't think it was possible to actually physically manifest the essence of being corny, but here we are.

j/k :word:

[Kmack]

Hi Kmack!
:heart:hugs and kisses:heart:

[Fran]

:word::up:

[Sun_Down]

No shoplifting for me. I'm not an attention-starved 14 year-old girl.

[Kmack]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EQ5VJ0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I used to LOVE this show when I was a kid!:D

[terry78]

No shoplifting for me. I'm not an attention-starved 14 year-old girl.
Don't try and twist it around because you were too scared to do it.:o

[Asteroid-Man]

I still love it :(

[Asteroid-Man]

Don't try and twist it around because you were too scared to do it.:o
BWAHAHAHA:woot::woot::woot:

[Ben Urich]

Don't try and twist it around because you were too scared to do it.:o

Goddamn, that was nice. :up:

[Sun_Down]

Don't try and twist it around because you were too scared to do it.:o

Don't twist it around because Daddy didn't hug you enough.

[CConn]

Nothing. I'm not poor enough to need to do it, and not stupid enough to want to.

Speaking of which, what's up, Kmack?

[Mee]

CConn is such a playah.

[Dodger]

I steal too much. I need to stop. I walked into a busy 7-eleven once, grabbed two donuts and just walked out. Did the same at a Front Row Sports. It was packed and I just walked in, tried on a dodger hat and just walked out.

At my jobs, plenty. Especially when I worked at Pier 1 Imports. Oh my....me and my friends should be in jail with the key thrown away. What we stole has to be over a grand close to 2.

Every time I go to the movies I pay for the senior ticket...thats stealing right?

[<(o_o)>]

I have stolen pens, lighters, cigarettes, a Shania Twain CD & some cassette tapes over the years.

[Kritish]

I steal too much. I need to stop. I walked into a busy 7-eleven once, grabbed two donuts and just walked out. Did the same at a Front Row Sports. It was packed and I just walked in, tried on a dodger hat and just walked out.

At my jobs, plenty. Especially when I worked at Pier 1 Imports. Oh my....me and my friends should be in jail with the key thrown away. What we stole has to be over a grand close to 2.

Every time I go to the movies I pay for the senior ticket...thats stealing right?

This guy will help you kick the habbit...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Punisher_22.jpg

[Dodger]

This guy will help you kick the habbit...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Punisher_22.jpg




Yeah he would...I'd probably ask for his autograph before he snapped my neck.

[DarthRekal]

^ when did shawn michaels play the PUnisher???:wow:

[ScottyBBadd]

I was collecting some Hot Wheels cars and I found one out of the box so I stuck it in my pocket... ooops

I was at a Wal-Mart and accidentally stuck a keychain in my pocket and forgot about it.

[Ash J. Williams]

Some Disney magazine from the grocery store when I was a little kid. I was looking at it while in the cart and the guy who put the groceries in my mom's car didn't seem to care.

[Kyalesyin]

Oh heck... what haven't I stolen? One of the problems of being terminally broke as a family is that you get used to doing what you have to. When I was three or four years old mum would drop stuff in my pockets when we were shopping, because if its busy and the alarm goes off when a mother with a snotty tantruming kid goes through the door, they don't bother to check- "Sorry Lovey. Happens all the time. Alarms a bit faulty."

So, yeah. I never had enough cash in my teens, so I stole pretty much everything, right from pencils up to DVDs. Pretty much all of my clothes. I knew exactly how to do it. If in doubt, I took my little sister with me, dropped stuff in her pockets and they never checked her at the door. Only me. Or, wait until you see someone else leaving at the same time as you. Go through. They stop when the alarm goes off. You don't- you get away just fine.

Wallets was another one. Some kid dumb enough to leave their wallet in their jacket and then leave it lying around? That wallet was mine. Meant I had enough money to get lunch. Had a new hat, scarf and gloves every winter thanks to dumbasses losing theirs. Once they'd been in lost property for a while, nobody bothered with them. I knew the code to the property cupboard better than my phone number.

