Have you ever felt tempted to steal something?

[Holdfast]

I'm not proud of this, but I once nicked some teabags and coffee-sachets from my hotel-room.

I'm assuming you're joking around with this, but I have to say, I take my hotel pilfering very seriously. I especially like to use it as an opportunity to stock up on writing paper, envelopes, pens and pencils. These are often overlooked by amateur hotel guests, but never by a true pro!

It's all factored into the overheads, you're paying for it anyway, so make good use of it!

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Oh. So I didn't need to leave that fiver as compensation then?

Thief FAIL.

In 10th grade I stole several packs of Big Red gum. I did it because it was the favorite gum of the girl who sat beside me in geometry class.

 

[miraclefan]

Nope! I'm pretty boring. I'm what one would call a ''Goodie two shoe's''

 

[Kestra]

Once when I was around ... seven? I was at the grocery store with my mother and she was wandering around the produce section. They had those big bins filled with candy back then, and I remember wondering if I could just take one and put it in my pocket without anyone noticing. I didn't even want it, and if I had asked my mom, she would have bought me a whole bag of the stuff.

Instead I took it, put it in my pocket, and continued following her around the store and then finally home. I was so sure I would get caught. To this day I still feel a bit guilty over that little piece of candy. Naturally I never stole anything again and I am generally uncomfortable going against rules of any sort.

 

[WillsBabe]

I'd be lying if I said that I didn't have the compulsion to nick stuff. Sometimes I'll seeing something lying around that's been lost or apparently discarded and I want to take it. But I never do and I never would. I was brought up better than that. In evidence I give you an example: years ago I found an envelope stuffed with thousands and thousands of pounds in my shopping trolley. I handed it in to the store security guard, and the lady whose property is was came around to my house to thank me.

 

[Emher]

Once when I was around ... seven? I was at the grocery store with my mother and she was wandering around the produce section. They had those big bins filled with candy back then, and I remember wondering if I could just take one and put it in my pocket without anyone noticing. I didn't even want it, and if I had asked my mom, she would have bought me a whole bag of the stuff.

Instead I took it, put it in my pocket, and continued following her around the store and then finally home. I was so sure I would get caught. To this day I still feel a bit guilty over that little piece of candy. Naturally I never stole anything again and I am generally uncomfortable going against rules of any sort.

That reminds of a story about my sis.

When we where kids, I maybe seven and she about five, at the most, w went shopping with mom as we usually did. And when we got out of the shop mom noticed sis was chewing something and promptly asked what it was. "Candy" sis says, and since we didn't buy any candy mom realized she'd stolen it. Moral and focused on raising her kids straight as my mom is, she took us and turned around back into the store.

She asked to speak with the manager who she knew and we all went into his office. Mom started talking to sis about what she had done had been wrong, why you shouldn't steal and so forth. During all this sis is shrinking more and more but not saying anything. Lastly mom says that sis should apologize to the manager and swear that she'll never do it again.

"But...but...it was on the floooooor!" sis cries out and starts bawling. At this point both the me, the manager and mom are biting our lips to not start laughing

In the end everyone kept their composure, sis apologized, the manager accepted her apology, and to my knowledge sis has never ever stolen something after that.

 

[kustirider2]

I would never steal. I did have a friend once though who stole a lot of sweets from this supermarket and she got caught on CCTV and tried to blame me.. It didn't work.

 

[Jayson]

I'd be lying if I said that I didn't have the compulsion to nick stuff. Sometimes I'll seeing something lying around that's been lost or apparently discarded and I want to take it. But I never do and I never would. I was brought up better than that. In evidence I give you an example: years ago I found an envelope stuffed with thousands and thousands of pounds in my shopping trolley. I handed it in to the store security guard, and the lady whose property is was came around to my house to thank me.

That's how I feel as well, but if I ever discover money without ID I would never turn it back in. I asume the money will never be given back to the proper owner. There isn't away to prove the money was there money, and that means anyone can come and make a claim.

Then there is the fact that I just asume the security guard or the guy working at a counter or whatnot, will just keep it and not even give the proper owners a chance to come get there money back. In otherwords I don't trust people enough, to think the money won't be stolen.

Jason

 

[RandyS]

I have my friends do my stealing for me. Denialabilty is important,

 

[Brent]

Oh yes, I've definitely stolen some high dollar computer items in my past, I regret i now, but I was young and stupid then.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I'm not proud of this, but I once nicked some teabags and coffee-sachets from my hotel-room.

I'm assuming you're joking around with this, but I have to say, I take my hotel pilfering very seriously. I especially like to use it as an opportunity to stock up on writing paper, envelopes, pens and pencils. These are often overlooked by amateur hotel guests, but never by a true pro!

It's all factored into the overheads, you're paying for it anyway, so make good use of it!

So it's not actually stealing. It's more like taking resources you have legally acquired and relocating them geographically.

But the true test: can you do a Roger Moore and become a professional towel thief?

 

[judge alba]

managed to half inch a pillow from the hotel once. did it when a friend of my suggested we have the towel but I jokingly said the pillow. i roughed up the bed a bt so it wasnt too obvious it was gone. strangely enough never stayed there again which is a shame as i could have gone back for the matching sheets too

 

[Gryffindorian]

I have never shoplifted. I have, however, attempted to steal someone's heart but failed.

 

[Jadzia]

Some people will nick anything

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I actually remember taking a table knife from an Autobahn service station somewhere in Germany when I was 14. It was a good knife. It served me well for years afterwards - toast, sandwiches, hot buttered crumpets...

It's now lying in a student accommodation kitchen somewhere in central Edinburgh, I think.

 

[Emher]

^That reminds me that the best teaspoon I have is one my dad nicked from Swissair about ten years back

 

[Laren]

Having a criminal record wouldn't really go with my chosen profession.
But most of the cutlery I inherited from my dad does have the Lufthansa logo on it. Got some hotel towels from him as well.

 

[backstept]

I was at a small store once and I got a call, and rushed outside to take it because the music was loud inside . . . well I had unwittingly walked out with a piece of merchandise

I went back in and paid for it though

 

[Jayson]

I think all people, sort of feel the desire to steal. It's human nature. It's sort of like how animals will guard over there food because they know that another animal will get it if they don't watch out. There is also the fact that it's a chance to rebellious and not be part of establishment. Also it's also kind of fun from problem-solving angle to sort of figure out how to do it. Are deisre to steal is why criminal capers, are popular plot devices in the movie's. Have you ever gone into a bank and convince store and kind of wonder how you would pull it off, without getting caught just to satisfy your curiousity? It doesn't mean your going to do it or your even taking it under consideration. It's just something to think about and try to think through a problem and come up with a soultion.

Jason

 

[Brent]

I think about stealing stuff all the time, I'd love to have me a new LCD TV! I won't of course, but yeah I think about it. It isn't because I'm mean or rebellious, its usually out of greedy feelings, I don't have the money to buy it, but I WANT it, I DESIRE it, and that isn't good. There is a big difference between thinking it and acting on it.