I'm a Shoplifter

Acedia

Member
I don't consider myself addicted, as I'm an occasional shoplifter, and I don't do it compulsively, I do it calculatingly, more to save money than for the thrill, although there is a slight thrill (then again, I always keep the price low, so as to avoid capture/penalties, it might be more stimulating if I stole more expensive items).
Ever since I've been charged, convicted and sentenced for armed robbery, I no longer shoplift really, instead I fool the "self checkout machines" or whatever it is they're called, I punch in this cheap thing, when i'm really getting that expensive thing, I don't place the items fully on the scale and so on, to save a few bucks.
I have absolutely no guilt or shame about doing this, and if my mother wasn't giving me money for nothing on a regular basis, I'd be shoplifting a whole lot more.
I'm not sure why I don't feel guilty, maybe it's because my brains are wired slightly differently than yours or at least in that particular way, or maybe few people, or no one feels guilty, and they just say they do, or think they do.
Also, it probably helps knowing society is largely a bunch of crap anyway, where the spider catches the mosquitoes meanwhile the vampire bats fly right through the webs, unfettered.
I simply cannot keep up with the pace of society, so I have to steal from you, you force me to by drinking 5-7 cappuccinos and trying to outdo one another in who can lick the most corporate hole for the least.
Some say shoplifters drive up the prices of goods, but it works both ways, if the prices weren't so high, many of us wouldn't have to steal, so yeah, there's that.
I don't really have much more to add than that, really, other than I never steal stuff from poor people, only from big business, which I have no qualms over.
For me, property rights are ultimately subjective and like everything, relative.
As the gap between rich/poor grows ever wider (it's the widest it's been in the history of man), the rich lose some of their property rights, and I'm not going to wait around for government or others to get together and deal with things "civilly", because I don't care, life is too short and that'll probably never happen anyway, so I take matters into my own hands.
 

AtTheGates

Banned
not a good idea..if you steal from stores you run the risk of gettting arrested but if you steal from PEOPLE you run the risk of getting your *** kicked...rich or poor, it doesnt justify going out and stealing from people....if thats the kind of person you are then dont be suprised when all the half-way decent people walk out of your life and then you're surrounded by nothing but deadbeats.
 
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MollyBeGood

Well-known member
I am surprised no one talks about this subject on here at all. There are more posts about pedophiles and their confessionals than stealing..I find this odd. Almost like it is more socially exceptable to molest or at least discuss it on this forum.

Kleptomania is a real condition/illness and it should be talked about.

Coming out an admitting it is not something people want to do but I have watched documentaries on the subject and a huge number of the population do it and it effects all age groups all genders etc. There was a grandma on the one I watched that stole all of the time.

I used to have issues with it in high school all of my friends did it. We would literally steal in packs..just for fun. There were so many kids that did it, and I grew up in a fairly rich area, that the stores would ban kids coming in during school hrs.

I am pretty sure Acedia, there are more people here that have had some experience shop lifting but they are afraid to talk about it.

Now I cannot get this song outta my brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwjiO1MCVs

or this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04_Cf9HBggw
 
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THeCARS1979

Well-known member
I don't consider myself addicted, as I'm an occasional shoplifter, and I don't do it compulsively, I do it calculatingly, more to save money than for the thrill, although there is a slight thrill (then again, I always keep the price low, so as to avoid capture/penalties, it might be more stimulating if I stole more expensive items).
Ever since I've been charged, convicted and sentenced for armed robbery, I no longer shoplift really, instead I fool the "self checkout machines" or whatever it is they're called, I punch in this cheap thing, when i'm really getting that expensive thing, I don't place the items fully on the scale and so on, to save a few bucks.
I have absolutely no guilt or shame about doing this, and if my mother wasn't giving me money for nothing on a regular basis, I'd be shoplifting a whole lot more.
I'm not sure why I don't feel guilty, maybe it's because my brains are wired slightly differently than yours or at least in that particular way, or maybe few people, or no one feels guilty, and they just say they do, or think they do.
Also, it probably helps knowing society is largely a bunch of crap anyway, where the spider catches the mosquitoes meanwhile the vampire bats fly right through the webs, unfettered.
I simply cannot keep up with the pace of society, so I have to steal from you, you force me to by drinking 5-7 cappuccinos and trying to outdo one another in who can lick the most corporate hole for the least.
Some say shoplifters drive up the prices of goods, but it works both ways, if the prices weren't so high, many of us wouldn't have to steal, so yeah, there's that.
I don't really have much more to add than that, really, other than I never steal stuff from poor people, only from big business, which I have no qualms over.
For me, property rights are ultimately subjective and like everything, relative.
As the gap between rich/poor grows ever wider (it's the widest it's been in the history of man), the rich lose some of their property rights, and I'm not going to wait around for government or others to get together and deal with things "civilly", because I don't care, life is too short and that'll probably never happen anyway, so I take matters into my own hands.