I don't steal at all now, because I've never been caught and I don't want to be. Not when I'm considering joining the police. I never stole form market stalls, or independent stores though. Only the big chains that could afford to lose the stuff, and presented something of a challenge.

The advantage of being such a prolific shoplifter is that I can spot one a mile away. When I was doing shop work I busted more than anyone else. Literally cut the problem in half. Distracted them from the fact that I was stealing from the back room.

Oh, and one time at subway I was so busy gossiping with the girl at the counter that she forgot to chrage me. I was happy.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Th^t was what I was looking for. Great read.

I'm too lazy to do my shoplifting story right now...but I will mention two thefts that I think are amusing.

I was born an artist, and I'd get obsessed with certain toys, the aesthetics of them, there were a few where, from the second I saw them, they became like a little idol or spirit totem that I wanted on my person at all times...that I didn't really play with, but instead would sit and gaze at.


So, when really little, maybe 4 or 5, my family was over at this other family's house for Christmas.
They had a small nativity scene on a table, but it was a cheap plastic one....so cheap that the baby Jesus was a glob of plastic with 2 black globs of paint for eyes and one red one for a mouth.

This made him look like a cute little alien and I was transfixed.
Not owning the baby Jesus was not an option, but I knew there was no way they'd let me have it, so before we left, I put it in my pocket.

So I look back and have to laugh because
1) I stole a Baby Jesus
2) How retarded, like they're not going to notice the empty manger sitting there...empty after my family leaves? heh.

But I had to have it no matter what.



Along those lines, years later, the 11 year old son of the pastor of our church had cancer.
Everyone just prayed for the kid non-stop.

There was some church function at the pastor's house. All the kids were playing in the cancer-kid's room.
They were rich, an ocean of toys....but there I saw, a Lego astronaut.
It was the cutest, coolest thing I'd seen in a long time.
I didn't want a Lego set....I didn't want any Legos at all. I just had to have that one little Lego spaceman. So I took it.
The kid died not long after that.

So I'm an adult and look back and think, "I stole a toy from a kid with cancer at my pastor's house."
mildly amusing.

[jgatienza]

nothing. the only thing that i ever get for free is when the vending machines accidentally give me 2 for 1.

[DBella]

http://www.freedomridersfoundation.com/images/jackson.jail.1.jpg
I'll visit you but I don't think your stay in that place will be long.

[Ahura Mazda]

I actually stole candy out of the shop into the parking lot and then I snuck it back in and placed it back on the counter. I just wanted to see how easy it was to shoplift.

Did not get caught but I went to see the security guy at the age of 11 to tell him it was very easy to steal things and he should be more careful. He told me to get the hell out of there and who was I to criticise how he did his job.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

What an obnoxious busy-body you were.

[AndThePickles]

The security guy was probably just embarrassed that he sucked at his job so much.

[Ahura Mazda]

What an obnoxious busy-body you were.

I am not very proud of it but boy was I a smart alec at my age. i would answer back at teachers as well and attempt to justify logically that everything I did i had the right to do even if it was against the rules.

I learnned better growing up.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

It's cool though that it would even occur to an 11 year old to **** with the guy in that way, but if a little kid did that to me at work, I'd pick him up by the neck like Darth Vader and throw him against the wall...if his parents weren't around. :)

[Lackey]

Lego spacemen are the coolest :up:

I had a ton of legos and the space ones were always my favorite. I named the spacemen after planets and astronomy terms. The leader was named Saturn because that is just the most awesome space name ever. He had a helmet with a plastic visor you could pull down over his face.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

YEAH!
This one didn't have a visor, but I loved how you could take the helmet off.
A very delicate, finely crafted little helmet.

And I liked how it was all white.

