Why Do People Steal? »
So I'm doing the weekly shopping in Aldi. If you have an Aldi near you and haven't tried it out, you might just want to give it a go. Prices are good, products are good, why not? Because you can't write a check or use a credit card? Hmm. Seems a strange reason for not saving money, but if that's your choice, that's okay by me.
In any case, the cashier of my particular lane suddenly shows no small amount of distress. She's frantically waving, trying to get the attention of someone further back in the store. Turns out she was trying to get the manager-type, which she finally did, and he came up to find out what was going on.
The story was that a group of people had been packing up their groceries (at Aldi, you pack 'em yourself), and at some point therein had decided to go back to the freezer section, pick up some more food, and pack it up. You may have noticed that they didn't pay for their new items in that process.
While I don't know if this actually happened, as I was busily checking to see if there were any good impulse purchases around, it's possible. If it wasn't done by the group in question, it could certainly have been done by someone else. Which made me think about stealing in general.
What is it that people hope to accomplish? One would suspect that people steal because they can't - or won't - pay the posted prices for particular items. Fair enough. So they take it instead. Which means that the manager of the store then has to spend time dealing with the issue, new security measures are put into place, and in no time, prices have gone up, resulting in - you guessed it - even higher prices. Anyone see a pattern beginning to form?
Comments (38)
People in our society find small theft as acceptable as jay-walking. It isn't considered such a large issue in many peoples opinion because all they can't, or don't take the time to realize that what they steal has an impact- whether it's big or small. Many people feel if they steal from big stores or companies it wont have any affect because big coorperations have billions and billions of dollars along with government funding and such. To change this people need to be more educated in buisness and government, funding needs to be focused more on social programs and education instead of military spending, and it wouldn't hurt to thin out the gap between the rich and the poor, openning up more high level jobs for a larger variety of people. However thats just my utopia, I'm sure everyone has their own opinion on things.
Posted by kaleen on May 24, 2004 12:37 AM
I think is a great question with tons of implications. It would be great to compile a list of all the reasons why people steal. Above, we have:
1. can't or won't pay.
2. don't think it has an impact
how about:
3. revenge
4. entitled
Posted by Nalini on September 29, 2004 9:24 AM
I think the end result of it all is the same. Namely, why do people feel that they are entitled to something that belongs to another? You can go back to the bible if you like. But even if you don't look at the bible as a guidebook, or even if you aren't particularly religious at all, surely most people can comprehend the concept of ownership. I just don't understand what makes someone believe that they have a right to take something from someone else. It's important to realize that this isn't just about "criminals". The government does it too. Just because it is the government doesn't make it any more right.
Posted by Chad Everett on September 29, 2004 9:31 AM
It's because it's human instict. People steal because it's natural.
Posted by Leomar on February 20, 2005 7:59 AM
people should not have the right to steal things.
there are many reasons why people may steal, like if they have a family to feed and no money.
But only then would they have to steal. if they stole a loaf of bread to feed a family then this may be acepable but if they had todl someone of their situation then I am sure someone would help out
Posted by Ben on March 2, 2005 5:03 AM
This is directed towards the previous response abouve mine. I am shamed that you disgrace the name of Ben. It is never right to steal, even if it is for survival. Think about the bakery that had the bread stolen. Lets say he operates in an impovrished neighborhood, and on a givenday he loses only 3 loaves to theft. Then he would have to sell about 5 loaves of bread everyday to pay for the loss of money from the stolen three. So now we have a baker who losses more from that stolen loaves then the stealer gains. The theft not only hurts the baker but his family, his employees, and all people who depend on his bread for food.
Ok... So now that im done ranting on that entry i think its time to address the fellow that says stealing is natural. Knowing from past experience I can easily say that stealing is very unnatural. There is a tension that hangs over the act. A fear of being caught and the guilt that follows it. Everything about stealing is not free flowing. The very idea of something for nothing is one that mankind is very wary of. How often have ever believed one of those crudy infomercials that promise 1000$ a week for only minimal work? If you have I also have a lovely bridge for sale over on cape cod canal. Human nature is to doubt and have faith at the same time. You may believe that you are right in stealing but you doubt you will get away with it. This is about as close you can get to "natural" when it comes to stealing. Well I think i have vented enough for today.
