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turbinetree

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49. Yep, they sure did.......................

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 05:11 PM

Aug 2015

and there are 45 million children going hungry in this country and over 4.5 being denied to get unemployment benefits because these same right wing hypocrites gut and cut the social programs for tax cuts, and they are coming back from "vacation" making $14,500 a mouth drinking rum and coke like the orange guy does at his favorite country club there in good old Ohio and doing nothing the lazy bum

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I saw a woman shoplifting a dozen eggs from the supermarket. [View all] hunter Aug 2015 OP

I'd have given her a ten spot. bettyellen Aug 2015 #1

You rock! JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #6

well I was a little light fingered myself back in the day. so, that's my karmic solution. bettyellen Aug 2015 #8

She wanted most at that moment to be invisible. hunter Aug 2015 #10

She knew you saw her, so I don't see the harm in perhaps helping her avoid arrest. YMMV. bettyellen Aug 2015 #12

You don't have to defend..you did the right thing at the right time. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #87

Someone didn't have enough $ ahead of me, started putting things aside, so I bought their groceries leveymg Aug 2015 #28

Part of the 'cost of business' in running a supermarket. onehandle Aug 2015 #2

Thank you. I'm an ex-shoplifter. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #21

Do tell Munificence Aug 2015 #63

Nope. It was long ago in a different city. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #67

Young People Do Stupid Things.. StarzGuy Aug 2015 #136

Not just young people .. jb5150 Aug 2015 #138

Yep and just ask A&P how that worked out for them yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #62

A & P own employees stole from them.... MaeScott Aug 2015 #114

Senior management decisions by A&P are a classic example of poor accounting. ieoeja Aug 2015 #141

Right who cares about theft npk Aug 2015 #84

That follows with theft of wages as well. Tsiyu Aug 2015 #148

Was her name Jean Valjean? KamaAina Aug 2015 #3

Well said! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #48

This reflects badly on you. I would self delete. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #88

Not taking sides, but curious what you mean. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #116

the implication is that the OP is relating fiction. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #125

No, the implication is that our society has become Hugoesque. KamaAina Aug 2015 #137

That's how I read it. nt Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #144

Completely disagree. I also draw analogies to works of fiction when closeupready Aug 2015 #142

It shouldn't have to happen. Agschmid Aug 2015 #4

I would have looked away too - JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #5

I'd have told her to put the eggs in my cart Warpy Aug 2015 #7

She was exiting through the "IN" door. hunter Aug 2015 #11

In that case, I'd have been selectively blind, also. Warpy Aug 2015 #14

Me too Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #16

I have to admit Aerows Aug 2015 #22

Great idea..... George II Aug 2015 #23

Many of us homegirl Aug 2015 #56

My mom had a thing about clothes. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2015 #85

Your Mom did a good thing. It's very important that children - boys and girls- No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #99

I grew up in a very small town. Those places can be brutal. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2015 #146

Eggs are higher priced recently and now because the bird flu No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #98

I have done the same as you Hunter olddots Aug 2015 #9

I'm glad this post doesn't include her getting caught by the store and arrested by the police. n/t ellisonz Aug 2015 #13

This breaks my heart. bvar22 Aug 2015 #15

Next time, if you can afford it, offer to pay for them for her. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #17

See Reply 11. merrily Aug 2015 #101

Food banks Scarsdale Aug 2015 #18

food banks are seeing increase in business -people w jobs Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #19

It's a damn shame Aerows Aug 2015 #24

That would require Walker be a decent human being mythology Aug 2015 #20

There are two churches that I am actively involved ChazII Aug 2015 #26

Walker would just think 'those people' are lazy. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #105

I was kind of shocked to learn the other day that the grocery store keeps infant formula Turn CO Blue Aug 2015 #25

Sadly it is a high shrink item. Glassunion Aug 2015 #41

People steal it nonstop. It's easily resold Codeine Aug 2015 #69

This,..diapers and razors too. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #89

And TIDE detergent--that's a big 'rip off' seller, too, for some reason...? MADem Aug 2015 #113

... Enthusiast Aug 2015 #107

I would have looked the other way too and gone about my business. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #27

If you had been the owner, great. Igel Aug 2015 #77

Imagine this country with Trump as president! RKP5637 Aug 2015 #78

He would have such empathy. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #108

He so represents the ugly side of America! I watched a video recently of what he did RKP5637 Aug 2015 #126

The Donald is not very popular in Scotland. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #127

This is the video I watched, probably you've seen it. He's a ugly monster IMO! RKP5637 Aug 2015 #128

I don't think anyone would be happy about it. davidthegnome Aug 2015 #91

Well put... kag Aug 2015 #133

and we are proud of this nation.... Stargazer99 Aug 2015 #29

Poor lady, that's so sad. :( n/t prayin4rain Aug 2015 #30

You are a good person... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2015 #31

Well, taxing the rich to provide for our society is out of the question, and all taxpayer valerief Aug 2015 #32