[The Lizard]

I never really stole much - maybe a pair of sunglasses here and an action figure accessory from an open package there. Probably a total of 8 or 10 items over my entire youth. The biggest thing I ever shoplifted was the diecast Voltron toy lions that combined into the foot-tall Voltron. I shoplifted the lions one by one over the period of three days, then assembled the big robot in my room. I already had so many Japanese robots all over the place that my parents didn't notice one more.

However, I felt guilty after a week or so and I decided to return the Voltron to the store. In my impatience to return the toy, I just stuck the entire foot-tall robot under my shirt and walked into the store with it. I sauntered back to the toy department and just left the assembled Voltron standing on a shelf. Obviously security wasn't quite as tight back then as it is now.

By the way, the department store that I stole the Voltron from was Zayre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayre), a now-defunct chain that carried some awesome toys, including imported Japanese stuff long before it got popular. Ah, good times.

[Kmack]

Along those lines, years later, the 11 year old son of the pastor of our church had cancer.
Everyone just prayed for the kid non-stop.

There was some church function at the pastor's house. All the kids were playing in the cancer-kid's room.
They were rich, an ocean of toys....but there I saw, a Lego astronaut.
It was the cutest, coolest thing I'd seen in a long time.
I didn't want a Lego set....I didn't want any Legos at all. I just had to have that one little Lego spaceman. So I took it.
The kid died not long after that.

So I'm an adult and look back and think, "I stole a toy from a kid with cancer at my pastor's house."
mildly amusing.
Wow...that's really sad:(

Nothing. I'm not poor enough to need to do it, and not stupid enough to want to.

Speaking of which, what's up, Kmack?
Hi honeybear:D

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I shoplifted the lions one by one over the period of three days, then assembled the big robot in my room.
You are the MAN. :eek::up:


However, I felt guilty after a week or so and I decided to return the Voltron to the store.
You suck. :down:dry:

[Noon]

The funniest thing I ever stole was a poster. It was when all my friends were going through the "It's cool to steal" phase, which came shortly before "Its cool to be Bi" phase. Anyway, I was never really that into it cause they just stole ****ty little things like hair bobbles, make-up etc.

But one day we were all out in this shop and one friend asks me if I'll carry out a poster for her. She asked me cause I used to wear this long coat and was the only one who could hide such a cumbersome thing. This girl never really warmed up to me much and that annoyed me, cause dammit I'm nice :cmad: anyway I figured maybe I needed to earn some cool with her (god I was so stupid) and stuck it under my coat. I had to walk like I had a wooden leg to get it out the store, I can't believe I got away with it, the store must have been run by retards.

Anyway, its funny to look back on but mostly to see what an idiot I was, the girl is now a total loser who does heavy drugs and is pretty sad.

HA :woot:

See, I said I was nice

[OctaviusINC]

I always played by the rules. Never smoked. Never drank. Never did drugs. Never stole. It was bad. Then high school came. Followed by college. I had a single mom barely makin' ends meet. And I was workin' my arse off during school and work. I'd barely get any sleep. But thats life, right?. I never had enough money for fun things. I was always workin, buying food, and buying supplies for school. There goes my paycheck. And everything is so damned expensive. So began to steal things....mostly from my work. I worked at a Video/Music/Game store. After about a few weeks of workin' there, I found out there were no cameras. 2 duds in the store to fool the customers. The first things I stole were 2 video games. I'd been saving up for them, but they were just sitting in the back, for months in fact, untouched and collecting dust. So, I took them. Simple as that. That was followed by t-shirts, cds, candy, dvds. One of the coworkers told me one day that there were hidden cameras above the registers.I didn't believe her. Tons of people stole from us like crazy daily, and all of them weren't caught. The company was so screwed up, I just had to test it, cause I'm crazy. So one slow night, I stole a pair of $30 headphones from behind the register. In fact, I made sure I was in the open for the cameras above me. I clearly tucked the headphones into my pocket and even waved at the lights. So what happened? Nothing. Obviously there was no camera. I had to steal at least $700 worth of merch. the whole time I was workin there. I showed up everyday, on time, and was a great salesman. I was friendly and curteous. I figured they owed me this stuff, since I was underpaid. I wouldn't recommend stealing. You sometimes have to scope out your surroundings. But if you're broke and have not much to lose, you might be low enough to try it, like me. Luckly there were no consequences. Except for the whole me going to hell part. But I'm okay with that.

