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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:31 PM Original message |
A Supermarket Accidentally Opened When No Employees Were Working |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. A friend and I once walked out of a grocery store without paying when we couldn't find any |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Funny and theft all at the same time... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Funny. nt |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I view both, equally, as unfunny theft. I work for a mom and pop store. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
57. I rank thieves with the worst of people... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bet that wouldn't have happened HERE! nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It would if it were in Fargo. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. You might be surprised. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. We have "honor box" fruit and veggie stands all around here, works well. |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. A fond memory of a NH vacation |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. That gives me a warm feeling inside... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. OK, that is just TOO weird! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
68. Honor boxes are still pretty common in rural parts of the Northeast. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
58. When people get desperate, honor disappears |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Stories like this help restore my faith in humanity. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. A friend of mine walked out of a grocery store... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Normally, if you offer to pay, most of the time, they're going to let you... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Guilty. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. I did that once. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. You need other people to tell you what's right and wrong? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I didn't consider it stealing. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. WTF? You don't consider it stealing, what is it then? Theft? Larceny? Robbery? Thievery? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Your moral compass needs adjusting. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. Even being broke and hungry, it was stealing. First you say no one was around so you walked out. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. What the hell? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I work at Walmart and I see people stealing shit all the time. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Because I work at a small retail business |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I don't see it that way. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Is "immoral" a better word choice? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. How is it "immoral" to steal to eat when one cannot afford to eat? |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. You said you didn't consider it stealing because of your motives. Now it is stealing? nt |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
76. "It bothers me you use the word "hate" when you talk about thieves" |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. He justified it |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
55. I see theft from large corporations more of a gray area. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. ...says the person with 42 posts. |
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progressiveinaction (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Well, let me use my critical thinking skills then... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I don't have to answer to you and it's none of your business. |
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progressiveinaction (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Well then |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. People steal from Walmart so it's ok for you to steal from another store? wow |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Wow. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Then please clarify. Thank you. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. There you go. Now we know who you are, it seems. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. So sayeth someone like you. |
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ontime1969 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
56. free stuff from your house? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
72. A lot of times people leave their homes unattended |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Our store in our village here is like that. Sometimes the owner leaves |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. don't know about NZ--but several of the supermarket chains here have been busy cutting staff to the |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Walked out of Costco once |
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IrishEyes (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. I left without paying once |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Pak 'n Save they did nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'd be scared they were all dead in the back. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I know this is evil, but... |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Okay, at least *one* of you has watched too many Coen brothers movies. |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. The scarier question. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. OMG you're so right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #40 |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The apocalypse? |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I don't know when. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. No, we are not headed towards the end of the world. |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I agree. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's hard to say. |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Yeah, we have adapted at least a couple of times, I think |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
73. Eat the employees! |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
35. watch out! it'll give them ideas! |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Then who restocks the shelves? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. The machines |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. How about Lego People instead? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That's probably a better idea. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
75. Aren't they a little well armed for this line of work? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
37. BURN IT DOWN! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. Everyone believes that everyone else is less honest than themselves. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
71. I think you can get away with that once because most will assume they are being watched |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
74. New Zealand is a very friendly country, I'm told |
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