Posted by Ben on April 15, 2005 8:50 AM
My grandfather was named Ben. The new Pope is Benedict XVI . So here's my two cents. Stealing , like cheating and littering is all relative to cultural demographics. Some intrinsic values of different societies produce very different results. Sometimes these conditions occur only miles apart. Most are worlds apart. They do have one thing in common. They are all rooted in education or lack there of. Stealing and it's consqences is a lesson better learned in pre-school along with some other fundemental mores. Of course , thankful for the Grace of God do we persevere .
Posted by Bernie on April 19, 2005 3:49 PM
My BF of three years told me exactly two months ago to this day that ..."He needed to follow his BLISS" and that his part of the relationship was over. I was stunned, because five days earlier he was talking about having kids together.
Come to find out that he STOLE from me. Over the course of three to six months, he had managed to lift 8K out of my business and personal accounts. He did this by stealing my ATM code, stealing the cards from my purse, charging things online and throwing out bank statements. He also signed me up for credit cards without my knowledge.
Why do people steal? Why do people steal from people they know? Is it because they think they won't be caught? When he said, "I need to follow my Bliss" ... he meant ... "I need to follow my Bliss with your ATM card in my possession."
When he left he stole my car, one of my laptops, still has my bike and I assume he stored a bunch of cash he had in a safe. The funny part is I reported the compter stolen to DELL and he wrote me an email after he tried to get service and DELL told him the computer had been stolen. Isn't that like the cops calling a killer to tell them that they are on the way, so get out of the house? Why didn't DELL just say they would service it ... repossess it and return it to me?
Why is everything so dysfunctional?
It's hard for me to tell if he just went back on drugs (likely) or if he genuinely had a nervous breakdown. But I did love him at one time and he loved me. He has ... a sense of entitlement. I think he's a Narcissist. Lack of understanding that he may have financially ruined me. Lack of caring that he stole.
Should he be turned in? Even the POLICE here told me not to. The police officer I know told me "The guy is nuts. It's only money. You don't want him to kill you over money."
So why do people steal? Somehow I feel that I HAVE to get the answer, that it'll make me feel better. It's why I am typing into various search engines .. "Why do people steal?"
And I like the name Ben.
Broken hearted and really really pissed off,
Eve
Posted by Eve on April 26, 2005 4:57 PM
People need to quit stealing and get a job or run errands!
Posted by William Carr on May 4, 2005 8:21 AM
i think people steal because they think they can, and they don't think they will have to answer to god for it. i had a girlfriend that wondered how much i loved her and trusted her, and so i gave her several thousand dollars to put in her account. she left town one night while i was away and of course she took the money with her. however she did send a portion back. maybe it was guilt. maybe it was pity.one day she will answer to god for her actions. it is a shame that she chose to steal what i would of given freely had she only asked.
Posted by steve on May 5, 2005 2:18 PM
And I think that is the thing. In many cases, these people would get what they want - in fact, many would get more than they want - if they but asked for help.
You could say pride stands in the way, but I would say that in the end, people just feel like they deserve whatever they desire. Taking it is a much faster way to that end than working for it - or even asking for it.
Posted by Chad Everett on May 5, 2005 2:34 PM
Hi, i'm really concerned with my boyfriend and I dont know what to do, he has really only just begun to steal from shop and his own workplace! He's 17 and was arrested last week for the attempted theft of store goods ($620 mp3 player) him and another work mate asked my friend who also works at Target in Perth for the Mp3 suggesting it was needed in refunds, the good was handed over and then place safely in another section of the store to be claimed later. The other bloke was caught red handed. I'm dissappointed and small thefts had happened earlier, make-up for me over stock take, a $60 belt from the surf shop, mp3 from the soiled and damaged section, what am I suppose to do!! I feel like I have to end it because he is just getting worse but I love him so so much, like no-one ever before. Help me!
Posted by Katie on May 10, 2005 10:51 PM
Katie, let met start by saying that this may not be the best forum for true help. It's just that, well, it is the Interenet, and you may or may not get what you need out of it.
