5 Finger discount

[Guest cynicalprofit]

Ever use the old 5 finger discount? When, why, how did you do it.

 

Last time i stole something was from a flea market, it was the Watchmen graphic novel, I wasnt gonna give teh guy 15 bucks for something that he didnt have a clue about. I just put it in my hands, waited, and slowly walked away. Really was lucky that I didnt get caught because I had no idea who was running the spot or anything so I didnt know if anyone could be checking me out.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I swiped stuff from the grocery store at which I worked all the time, mostly because they were giving me shit hours and I couldn't afford stuff for myself as a result. I was fired eventually, but it was for taking paid lunches. Good thing they never found out the $300(estimate) of stuff I took. Best thing I stole from there: my Revolver album cover shirt. Yes, they sold such a glorious item.

 

Other than there, I've never stolen anything else from anywhere.

 

Fo sheez,

Kotzenjunge

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Back in my early teen years, I was a master of cigarette heists. I'd buy a whole bunch of little stuff, like cans of pop, or packs of gum, then just casually slip a pack of cigarettes from the display into the sleeve of my coat, right in front of the cashier while they were busy ringing up all the crap. I never got caught, but in retrospect, it was pretty dumb, considering I had both the money for cigarettes, and a friend old enough to buy them for me. Ah, the joys of being 14.

[Guest Respect The 'Taker]

STEALING IS BAD, KIDS!

 

However, discovering Kotzenjunge is into it doesn't surprise me...

 

Oh well, at least he has good taste in women.

 

Illusion - Loves Kylie too

[Guest kingkamala]

I've stolen something once....a single chocolate covered cherry that didn't stop the stupid son of a bitch working at the counter from chasing me down the street though. I was only 8 or 9 to boot!

[Guest hardyz1]

Most recently, I stole a bottle of Mistic. I think it wasn't too wrong, though, because I had bought a bottle of Sobe, and it was nasty awful disgusting, so I took it back to where I got it and took a Mistic. Ahh, refreshing.

 

In second grade I stole a slinky. And I stole a couple packs of baseball cards back in the day, too.

[Guest Flyboy]

Oh geez... my uncles are the worst at this.

 

They steal DVDs, PC games, clothes, comic books, and other various things.

 

I, for one, haven't picked up the habbit.

[Guest J*ingus]

I worked at a book store once, and when they brought in a new fuckstick of a manager who was an incompetent shrieking harpy and who immedietely became my direct supervisor, my workrate (ahem) went down with the quickness, and I started lifting stuff. Must've gotten away with at least $200, maybe more. The secret: find the little magnetic security thingie and get rid of it (and make sure to stay out of camera range while you do it, and make sure that you get ALL the security thingies, there's sometimes more than one).

[Guest Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

when I was like 12 i got chased down the street for a half dozen packets of kool aid.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

I've accidentally stolen a ton of stuff from stores that don't have the monitoring bells and whistles at the door to stop such things from happening. The key is knowing what stores are like this, and making sure they have a cashier that isn't paying attention. I had a ton of stuff in the cart and a couple things fell to the bottom part of the cart where you would put dog food or other heavy/large items. I checked out all my stuff and walked out the door with the stuff on the bottom of my cart still unpaid for and didnt realize it until I got to my car. Had they had monitoring devices, I wouldn't have gotten in any trouble because I could have claimed that the stuff fell down there and I didnt notice it was there.

 

This has happened to me about 4 times at one particular store alone, and Im beginning to think its more of the stores fault for their bad carts that stuff can fall to the bottom and not get noticed.

 

I would never steal anything on purpose though, although you could argue that continually going to the store with the bad carts knowing I have good odds of "accidentally" stealing something is kinda on purpose..

[Guest kingkamala]

Oh I once stole a library book by accident then I took it back six months later and no one noticed. I felt really guilty stealing that damn library book.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

I stole a butterscotch candy when I was 11...that's right I'm a badass.

[Guest The Metal Maniac]

I once accidently stole a newspaper.

 

No, seriously. I picked it up, stopped to look at something, then walked off without paying. It was suprisingly easy.

 

Course, I was little, and felt so guilty about it that one day I bought something that was like...under a dollar, put $2 on the counter and just left before they could make change.

[Guest Bosstones Fan]

I swiped stuff from the grocery store at which I worked all the time, mostly because they were giving me shit hours and I couldn't afford stuff for myself as a result. I was fired eventually, but it was for taking paid lunches. Good thing they never found out the $300(estimate) of stuff I took. Best thing I stole from there: my Revolver album cover shirt. Yes, they sold such a glorious item.

 

Other than there, I've never stolen anything else from anywhere.

 

Fo sheez,

Kotzenjunge

Man, who HASN'T stolen something from the grocery store they work at? Three years ago, I spent one of my college summers working at a grocery store deli. It was the perfect opportunity to heist all kinds of things.

 

I lifted tons of fresh deli meat (just stuffed it under the apron when I'd clock out), hundreds of cupcakes, and loads of fried chicken (from what was leftover at the end of the day...technically it was stealing, as we weren't supposed to take any of it).

