tommystrat wrote:
A little over 60 years ago I was a youngster in the shopping mall. I foolishly shoplifted a package of chewing gum. I was caught, detained by the store, and my parents were called. They came down and got me and, while the store declined to press charges, it might've been easier as compared to the tongue lashing and "grounding" that I got when I got home. I never stole anything ever again.
Yes, it is a different world today…
And when I was about 6 yrs old I shoplifted a bottle of perfume for my mother on her birthday. When I gave it to her she insisted on knowing how I got the money to buy it. Well WE took the bottle of perfume back to the store with much apologies and promises to never steal again. I have lived up to that promise for 82 years.