That said, I would suggest that you may want to seek more professional help. This might be more of a medical professional (psych) or it might even be more of a moral professional - for instance, the pastor of a church. Also let me mention I am not any of these things, and it's probably unlikely that most people here are - so please take any advice (even, or especially, mine!) with a grain of salt.
Whatever the case, I suspect that your boyfriend may have a problem - it might be one that he can control, it might not. Whichever is actually the case, he needs help, and unfortunately it might be something that you can't help.
At some point he'll need to decide if he is more interested in the proceeds of his actions (and potentially the results thereof), or if he is more interested in real life - namely you.
Posted by Chad Everett on May 11, 2005 5:34 AM
I think that stealing is one of the worst crime a person can atempt. They do not relize how big of a crime it really is. People steal for all different kinds of reasons such as, they think it's ok or they have no money and have to support a family or may be because they are pressured ect. I now alot of people that have stolen and got away with it and it is just wrong.
Posted by Julie Furman on May 14, 2005 4:51 PM
i work with a co-worker that must steal something every day before she can go home must time it is a small item is she sick or something and can not help here srlf
Posted by jeannie on May 17, 2005 10:32 PM
I have a problem and I need advice. My husband's daughter has a live in boyfriend and they just had a baby. Right after the baby was born we discovered her boyfriend had stolen 2 gift giftcards from our nightstand in our bedroom. It was completely proven that he did it. When confronted he simply lied and tried to wiggle out of it. He even offered us the money to replace the cards. Later his reaction was this. "Honestly I don't know if I did it or not. I hope I have not reverted back to my old ways but it's possible." My husband's stayed with him and has treated us differently since this episode. She seems mad at us because we brought it to her attention. We have not spoken or seen him since and they live 2 blocks away. She brings the baby over now and he stays home. WE feel like we might be able to get past it if he would just own upand get everything out and on the table for dicussion. Family birthdays are coming up soon. We don't want him around and are not quite sure how to handle it. We know they will have a 1 year old party for the baby. If invited what then?
Posted by ronda on June 1, 2005 1:33 PM
Hi Ronda -
First let me say that I feel like I am totally unqualified to answer you in something like this - you may want to seek out more personal help, such as a therapist, a pastor or even just a family friend.
That said, if it were me, I would probably try to find a neutral third-party site where you could have any get-togethers. That way you don't have to worry about him stealing anything that you've left out.
Naturally, it will be awkard, at least at first - but it will allow you to share the more important part of the festivities, and that is the birthday of the child (for instance).
Posted by Chad Everett on June 1, 2005 1:49 PM
Hi . . . I specialize in theft counseing and I am very impressed with all of the healthy thinking from most of you in the comments above.
I'd say people steal because by doing so they get what they want. It is a case of simple human selfish greed.
I'd say it is "normal" (natural) to be selfish and what prevents most of us from stealing is somehow we all come to the understanding that stealing has an negative impact on others. Like so many things in life we have to weigh out the impact on "self" vs "others". People who steal typically do not comprehend the impact they are having on "others".
I also like the answer above which suggests theft offenders need to be educated. I am strongly of the opinion that if most people understood the impact their - no matter how small - theft had on "others" they would choose not to do it. Yes, there is a little voice in "most" of us that reinforces that stealing crosses the line, but some people need to be taught to hear that voice.
As for katie, I suggest you contact http://www.thefttalk.com they respond to email questions and can be quite helpful.
Posted by Steve on June 12, 2005 10:13 AM
Like, who likes to steal anyway? Nothing in the world is free... so they steal! It could be done by without anybody looking.....................
Posted by JoJo on October 12, 2005 7:39 PM
I have a good friend that I suspect has stolen, not once, but twice now...from people that I care a lot about. THe first incident was at my house where a friend had 500 on them and left it in their coat. Later that night, they realized that it was missing and was pointing fingers at everyone trying to get their allibi. Everyone besides this one girl was either around them or away from the coat. The next day the girl left and did not come back for awhile. The latest was at my parents house. I had to do some laundry and my friend and boyfriend were with. I gave my mom some money that I owed her and she placed it in her purse. My mom's purse is located in the laundry room and my friend was helping to do laundry. The next day my mom called me and told me that the money I gave her was stolen. I dont know what to do?? I need some advice quickly on how to handle this situation. Keep in mind this is the same girl in both cases.
