Shoplifting...

MisChief

MisChief

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Ok so i'm in Reading at the moment, went shopping with a friend. Just after I finished paying for some clothes, we walked out of the shop and the security alarms went off..

The sales assistant called me back but realised it wasn't my bag, they called my friend back even tho she didn't buy anything from them. Turns out there was a pair of trousers in her other shopping bag that wasn't supposed to be in there :eek:

The assistant took her to the back and said I might as well go home as she still needs to be spoken to by the police. She had to switch her phone off so I can't contact her.

What happens when someone is caught shoplifting? Should I wait or should I go? I've waited an hour already in my car and I live 40mins away.. I don't want to leave in case she gets let off and I want to be there for her rather than having to let her mum know so she could pick her up. What to do, what to do :(
 
I dont think it had the big plastic security tag, it was just one of those stickers that had to be torn to deactivate the security.
She didn't walk back into the shop by choice, the assistant asked her to. And if she said no then that would be obvious. She was prob hoping that they wouldn't look in her bags as she didn't buy anything from them and I did.

I dont believe she's done anything like this before, but her hands were shaking really badly when she was caught, don't know if it was because of guilt or shock. The trousers were her size as well.. I think I might wait another 30 mins to make it 2hrs then i'm gona head off home..

I saw a security guy go into the shop, he must've told her to switch her phone off. My friend was probably too scared and just did as she was told.
 
So after 2 and a bit hours i decided to call up thames valley police to track her down, the guy on the phone told me she wasn't taken to the police station and that she was still at the store with the police. so i decided to wait a bit longer and 10 mins later my friend called me to say they've let her go.

she got into my car, said she didn't know why she did it and burst into tears. the police gave her a fine of £80 and said she was banned from going into the store again.

don't know why it took 2.5hrs.. but i trust she won't be doing that again.. she was lucky the police only gave her a £80 fine.
 
gambitt said:
Sounds like she's beating herself up over it. Make her feel better by playing it down like it's not such a big deal. It's a very small crime in the grand scheme of things, plenty of people have done much worse and got away with it.
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yeah i told her that we all make mistakes, as long as we learn from our mistakes and know not to do it again then theres no need to dwell on it. i took her for ice cream afterwards then dropped her off home :) i didn't ask her many questions as i know how it feels when you've done something wrong and you just want to bury your head in shame... glad i waited for her though as i can't imagine how bad she would have felt if she found out i had left her to get home by herself
 
trent said:
Was she black? As all black people are criminals...
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:eek:

i once bought a £7 kettle from ASDA, and happened to lose my receipt on the way out. so i was walking out of ASDA and the security alarms went off, the security guy asked for my receipt and i was looking everywhere but still couldn't find it. he saw a HSBC cash withdrawal receipt in my bag and said 'just show me any receipt and i'll let you go' :cool:
 
my friend is 25 years old. her 'love jugs', fitness and location is irrelevant to this thread :rolleyes:

i guess i can sort of understand why my friend did it though.. she isn't very happy with her life at the moment, shes in debt and on a 17k job which she hates. the reason for going shopping with her yesterday was because she 'had' to get some new clothes for a job interview this Thursday. we spent all day looking at trousers for her but she was getting so frustrated about not finding any and i guess that was when she thought 'oh whatever, i'll just take it'.

still no excuse, i know. she texted me last night to say she will make a promise to me and herself that she will never do it again and that she hope i won't think any less of her.
 
she is a family friend, so i know her well enough to give her the benefit of the doubt and at least give her a chance to believe her when she said she won't do it again.

and i am a she, not a he :o
 
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