We do provide SNAP (Food Stamps) to 46 million Americans frazzled Aug 2015 #53

Not everyone. davidthegnome Aug 2015 #92

+100%! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #109

Excuse me, but ... frazzled Aug 2015 #129

Alert results irisblue Aug 2015 #33

Oh my... hunter Aug 2015 #34

Stupidest alert ever Marrah_G Aug 2015 #37

Well, I got alerted on once AngryAmish Aug 2015 #64

hahahaha Marrah_G Aug 2015 #74

You disrupter, you! merrily Aug 2015 #102

Almost. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #110

I was asked recently if I'd seen more frivolous alerts and said no. Now I have uppityperson Aug 2015 #39

wow. Facility Inspector Aug 2015 #40

Oh for fuck's sake. Glassunion Aug 2015 #42

Oh yeah irisblue Aug 2015 #45

Okay, that's one of the weirdest alerts I've ever seen, and there have been some doozies. MerryBlooms Aug 2015 #47

False flag alert?? Is that a thing? Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #70

That would be my guess as well. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2015 #79

Crossed my mind too. Duppers Aug 2015 #83

That was my thought too. Someone trying to make the board's more militant feminists look bad. merrily Aug 2015 #103

I see. Thanks for the info. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #117

It's just my hunch about the alert, not info, per se. merrily Aug 2015 #118

Everything good can be taken too far. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #121

Coincidentally, I just did a post about the ERA. You might be interested. merrily Aug 2015 #124

Literally the most rediculous alert I've seen on DU... Agschmid Aug 2015 #120

I probably would have done the same thing. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #35

Two weeks ago....................... turbinetree Aug 2015 #36

Republicans ran on a jobs platform in 2012 and won, Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #46

Yep, they sure did....................... turbinetree Aug 2015 #49

I love people like you. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #50

Thank you.............................very much........... turbinetree Aug 2015 #52

don't know where the alert comes from irisblue Aug 2015 #38

Sometimes you do what you gotta do frylock Aug 2015 #43

I was her, several times in my life. Lyric Aug 2015 #44

WOW. MADem Aug 2015 #115

This is to all the people on this thread. They walk the walk. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #51

We really need discuss Homlessness and the hungry DU. V0ltairesGh0st Aug 2015 #54

Not all shoplifters are hungry and afraid nichomachus Aug 2015 #55

Of course, but I'd give someone stealing eggs the benefit of the doubt uppityperson Aug 2015 #57

+1 !! n/t veness Aug 2015 #58

Me too. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #112

I've made my living in grocery retail. Codeine Aug 2015 #71

I did it because I had a hangup about courage: Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #75

I was once coming out of an Albertson's and a security guard pushed by me iwillalwayswonderwhy Aug 2015 #59

Oh that is sad. DawgHouse Aug 2015 #66

You were wrong. Stealing is not cool no matter what. yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #60

Easy to say. davidthegnome Aug 2015 #94

Accessory? ProfessorGAC Aug 2015 #119

I used to pretend I knew what would make other people happier LanternWaste Aug 2015 #139

Morals and ethics are not supposed to be easy yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #145

I used to work in a grocery store d_r Aug 2015 #61

A dozen eggs can keep you alive for a few days. AngryAmish Aug 2015 #65

I too would not have gotten involved. None of my business. Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #68

Oddly enough, many of the shoplifters I caught weren't poor... Imajika Aug 2015 #72

Nah, we live in a place that's not wealthy; with a lot of homeless and/or mentally ill people about. hunter Aug 2015 #73

A medical resident I trained with got kicked out of the program Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #76

I was in a Target store Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #80

When you wittness anothers need randr Aug 2015 #81

David Bowie from Space Oddity (1969): God Knows I'm Good eggplant Aug 2015 #82

That song Tree-Hugger Aug 2015 #123

Eggs just shot up to $3 / dozen where I am. JimDandy Aug 2015 #86

that was cool n/t Psephos Aug 2015 #93

Maybe you should have bought them for her instead of condoning shoplifting seveneyes Aug 2015 #90

And fundamentally, that type of action is called "not going hungry." LanternWaste Aug 2015 #140

Good for you. You are not a narc. McCamy Taylor Aug 2015 #95

Am I the only one who thought "Why eggs?" eridani Aug 2015 #96

lack of refrigeration? CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #97

True--but I've left cheese out for awhile also eridani Aug 2015 #100

Adults tend to steal ready-to-eat food for themselves. They were probably for her kids. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #111

Or maybe she was competing on one of thise cooking shows Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #122

Well at the farmer's market the other day fasttense Aug 2015 #132

Eggs pack a massive nutritional punch in a small package NickB79 Aug 2015 #149

I'm with you, hunter. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #104

Been there Lunabell Aug 2015 #106

People are forced to steal to stay alive in the wealthiest nation on earth. Octafish Aug 2015 #130

In Germany, I've been told, you can not be arrested for stealing food if it's in your mouth. grahamhgreen Aug 2015 #131

I saw a similar thing .... DrBulldog Aug 2015 #134

A man stole 2 cans of sphaghetoos - I paid for them 840high Aug 2015 #135

Good for you fadedrose Aug 2015 #143

The most stolen book is The Bible. Are_grits_groceries Aug 2015 #147