My buddy did this one time. Ended up stuffing a can of tuna into his pocket without thinking and then got arrested because they thought he robbed the convenience store and killed the clerk, but it was actually someone else just in a very similar car. Gotta be careful.
Sounds like their lawyer was dead on balls accurate.
I guess, took him five tries to pass the bar.
Robbed the convenience store and killed the clerk…over a can of tuna?
I’m not sure I could call myself a good police officer at that point. I’m not sure I’d think I was cut out for the job of even defining ‘criminals’ at that point.
It’s hard to tell if your chances of getting shot by the cops is part of the internet being an echo chamber or if it really is a thing we live with. Regardless, I avoid the interaction with law enforcement and bring the dog in if they happen to be combing the area. An American Bull Terrier on my street named Queenie actually got shot and survived.
When I was a teenager, a cop drawed on me and my friend. As I pulled into my friends driveway the cop turned on his lights and parked behind my car. Didn’t notice until we were getting out, so the cop drawed his pistol, pointed it at us and yelled for us to get back in the car (was “pulled over” for speeding).
I’ve also been woken up by police carrying AR-style rifles during a raid (not for me, for my previous roommate).
That last one…did you all get SWATTED?
No, roommate was out on bail for a pretty serious crime. Detectives found out some stuff during investigation, so judge revoked bail, and gave police a no-knock warrant to retrieve him.
Hopefully you’ve made better friends. ✌️
They should have like regret baskets midway through the store.
“Yes, could you please point me toward the baskets of shame?”
sigh “You again? Picard, you come here every week. When will you out ever learn? Here, let me help you with that. Right this way,”
I will go where one has gone…many times before.
Which is why you see empty carts at Home Depot in aisles. It isn’t an accident.
If they had a dom on staff to slut shame us a bit when we get the regret basket, that would be amazing! 🤤
Whatever floats your boat!
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Me dropping a $3 bottle of kombucha in the parking lot after cleverly avoiding the bag tax.
You can go through self checkout and lie at the “How many bags did you use” lol
You wouldn’t download a bag.
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Wait… That’s illegal
The grocery stores in my country make you scan a barcode on the bag every time. “Luckily” they pay their staff minimum wage and treat them like crap, so you can usually start bagging your stuff and most of the time nobody cares (not that I’d know from experience or anything)
At my grocery store it asks you, “How many bags would you like to purchase?”
And you say 0 because that is always the amount you desire to purchase.
If it was regular check out I might have to purchase them but I certainly would not LIKE to do so.
Oooor you can just bring bag with you into shop.
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It’s now either 15p or some stores only do canvas style 45p bags now. Get ready America. I wish we just had the paper bags back.
Me going into costco: I just need a rotisserie chicken for dinner.
Ten minutes later: I guess I do need a 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise.
This got me. 😆
Everyone needs mayo.
To dip the rotisserie chicken in. Obvs.
What’s special about Costco? Speaking as someone who’s never been.
Bulk shopping, and the place is like a giant warehouse. I once made the mistake of picking up a few heavy things and hauling them around the store with me until I could check out. It was painful.
Just imagine a Walmart that you are not hoping no one sees you in.
We don’t have Walmart.
Ok whatever store your country has that everyone shops there but no one wants to admit it. Or you know just use theory of mind and visualize the concept.
There’s no such thing here, to my knowledge. Why would you be ashamed of shopping at a certain store?
I do this on purpose to prevent myself from buying to much. I KNOW I’ll get more than I came for, lack of basket or cart puts an upper limit on how much
I explained this to me children and how carts are for the weak. My then 8 year old announced loudly when she was shopping with mommy right by the carts “mommy don’t take a cart, those are for the weak”.
Wife wasn’t too thrilled about it and was even less thrilled when I laughed.
Me: I don’t need a cart
10 minutes later, dragging a basket full to the brim with my arm hanging out of its socket
I come in. Need 3 things. Grab 2. Get a call to get 2 more things. Remember i need one more. Then stand in line with a tower in my hands.
I’ve done this at Costco myself a number of times.
“Ah, I just need a bag of coffee and a thing of multivitamins. … Oh, we could use some smoked salmon. And, another bottle of Malbec. Maybe some frozen waffles… Ooh, they’re selling Amish-built sheds!”
And, then, I’m either manhandling half the store to the register, or I’m putting the stuff aside somewhere—looking a bit like one of those careless people who can’t be bothered to put stuff back—and making the walk of shame to get a cart.
Yea this happened to me at Costco when I forwent the cart and ended up deciding my dog needed a new bed. And then I decided I was to proud to grab one on the way out. I am such an idiot most of the time.
I’m really annoyed my local grocer got rid of their baskets. They said it was a part of cutting costs.
Were they using disposables?
And that’s when you got rid of your local grocer?
People would just steal them after the plastic bag ban, grocery store just never replaced them.
I put everything in my backpack. If I can’t put something in my backpack, then I don’t buy it
A lot of places where I live don’t allow people to carry backpacks throughout the store due to theft
Yeah, I was going to say. I’m too paranoid to put things in the bags I bring in. Not up for the drama with an over zealous anybody and inching up the chances of getting shot.
and inching up the chances of getting shot.
Oh. Right. Certain part of certain America.
Idk who that man is beyond I’ve never seen him expressing any emotion other than social anxiety he’s like the socially awkward version of the Terminator
Not using a basket keeps me from buying a bunch of extra shit I probably don’t need.
Just wait until he discovers the store no longer provides bags….
For free. I have yet to encounter a retail store that won’t sell you a bag of some kind.