 

My favorite activity, however, was taking a hamburger from the freezer, slapping it on the grill and then eating it right there while I was working my shift. A felonious co-worker was the mastermind behind that one, as he served as the lookout for our manager so we'd know when to hide our food under the table in the back. Dumbshit manager never knew a thing. I think all the food I stole had more value than the lousy $6 an hour they were paying to work my ass off...

[Guest Choken One]

I have you all TOPPED! I stole a fucking Engine right out of someone's garage during a race in Hickville, Alabama. No one noticed til the next night but we denied for months...

 

As a kid...I stole Cd's pretty well...

 

I did the broken cart trick as well at the old IGA.

 

Easist place to steal? Doller Store.

[Guest El Satanico]

I have you all TOPPED! I stole a fucking Engine right out of someone's garage during a race in Hickville, Alabama. No one noticed til the next night but we denied for months...

You sure you didn't steal that story from the Kenny Rogers movie Six Pack?

[Guest spiny norman]

I've never stolen in my life. I'm so good and pure.

 

One time, at the school canteen, they accidentally gave me a dollar change, and I didn't notice it until much later. I had the most guilty conscious imaginable, and was remorseful for so long. I eventually went and gave it to them and explained the whole story. They just gave me a weird look.

 

I don't know, it's just so wrong.

[Guest Flyboy]

The only time I remember stealing something is a piece of bubble gum out of my teacher's desk in 4th grade.

 

One time at a store, the clerk gave me TWENTY dollars back (it was just suppose to be $3), and I gave her the money back.

[Guest areacode212]

I was a big juvenile delinquent as a kid. Well, not really, but I was quite the master shoplifter (well, except for those times I got caught).

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Oh man I love getting too much change back. That's THEIR fault, not mine, and it's like they're paying me to steal something.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

When I get too much change back I'm 50/50 on it...if the person seems alright I'll usually give it back, hate to think someone lost thier job over it...nut it the guy seems like and ass I'll just pocket it, smile, and leave.

[Guest Chuck Woolery]

Do any of you guys use the razor trick? I've used it to swipe six CD players, as well as a shitload of CDs and a few action figures. Works great.

[Guest J*ingus]

CD players? Damn, that's five talented fingers there. But plenty of places have plastic CD covers which are pretty blade-resistant and cover the whole CD case, rendering them unstealable.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Oh, I kinda forgot this one.

 

I stole a few hundred dollars in cash and merchandise at the old comic book store I worked at...last day in business and the boss had fucked me out of big money...I probably left with $200 cash and a bunch of books anf toys, the toys I gave away:)

 

SLINGSHOT SUPLEX....YOU GOTTA REPLY TO THIS THREAD.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

The only times I've ever stolen something was about 5 years ago when my friend worked at K-Mart he'd take the anti-theft things off of Playstation games for us and let us go. He worked there for like 6 months too, I don't know how they didn't catch on.

[Guest Grenouille]

About two years ago, when me and my friends needed beer, the easiest place to get some was the pizza place I worked at. Every Firday it would be busy as all hell in the kitchen so no one would notice a few people taking six packs out of the back walk-in. The next day I'd hear always about how some kids stole beer again. The fun stopped when they finally got a padlock for back door though.

[Guest Choken One]

I have you all TOPPED! I stole a fucking Engine right out of someone's garage during a race in Hickville, Alabama. No one noticed til the next night but we denied for months...

You sure you didn't steal that story from the Kenny Rogers movie Six Pack?

Never heard of that movie but it's true...We stole an engine...Which isn't uncommon in Racing.

[Guest The Metal Maniac]

Razor trick? Explain.

 

On another note, a buddy of mine told the tale of how a guy he knew has the slickest stealing trick ever. H'd ask to see a game out of the case, but grab two games carefully enough that the clerk somehow didn't notice. He'd then put one back and pocket the other.

 

But man, it's too easy to steal at my Wal-Mart. Assuming you're not spotted by the floorwalkers or the cameras (Half of which are fake anyway), all you gotta do is pocket it, and then walk out in the middle of a group of people. If the alarm goes off, just keep on walking, and the greeters can't touch you once you hit pavement.

 

One guy actually stole a car stereo from a display. Just took a screwdriver to it, popped it out, unhooked it, and ran. No one even SAW him; A customer reported it.

 

Then someone managed to steal an X-Box. The associate got it out of the display case and handed to them, and then INSTANTLY someone else appeared behind them and fired off 50 questions. When they tried to say something to the new person, the guy with the X-Box bolted. Got away, too.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

"If the alarm goes off, just keep on walking, and the greeters can't touch you once you hit pavement."

 

Seeing how Wal-Mart's greeters are 100 years old, I doubt they'd put up much of a fight.

 

As a kid I stole candy and baseball/football cards. As a worker I have stolen so much $$$ I can't even count. I'll talk more about this later when I have more time...

[Guest dreamer420]

It's not worth it.