[Killgore]

But its OK because video games are the devil. Lucky for you, you don't go to hell for stealing from Satan. Now if you played those games, you're going straight to hell.

[OctaviusINC]

^ Like I said. I'm going to hell.

[Kritish]

Oh heck... what haven't I stolen? One of the problems of being terminally broke as a family is that you get used to doing what you have to. When I was three or four years old mum would drop stuff in my pockets when we were shopping, because if its busy and the alarm goes off when a mother with a snotty tantruming kid goes through the door, they don't bother to check- "Sorry Lovey. Happens all the time. Alarms a bit faulty."

So, yeah. I never had enough cash in my teens, so I stole pretty much everything, right from pencils up to DVDs. Pretty much all of my clothes. I knew exactly how to do it. If in doubt, I took my little sister with me, dropped stuff in her pockets and they never checked her at the door. Only me. Or, wait until you see someone else leaving at the same time as you. Go through. They stop when the alarm goes off. You don't- you get away just fine.

Wallets was another one. Some kid dumb enough to leave their wallet in their jacket and then leave it lying around? That wallet was mine. Meant I had enough money to get lunch. Had a new hat, scarf and gloves every winter thanks to dumbasses losing theirs. Once they'd been in lost property for a while, nobody bothered with them. I knew the code to the property cupboard better than my phone number.

I don't steal at all now, because I've never been caught and I don't want to be. Not when I'm considering joining the police. I never stole form market stalls, or independent stores though. Only the big chains that could afford to lose the stuff, and presented something of a challenge.

The advantage of being such a prolific shoplifter is that I can spot one a mile away. When I was doing shop work I busted more than anyone else. Literally cut the problem in half. Distracted them from the fact that I was stealing from the back room.

Oh, and one time at subway I was so busy gossiping with the girl at the counter that she forgot to chrage me. I was happy.

Well, you'll be a good cop if can spot them all.

[WTFimVENOM]

can't buy lighters so I take disposable ones from rest stops sometimes...... and I stole a cheap pocket knife once when I was like 8
Also, its pretty dam easy to take comics from a store like Borders, I just buy a graphic novel then if I dont hav the money to buy the comics I want I can just put them in the bag, yeah Im a regular badass :whatever:

[Hack and Slash]

a pair of men's briefs.

[Killgore]

can't buy lighters so I take disposable ones from rest stops sometimes...... and I stole a cheap pocket knife once when I was like 8
Also, its pretty dam easy to take comics from a store like Borders, I just buy a graphic novel then if I dont hav the money to buy the comics I want I can just put them in the bag, yeah Im a regular badass :whatever:

Or you can swap stickers.

[Kyalesyin]

Well, you'll be a good cop if can spot them all.

Trust me, I can seem 'em from a mile away. I''ll just have to remember not to smirk when I bust them. Also makes it easy if I'm a little broke to pass the buck onto someone else when the alarm goes off.

This thread inspired me. I stole a tub of ben and jerry's yesterday and blamed the alarm on the dork with a pack of mints in his pocket.

[heypapajinx]

i NEVER shop lift.
i only steal from peoples houses.
mostly friends and family members.

[Kyalesyin]

Easy pickings that. I love it when people have change in a bowl by the door. So easy to flich a few coins out.

[heypapajinx]

Easy pickings that. I love it when people have change in a bowl by the door. So easy to flich a few coins out.
i like to take peoples DVDs and books and magazines and strange things they have in their junk drawers.
sometimes if i'm running low on femenine hygene products or t.p. or even advil or something i'll raid their bathroom.
and family members are the BEST place to steal groceries from.

