Did you ever shoplift as a kid?

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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My friends and I did some thru junior high until one of us got caught. We generally hit the five and ten (remember those) for little things to give as gifts for holiday events. The one caught was kept in the manager's office until parents were summoned and threatened with the training school for juveniles. This slowed us down for the most part...
 

Just about everyone I know seems to have knicked something from the sweetie counter or the make-up counterat Woolworth when they were a kid...I never did..but I do remember pinching accidentally a half crown from my mothers purse instead of the penny I should have taken, and then instead of returning it, spending it all on sweets....:rolleyes: I was 7 years old and she took me to the police station and they put me in a cell (with the door open) for 5 minutes...with dire warnings never to do it again..
 
The corner drug store used to keep the daily newspapers right inside the door... people just reached in and dropped down their dime and took a paper... honor system... I may or may not have reached in for a dime every so often...
 

I did when very young with a gang of budding young criminals, who taught me how to palm things in Woolworths. I also stole chocolate bars from our own corner shop when I was kid, my father caught me once and said I had let my mother down for some reason.:confused:
 
I swiped a fishing lure one time as a young teen and felt so guilty about it. Never caught a fish with that lure either. I recall as a very young boy I took some penny candy from a supermarket. My father found out while we were in the car, drove me back to the store and made me apologize to the manager of the store. I was so embarrassed, but it was a great lesson.
 
'Fess up! It will be good for your soul to relieve your self of this guilt that you have carrying for so long, and Father Ralphy is very forgiving...
 
Hmm, well, Father Ralphy will be ready to hear your confession should you ever realize the error of your ways...
 
Ameriscot said:
Cigarettes and makeup. It's my parents fault! My allowance wasn't big enough and I didn't earn enough by babysitting. :rolleyes:
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Thank you my child, say three Hail Marys, 2 acts of contrition, the pledge of allegiance and
the girl scout pledge and go in peace and sin no more. Father JamesFather James.JPG
 

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