Posted by Carrie on January 30, 2006 4:58 PM
I had my boyfriend steal almost 3k from me! I don't know why people steal. If he needed the money or my attention, he could have done it another way. He said he did it on purpose to hurt me, cause I talked about money all the time. (Bills) I pressed charges against him, that was really hard for me and he is doing time for it in prision right now. He did it with my ATM and by writting a fradulent check. I had his baby a few months ago and I am torn between working it out with him (family reasons) or moving on without him? Any advise?
Posted by Michele on February 5, 2006 1:12 AM
someone i know has stolen money from someone else. they are both very close to me. both of them have jobs and earn enough to pay for their life. this person has always had a problem with stealing...like an impulse. last summer this person had alot of money stolen from them...from a family member. we all thought that person had learned but it turns out that that person didn't. just putting in my word.
Posted by lydia on March 19, 2006 11:18 AM
you are headed nowhere fast with this person you love 'so so much'. wise up and get rid of him and move on.
Posted by matt gilbert on June 19, 2006 4:17 AM
About a month ago I got caught shoplifting in Claire's with one of my best friends. I always knew that it was wrong but I kept doing it. I felt like if I stole something that I would feel better about myself but I really just felt worse.
I know now that it is a sin and I shouldnt do it. I just hope that everybody that I know will learn from my leason and stop if they are doing it, because even if you think you can get away with it someone will always catch you.
Posted by Shawna on August 26, 2006 3:28 PM
Different people steal different things for different reasons.
Some people steal from their lovers or friends, or shoplift meaningless crap from stores frequently, it is my opinion this is mostly a psychological disorder (lack of self-control or passive-aggression or underlying distress or whatever).
Professional thieves steal what can be sold, to sell it, for money, that's why -- usually they are part of a ring or gang or at least "connected" enough to move stolen goods. It's more of a total criminal lifestyle than an individual compulsion.
And some people just find stealing fun -- the thrill of "getting away" with something, subverting the oppressive corporate regime, something for nothing, pure adrenaline, whatever.
Likewise some thieves are kleptos, some are opportunists, and some are armed robbers.
Lack of empathy, underlying psychological dissatisfaction, and lack of legitimate means to material success are all frequent, but not necessarily required, elements in stealing.
Posted by yet another Ben on February 14, 2007 2:12 AM
I can't believe it. I got caught stealing today in the department store. i've been stealing for over 3 years now. All over the place- Mervyn's, Macy's, the Gap... and I never got caught until now.
I know it's wrong. The act of stealing. It doesn't feel good at all. There's nothing natural about it. I come out every time with a load of clothes and jewerly in my bag, knowing that I did something wrong- and ironically, still going to fellowship and church and calling myself a freaking Christian. I mean, I am 18 now. I could get into huge trouble for doing something like this. Everytime, I keep on telling myself that it'll be the last time. But I know it won't be. The urge is just so strong.
I don't know why I couldn't stop it. Perhaps it was the yearning of thinking that if i had the right stuff, I would be more accepted, more popular. But everytime I did it, it made me feel even more depressed. Knowing that I sinned. I keep telling myself that I'm a bad person. It lowered my self-esteem. I know I hurt people, I know I was hurting myself.
When I got back home today, I searched for "why do people steal," on the internet, thinking I could go in depth with learning how to deal with my addiction, yes- addiction.
I swear I need to go into rehab for stealing. I just never realized that materialistic things won't make you feel any better about yourself. It won't make you feel more complete. Moreover, it shatters you, because everytime you do it, you lose a piece of yourself.
This all is so psychological. Is there something that I don't have control over in my mind, that some other people do? I just need to keep on looking for an answer. In the mean time- I just need to keep on telling myself that stealing insn't the answer. That I can't go on like this. I need to stop. Stop. STOP.