[Kyalesyin]

Cash is more versatile. I'd never take items unless I had to. Clothing though, is an art in itself. I am the queen of 'can I borrow this?'

[heypapajinx]

Cash is more versatile. I'd never take items unless I had to. Clothing though, is an art in itself. I am the queen of 'can I borrow this?'
haha! see!! that's the one thing i WONT take.
that has been done to me to many times and i've learned my lesson.
i had an ORIGINAL Star Wars T-SHIRT from the 70's that I originally stole from a friends house. it was a ****ing classic.
then my EX stole it from me. oooooo i was sooo pissed.

[Kyalesyin]

I don't lend. I just borrow. Thats the advantage with being so small. It may be baggy on me, but its too tight on anyone else.

I used to borrow people's jeans, and then shrink them so they fitted me, so they couldn't have them back.

[heypapajinx]

I used to borrow people's jeans, and then shrink them so they fitted me, so they couldn't have them back.
eeeee!!! that's cold blooooooded!
i will KILL you if you get my Lucky Brand jeans anywhere NEAR that dryer set to high heat!

[Kyalesyin]

eeeee!!! that's cold blooooooded!
i will KILL you if you get my Lucky Brand jeans anywhere NEAR that dryer set to high heat!

Coldblooded? Mayhap, but I couldn't steal all my clothes from work.

Its kinda fun at the moment because me and my wife can swap shirts and skirts just fine, although she's a size bigger so we can't run off with eachother's jeans. Means my wardrobe is double the size it would be otherwise.

[Assassin]

Nope, never, just salad from the salad bar at work, if I have to throw everything away at 7, then at 6:30 i'm not paying for a salad, **** you


edit: look at my post count :eek:

[Kyalesyin]

I loved working at places that served food. I never had to go home hungry, and I could bring stuff home.

[Gus Gorman]

This one time, at work I took all of the half cents from everybodys paycheck, and merged it into an account. I was rich.

[heypapajinx]

Coldblooded? Mayhap, but I couldn't steal all my clothes from work.

Its kinda fun at the moment because me and my wife can swap shirts and skirts just fine, although she's a size bigger so we can't run off with eachother's jeans. Means my wardrobe is double the size it would be otherwise.
yes. that's always the pay off about being such a tom boy.
i can wear all my boyfriends jeans and shirts.
just slap a belt on and i'm good to go... that's the bad thing for me though.
i wear big tshirts so it allows them to be able to steal from ME!!!:cmad:
classic adidas shirt went right down the drain.

[Gus Gorman]

Ew. Wear a dress once in a while, be a classy dame :up:

[Kyalesyin]

yes. that's always the pay off about being such a tom boy.
i can wear all my boyfriends jeans and shirts.
just slap a belt on and i'm good to go... that's the bad thing for me though.
i wear big tshirts so it allows them to be able to steal from ME!!!:cmad:
classic adidas shirt went right down the drain.

It tends to be cardigans with us. I have broad shoulders so her being a few sizes bigger elsewhere doesn't seem to matter. I did get mad when she stretched my fluffy jumper though. I got revenge by borrowing her high-top boots for a week, leaving her to get wet feet.

[Kyalesyin]

Ew. Wear a dress once in a while, be a classy dame :up:

Dresses are so impractical. I mean, you can't wear combat boots with them or run properly in them.

[heypapajinx]

Ew. Wear a dress once in a while, be a classy dame :up:
ummmm... i do wear dresses every now and again.
that's what makes them special. because i DO only wear them every once in a while.
It tends to be cardigans with us. I have broad shoulders so her being a few sizes bigger elsewhere doesn't seem to matter. I did get mad when she stretched my fluffy jumper though. I got revenge by borrowing her high-top boots for a week, leaving her to get wet feet.
i have broad shoulders too.
i hate it.
and i get mad when people borrow my clothes and DO give them back all ****ed up. it's like, "what the hell!?!? oh, wait, lemme go into YOUR closet now and, oh, lookie here, this nice silk shirt with the pearl snaps? yeah, i'ma borrow this. thanks. i needed something to wear while i change my oil".
pfft. jerks.

