Little acts of rebellion

[crochetmonkey74]

Sitting in a lovely but overpriced coffee shop today with a friend, and after discussing how overpriced it is, she confessed that when she goes to an overpriced coffee shop, and she thinks it isn't fair, she takes a toilet roll as a little payback. It just really made me laugh. Do any of you have any little acts of rebellion like this? I don't think I have any but I must do.

Aren’t acts of rebellion usually illegal to some level? They are always against the norm so why is everyone who dislikes such behaviour reading a post they know they aren’t going to like? And then taking time in their busy day to comment

I can't believe they took the vase and soap! Thats not right

Tbh I assume anyone who opens an independent coffee shop does so as they don’t need the money 😄 it’s really not a good plan if you need to make money. Obviously stealing a bog roll is not ideal but a buffer for theft should really be in the plan sadly!

I almost confessed upthread to pocketing a few extra sugar sachets every time I go to a coffee shop. I put them in a drawer at home and there always comes a time when I've run out of sugar for my tea and they come in very handy and welcome.

But I didn't dare to say it and risk the opprobrium of this thread!

I have worked a lot in hospitality over the years and people will literally pinch anything that isn't nailed down.

I can't remember who it was, but I remember seeing a celebrity on social media unloading lots of sachets from their bag, and she said her family call them her pocket condiments

The evidence you provided contradicts it if she is incapable if finding a menu in big letters above the counter and spot prices.

Oh, I was thinking how I fed the fish a handful of birdseed at the park today when a sign said not to, not stealing loo roll?!

This is lighthearted! After a hobby where there is competition, we have to initial the team scores. If I get stuck initialing and I'm being a sore loser (only on the inside, never showing it), I initial it FU or some other expletive that only means something to me...they never look at them and would never get it anyway.

Not incapable of this at all. You're making a passive aggressive point about her not walking away from an expensive place.
At many times, people will end up in overpriced places and for a range of reasons , will stay.

Well that's ok. You can just chat about what you were thinking in response to the thread

Hahahhaah sneaky

In a previous life, I was aware that a man who knew someone was using his shower gel peed in it and left it there.

When (now ex husband) had been horrible, again, to me. I would make something with chips for tea, then instead of eating them with ketchup I would sprinkle cheddar and pepper on them- just like me and my ex would do in a specific chippie after a night out. Eating them was like being transported back to then.

Rebellion: and he never knew.

Pebbles in shoes is genius

Now this does remind me , I had a horrible bully colleague who used to leave her mug by the kettle with her own spoon in it. I would make my own cup of tea with that spoon in my mouth, before popping it back in her cup. She was eventually sacked , and much much later, I found out at least 3 of us were licking that spoon !

To all these sanctimonious people claiming 'theft!' And 'think of the poor staff!' ... are you WFHers who steal time from your employers/customers to nip off to do your shopping/laundry/pick the kids up/go to the gym/ take up tables at the library or coffee shop?

Some right miseries on here tonight op

A thrice licked teaspoon....there's a thing. I used to have to make tea for someone who hated coffee and claimed they could taste coffee if you used the same teaspoon to remove the teabag after putting coffee in. Obviously that's exactly how I did it every time. And as for the lady who insisted her coffee mate and coffee were mixed before the water was added....!
People are funny creatures.

There's a guy at my work who swears he can tell when it's not Yorkshire Tea. He does the same routine regularly. How delicious it is etc.
I've been filling thr box with aldi red label

Happened to someone I know recently- they wanted a plant for the front of the house, got outraged at the garden centre when it was priced at multiple hundred of pounds and they swapped the price tag with cheaper version of the same plant, which was smaller and more sickly looking. ‘It’s just a plant, the world has gotten mad!’

It's hardly the crime of the century nicking one little loo roll!

If you have never been self-employed, then I understand you don't get it... but no small business over charges deliberately or otherwise.
Support them wholeheartedly, or do not go there. Either way, please don't make life harder for them if you disagree with their prices.

I went in insert supermarket name a couple of weeks back. Used scan and shop. Filled 2 large bags. Went to complete the purchase, pointed the scanner at the machine and stood there for ages waiting for it to load. It wouldn't load so I alerted the assistant. She strolled over, faffed about for a few minutes, called another assistant over who announced that they have been having issues with scan and shop for a couple of weeks and I would have to rescan all my shopping again. No apology, just walked away. So one by one, I took my items out of my bags and scanned them. Part way through the second bag I got fed up and just paid for what I had scanned , repacked the stuff and buggered off. I got about 10 quids of stuff for free. I'm not sorry, don't care if its theft. If they had known about the issues for 2 weeks they should have got the IT engineers to fix it

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