Posted by angelia on March 19, 2007 10:29 PM
Well I think alot of you have a little right. PLEASE GO ON AND READ MY STORY!!! I've been stealing since I was 12 years old and am now 19. I first got arrested when I was 12, and my dad was going to spank me with a belt but by the time he was to my room I had called my mom and told her and said dad was going to spank me and gave him the phone she told him not to and he didnt although he was pissed. Maybe if he took something of mine I might not steal nowadays maybe something like my tv or the sheets and comforter to my bed. but I dont know it didnt happen. I have been arrested 7 times since the age of twelve and have been on probation 3 times and am currently on probation. I also started smoking marijuana and cigarettes and drinking alcohol when I was 12. I am a middle kid, not a lot of attention or money in my family, and I was always called "dumby, retard, idiot, stupid f&*k, fat a$$, and much more." Seriously I love to steal and do not know why! Any time I go to a store I wont leave without stealing, I may buy something that I want and also steal something. sometimes I fill a whole cart with groceries to the top and walk out the door at my local wal-mart (that was when I had my own apartment last year - I also did not pay any rent legitimately I would steal "Rapala" fishing lures from Gander mountain and i'm talking buckets full over 2,000 lures and would sell them on ebay in lots of 100-200 and get $300-$600 cash for them. I made over $10,000 off of stealing the past year and have nothng top show for it but a shitty car, a 42" HDTV, a Playstation 3, a Xbox 360, a nintendo wii, and a $1,500 engagement ring for my girlfriend. I could have payed off my $5,000 worth of tickets easily but I decided to get what I want and buy drugs. I am now sober and have been since I got out of jail in june- I went to jail for stealing and was there for a month on warrants I figured shit I am a month sober and it will be easier if I just dont do it when I get out so there is one thing I am proud of. being sober from weed and alcohol for 7 months, although I still smoke cigarettes and steal whenever I leave the house. I dont know what to do or how to stop stealing but maybe I will have stronger will power in the future to stop stealing and then move on to the Cancerous Cigarettes. Thank you for reading and Merry Christmas. LOOK UP MY MYSPACE IF YOU LIKE AND JUST SEARCH THE NAME "CALE" I AM FROM WISCONSIN AND THERE CANT BE TO MANY CALES IN THE WORLD.
Posted by Cale on December 19, 2007 5:37 AM
Yo, Here's a straight answer. People steal cause, they can't afford to pay for the things they want, and the things they need at the same time. They know they are gonna face consiquences if they get caught, but usually people don't steal if they kno they'll get caught. Y'heard?
Posted by Straight Free on December 20, 2007 9:57 PM
This is my comment to Cale...
Cale, this is all a choice! You choose to become this! You can't honestly believe people when they call you names. People bring other people done in order to make themselves feel better, not becuase what they're saying is actually true. You need to have more pride in yourself. You've got talents, you've got a purpose and you've got so much potential to be whatever the heck you want! The only person who can stop you and bring you down is YOU! No one else. Being addicted to stealing and drugs is a choice! You can't blame it on someone else, they never made you do anything, they sure as heck could make you feel like crap, but in the end it's your choice to be happy or not. If you're happy being a miserable idiot then you go on and keep gettin arrested, but if you want to face up to reality and know that you're life is how you want it to be, then you'll stand up for yourself. You'll fess up to the crap you've pulled, you'll take responsiblity for your actions and YOU'LL CHANGE! I know changeing is hard!!! That's the definition of Change, but it's so so so worth it in the end. Cale, I'm only 17, I havn't been through half the crap that you have. But I do know that you can do this, you can choose to be happy! You can turn your life around and you can become the person you really are! Drop the act, and stand up and be a MAN!
Now as a comment for the stealing, I'm a staff writer for a newspaper called the Forkaster, and I'm writing an article on theft. These thoughts have all been very illuminating! It's good to have honest people who can think for themselves.
Cale, thanks for being honest. You can do this, I know you can, and now you're probubley thinking that i'm just some stupid girl who dosn't know anything about you or whatever, and that's true, but you know you. I believe you can do this! Just stop. I know that there are people who love you and only want to best for you. Take comfort in that and it's time to stop complaining and it's time to start again. You can do it.
