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The other day I was having a conversation with someone. It went a little something like this:
me: How are things, blah, blah, blah, did you get all of your school supplies yet?
him: Oh yeah, I got most of them for free. Yeah, go me.
me: (raising an eyebrow) Oh, really…that’s pretty awesome. (secretly jealous he has friends who went to the same school years earlier and still have all of their supplies)
him: Yeah, I stole them.
me: (shocked stare)…Did you say you stole them?
him: (chuckle) Yeah.
me: As in shoplifted?!
him: Yeah. I mean, I need that stuff. I don’t have money. So I went and took it.
me: …the fuck, are you kidding me?
him: No way. I took it and now it’s mine.
me: This might not work out.
I didn’t think real people shoplifted after the age of 16. I never did it when I was 16, but I knew a lot of people who did. And homeless people. I hear homeless people shoplift. But I don’t know any of them. And I certainly never met any 20 somethings who seem completely (that’s a lie) normal who do it. Geez…
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January 17, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Sonal
Yeah, stealing is wrong. Frank (part of his job is theft prevention) has enlightened me to the fact that A LOT of people steal. Some people try stealing expensive stuff like formula or wine, but he’s seen homeless people stealing cans of Chef Boyardee. I feel like if you are stealing Chef Boyardee, you probably really need it.
January 17, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Windsor Grace
That is really true. Wine? That’s intense. In high school, I knew people who stole cases of beer and I remember thinking that was really weird. Like, how do you steal that?
January 17, 2011 at 1:00 pm
LittleBig
Uh. That’s crazy. Someone needs to tell him he’s a Big Boy now.
January 17, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Windsor Grace
Totally! It was a little shocking, but really funny. And weird. In a ha-ha and weird way.
January 18, 2011 at 5:56 am
Liz
It is amazing how many people (adults included) shoplift as a way to ‘get by’. When I used to work for a large supermarket chain I used to see at least three times a week – but 99% of the time couldn’t pull them up on it.
January 19, 2011 at 1:26 am
iris ashley
lol “this might not work out”. i love how nonchalant he is about it, like he might as well been talking about eating a sandwich.
January 19, 2011 at 11:22 am
Windsor Grace
Yeah! It was shocking. :)
January 19, 2011 at 2:46 am
Diana
Oh my, out of all the crap things I’ve done, stealing is not one of them and I never understood the thrill of it.
January 19, 2011 at 11:23 am
Windsor Grace
Me either! I shoplifted once when I was 3 and I didn’t really understand what I was doing. I never did it again. Even when I went through my insane phase in high school and was doing some really weird stuff, I didn’t steal. I don’t get it at all.
January 19, 2011 at 6:36 pm
BS
Put my vote down for “Totally wrong.” I kinda hope he gets caught.
January 19, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Windsor Grace
Dude, totally. Haha. I didn’t think it through that far. I just thought that stealing is so wrong that it’s not even on my list of things people in my life can’t be doing.
January 22, 2011 at 10:48 am
brandon
“This might not work out.”
best laugh this morning!
January 22, 2011 at 11:22 am
Windsor Grace
Thanks…he’s proved to be a psycho in more ways than just this ;)
January 23, 2011 at 12:26 am
Mads
One or two of my (seemingly) well adjusted friends have told me they shoplift. I don’t understand. None of us recent college grads can really “afford” things, but is it worth it to potentially have shoplifting on your record? No thanks! I’ll stick to other, less offensive, illegal things. :)
January 23, 2011 at 2:27 am
Windsor Grace
Totally. Dude, it’s weird.
December 29, 2011 at 10:51 am
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