hey i know, you need help but that habit has to stop. The easier it gets for you the more your going to do it and it will increase and you might get caught. I hear stories and my sister works for loss prevention in stores.
I work for the airline and see people go to far because they crossed the line due to things they never shouldve done.
If you want to talk Im here. I ll be your friend too
 

theoutsider

Well-known member
You may feel that society in general is the problem and that, therefore, makes your shoplifting justified. You may be correct in that society is weighted in the rich's favor but keep in mind that they are doing whatever it is they are doing legally while you are attempting to even things out illegally. In the end, it will be you who pays the consequences for your actions and not them.
 

dannyboy65

Well-known member
I used to steal a lot, but also at the time I was a heavy drug user. I never liked stealing, I always felt guilty, but I still did it because I had no money. I still feel guilty to this day. I was never caught but it feels like a huge weight on my shoulders. I try to make myself feel better by doing good things like volunteering. But on the inside I still feel like that dirty thief.

You should try to stop before it gets to bad. If your doing this because you think it's cool stop because it's not. If your doing this because you can't help it, seek out professional help. The last thing you want is a criminal record, also people will lose trust in you pretty fast.

Best of luck!
 

squidgee

Well-known member
I never really shoplifted, at least not that I can remember. I just remember some Vietnamese man yelling at me in the fruit market because five year old me was rubbing my face all over his mangoes.
 

Steiner

Well-known member
I've thought of doing that. Replacing items with cheaper items at the checkouts. I like to get whey protein powder but I could easily say it's flour or some other white powder that is much cheaper instead. I don't though but I can't say the thought hasn't crossed my mind. Hell that could work with an actual cashier. You think they can tell the difference in the bag?

Not very likely.
 

PugofCrydee

You want to know how I got these scars?
I've thought of doing that. Replacing items with cheaper items at the checkouts. I like to get whey protein powder but I could easily say it's flour or some other white powder that is much cheaper instead. I don't though but I can't say the thought hasn't crossed my mind. Hell that could work with an actual cashier. You think they can tell the difference in the bag?

Not very likely.

You may get away with it.
But just imagine going to court over it...up in front of all those people.

I would die of embarrassment lol :eek:mg:
 

Luckylife

Well-known member
I am going to assume this thread is not a joke and reply to it. I never steal, I only buy. If I think an item is too expensive I will search for an alternative cheaper product. If I must buy, yet I think it is very expensive I will put money aside until I have 'saved' enough to pay for it. You should buy, if you do not and steal, the seller will not make adequate profit and will withdraw the product.
This goes back to the basic question: Are criminals right or wrong?
Wrong. Why? Because they are antisocial. A criminal requires a stable gregarious society to make their gain, but in doing so, they destabize it. Society changes inorder to defeat the challenge of deprivation by employing increasingly antisocial and violent methods, eventually the criminal is identified, contained and deprived. Society becomes stable again - without them.
 

Tuukka40

Well-known member
Shoplifting is a bad idea all around. If you do it long enough, you will get caught, almost definitely. Stores with camera systems actually use these tapes and review them when they have unaccounted for missing inventory. On top of that, they have people walking around as plain-clothed customers to spot shoplifters. There are so many ways you can get caught. It will be embarrassing, for one. You will likely get a good size fine and it will go on record, making it incredibly hard to get a job...

I actually believe that stealing from large retailers (NOT mom and pop shops) is a victimless crime, too. They won't miss it and any defense against that is a long stretch IMO.
But my main point is: it is unbelievably easy to get caught and the risk is not worth the reward.
 
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