Believe it or not, with love, Christina
Posted by Christina on January 3, 2008 9:48 PM
I have a dilemma and I don't know how to confront it or what to say? My boyfriend of 4 years, who I'm very much in love with, stole $100 from my mother; and she found and confronted him about it. He lied twice saying he didn't take it then finally returned it to her. I've actually seen him steal things and make him but them back. He told my mother that he didn't mean to do it but says he doesn't know why he does it. I think that him losing his parents when he was younger and not having an "adult" figure in his life and growing up really poor has something do to with it. I don't think he learned the right values as a child. I don't know how my mother and I can trust him again. I don't know if he's ever stole from me...but? I had plans to marry him and I don't know if this means I should break up with him or stay with him and get him help. I should talk to him about it ,make him apologize to my mother and give him an ultimatum of fixing it or I'll leave him. I 'm not sure what to do and I'm devastated..its all I think about. I'm going to confront him soon. I think this is the first time he's actually been caught.
Posted by Brittney on January 6, 2008 5:40 PM
Oh my - the top thread of why people steal. Of course I'm here searching for answers for my own stealing problem. I'm 33, with a very respectable job, a beautiful wife and son, and a huge circle of friends. I'm college educated, and pretty much positive everyday - and am known for my smile and charm. But when I was a young boy (around 10) is when I first stole transformers from a walgreens, and I started to steal other toys. I'd trade the toys from money or other things ... and a year later I remember stealing shoes. I was so young, I don't think the store could possibly think I was stealing shoes. I got caught that year - my only time I've got caught other than some small store owners catching me around that same age (12). Around 13 is was baseball cards and food. I'd go boogieboarding, and then go to the supermarket and load up my wetsuit with all kinds of snacks. I don't remember stealing that much around 8-10th grade, small things here an there. I never stole from people/family/etc. It was always from the "establishment". So fast forward many years (and I don't think I had stole much in those years) ... and I started to get hooked on to online gambling. I love poker, and I (now I just play once a month for not that much money), but I was losing money online, and then due to embarrassment for my lack of cash, I was stealing from the local supermarket once again. It was things I could fit in my pocket, but it quickly escalated to shopping carts full of items. And that was a mean cycle ... lose a few hundred online, steal a bunch of groceries. I stole so much, I was stockpiling in weird places in my house. I confronted my online poker/gambling problem and shared that I was losing money to my loved ones. And I've successfully stopped that awful cycle. But I still have been stealing from the stores. And I'd say I've stolen thousands in just the past couple of months. So I've had a problem for 20 years and I am really getting scared that my luck is going to run out, and I ultimately know I HAVE to cut this out. Believe me, if you knew me ... you'd never even think it. I'm doing my research to find out what about me, makes me want to get over. I think that's what this whole tread is about. What motivates one to steal? Well to share with who ever is reading this ... I'd have to side my motivation goes to towards the idea of "entitlement" - and alot of what I'm digging for talks about narcisistic behavior. That behavior of thinking that I am better than others, or that I'm detached from the what feelings I cause in others, is what I think is my underlying reason for this highly risky behavior that could ultimately ruin all that I have achieved (including batling cancer as a 23 year old and winning - a tough bout that had me in treatment for over a year). And when I have followed the what causes narcisistic behavior, most of the literature states that it's caused from living in a naricisictic home growing up. And looking back, my upbringing was by parents who had some pretty bad drug/alcohol addictions, and the way that I survived through some of the neglect, was to be detached from many situations. I learned some behaviors as a young child that I think I have never let go. In addition to the "entitlement" factor, I do have to admit I do get a rush. And I've always been a "partier" or rush-seeker, so that is coupled with the entitlement factor. But boy o boy - I am playing with fire. My wife does not know the magnitude, cause she doesn't even know that I do it (although I wonder if she's wondered at times how I accumulate so much "stuff"). I pray - that I pull myself out of this 20 year pattern. THis is a big step for me to share on this board. I'm doing it for everyone - people who google the same "key phrase", and for the people trying to look into the mind of ... someone who's addicted to stealing. I've accomplished some good things this past year, now it's time to accomplish not stealing one day at a time. It's really unbelievable that I got so deep into this ... if any professional counselors do read this - I'd love to hear you thoughts.