[Kyalesyin]

i have broad shoulders too.
i hate it.
and i get mad when people borrow my clothes and DO give them back all ****ed up. it's like, "what the hell!?!? oh, wait, lemme go into YOUR closet now and, oh, lookie here, this nice silk shirt with the pearl snaps? yeah, i'ma borrow this. thanks. i needed something to wear while i change my oil".
pfft. jerks.

How broad are your shoulders? I have a 36in chest, so as you can imagine my shoulders are even wider. Makes me sorta top-heavy since my waist is a 24 and my hips a 32. I can buy size 6 trousers, but I have to buy size 14 tops. [uk sizes before you all have wtf? moments] If I could put two more inches on my hips I'd be happy. If I could put four more inches on my hips I'd be really happy, since then I'd have a decent hourglass.


Makes buying nice clothes awkward y'know- I wanna get a suit I have to get jacket and trousers separate.

[heypapajinx]

How broad are your shoulders? I have a 36in chest, so as you can imagine my shoulders are even wider. Makes me sorta top-heavy since my waist is a 24 and my hips a 32. I can buy size 6 trousers, but I have to buy size 14 tops. [uk sizes before you all have wtf? moments] If I could put two more inches on my hips I'd be happy. If I could put four more inches on my hips I'd be really happy, since then I'd have a decent hourglass.


Makes buying nice clothes awkward y'know- I wanna get a suit I have to get jacket and trousers separate.
i have a 34/36" chest. it sucks. at least my boobs are too big though, that would really rain on my parade.
but you know, we all have things we don't like about our bodies. honestly i wouldn't mind even SMALLER boobs if i could just make everything else smaller also. my chest (ribs). my shoulders.

[Kyalesyin]

i have a 34/36" chest. it sucks. at least my boobs are too big though, that would really rain on my parade.
but you know, we all have things we don't like about our bodies. honestly i wouldn't mind even SMALLER boobs if i could just make everything else smaller also. my chest (ribs). my shoulders.

You ever tried finding a 36A bra? Nightmare. That makes stuff worse for me- all the tops I really like you gotta have a bust for. None of that here.

I wanna get bigger, more than anything. I'd love to have reasonable sized hips, although I'm too lazy to do anything about it.

[heypapajinx]

You ever tried finding a 36A bra? Nightmare. That makes stuff worse for me- all the tops I really like you gotta have a bust for. None of that here.

I wanna get bigger, more than anything. I'd love to have reasonable sized hips, although I'm too lazy to do anything about it.
well well well... looks like we might have a little trade on our hands.
i will trade you my hips for your boobs ANY damned day of the week.
i don't know though, my hips are pretty wide though too.
ha!!! seriously though, i want to be one of those girls that can wear a tshirt or tank with no bra. boobs are just a nuisance.:o

[Kyalesyin]

well well well... looks like we might have a little trade on our hands.
i will trade you my hips for your boobs ANY damned day of the week.
i don't know though, my hips are pretty wide though too.
ha!!! seriously though, i want to be one of those girls that can wear a tshirt or tank with no bra. boobs are just a nuisance.:o

I almost never wear a bra. I just cross my arms over my chest if I have to run. Big hips? I'm in. Lets make this trade damnit!

One thing I will say in support of broad shoulders- lots of tattoo space on my back.

[heypapajinx]

One thing I will say in support of broad shoulders- lots of tattoo space on my back.
that is so true. i got whole phrases back there.:oldrazz:

[Kyalesyin]

that is so true. i got whole phrases back there.:oldrazz:

I think I've seen a few pictures of your inkwork. Is it you that has the Rogue/Gambit stuff?