Good luck to those who are caught up in the rush (and I mean good luck quitting, not good luck stealing - and yes, I know it's not luck - but I do wish you success on your journey to either quit, or know why you are stealing in the frist place, so you might break the cycle so you can eventually quit).
Posted by John Doe on January 10, 2008 12:02 AM
I love to steal
Posted by Penny on February 19, 2008 7:34 PM
Stealing in all is just plain wrong. Respect and trust are two things that are no existent when you get caught stealing. The way i look at it, is if all the shit in the store was mine. How would i feel if somebody walked into my store and took my shit. I would be pissed and probably beat their heads in. It also takes money away from whoever owns the stuff. No matter how large or how small the business is it always puts the shaft to somebody in the end.
Posted by JB on February 27, 2008 2:06 AM
I steal all the time, not for personal gain, but to help stores better themselves in their store security. When I go to a new store with the intension of stealing something I focus on their security system and make myself noticed on every cam. in the store. Then I make my move. One, two, and sometimes three items, but no more then that. Later I set a mode, only on wensdays I may steal. Sometimes I brake the mode to see how they've improved. Most times they haven't and they'll bring in cops as undercover shoppers. They never caught me and I show them just how good I am at stealing. Most of the stores I steal from are store I 'like to buy from and I would like to have them around a few more years, but they'll have to upgrade their secuity or they'll never last. So if anyone needs help keeping their and want to improve their secutiy e-mail me at woulard500dave@yahoo.com and I'll see how I can help.
Posted by Dave on March 26, 2008 11:27 AM
I steal so much and NEVER GET CAUGHT i steal everywhere not just wal mart...i'm not good at it im great at it! There going to make an ocean's 14 and ill be in it thats how good i am LOL
Posted by sam on April 1, 2008 11:28 PM
This is great for people who steal it could really help them stop THANK YOU!!!!
Posted by K-Leigh on May 21, 2008 2:52 PM
I don't actually need the things I steal...things like clothes and makeup but I take them because I want to fit in and it turned into a habit. Just bad morals and my stupidity. I'm 17 which is close enough to being an adult. I feel people look down on me and it's not always fair but I can understand. It was circumstances I had no control over when I was little but now I'm older I can chose for myself, I'm the one making these bad descisions. Everytime I steal something I'm angry and I feel sad like somethings missing but I think that it doesn't matter because no one cares about me and I have nothing so theres nothing to lose. I don't have many friends and I don't feel like I'm a part of anything. I don't even have a family so I doubt I really understand how other people feel I'm just disconnected from it and if I can stay this selfish I can keep stealing. A lot of people who steal probably come from screwed up families like I did. I dropped out of school and ran away at 15. I didn't know how to look after myself and I got into the habit of stealing to get what I wanted which is more damaging than anything. I don't want to be stuck this way. I would love for someone to tell me which way to go and who to be. I just feel like a lowlife and even though I'm young l dont feel like I have any life left if that makes sense. If you screw up now when your meant to be responsible and have a future planned then I don't understand if you can still be a good person.
Posted by Jasmine on June 2, 2008 6:07 AM
I would like to post a comment about a personal experience I had and I am 50 years old. I had a girlfriend for a while that stole from me and lied to me. Eventually the debt was around well in the thousands on me then she threw me out. I had never stolen before but for some reason I tried to steal 40.00 of meat. I got caught immediately and was arrested. I now have no job, I live in Canada so the situation here for theft under 5000 dollars is that you have a summary offence which you can apply for a pardon after 4 years no earlier. Then you wait on the parole board to see if they give it to you. It is illegal here to work with a criminal record, you know that little box that says Have you ever been convicted of a crime you have not been pardoned for? Heck I can't even volunteer and since I worked in the healthcare field which requires a crim check yearly, it showed up in a short period of time. So for all of you stealing out there think about what i am saying. The consequences I have sufferred left me with nothing, no friends, no family left and no way to earn a living. Think about that when you steal!
Posted by Doug on June 12, 2008 7:10 PM