To have shoplifted from Morrisons today....

[Tryharder]

I walked to Morrisons this morning with DS2 in his pushchair. Only intended to buy a couple of things but as you do, kept piling things into the basket so I had loads to carry. At the end, picked up some jellies that were on special offer but had no room for them in my basket so balanced them on top of the pushchair and went to pay.

As I literally was walking out of the store, I looked down and saw these jellies still wedged in the pushchair in the folds of the hood (iyswim) - had totally forgotten to pay for them.

Anyway, I should have gone straight back in again and either paid for the jellies or handed them in at the customer services desk.

But, I thought oh feck it, Morrisons get enough of my hard-earned cash as it is and they can afford it and just continued out the store...

I am being unreasonable, aren't I?

theft is theft but it's hardly the great train robbery is it??

We all of us know right from wrong. So why try to excuse wrong? Since when have principles been elastic? These threads depress me.

so what nominal value constitues theft lite?
what constitutes theft supersize?

to purposefully take without paying is theft

yes mistakes happen,but if unintentional and unnoticed that is different from knowing and still proceeding to take

Because the world in which we live is not black and white - no amount of "theft is theft" mutterings will make me agree that the theft committed by the op is morally reprehensible

I'm generally not a believer in black and white. I think very issues are clear cut, but to me this is one of them.
It is obviously wrong imho not to return an item that you haven't paid for, particuarly when you realise when you have just left the store.

Very few issues are clear cut sorry.

we arent talkin some romanticised stealing bread to feed the children. a challenging moral dilemma of eat or steal

this was purposeful take without paying

Today I accepted a parking ticket from another carpark user as she was leaving early. I put the ticket on the car and didn't buy a new one.

theft lite again

no that was transfer of paid for assets.cant claim immorality on that

Ticket weas marked non transferable - I intended to permanently deprive the council of the price of a new ticket. It was therefore theft. Lite

Oh okay, maybe we don't all know right from wrong. How is that theft? The parking ticket was paid for and a kind soul gave you an unused portion. Not theft at all

nope.legitimately paid for.try harder to be a badass

non transferable Scottishmummy.

Oh I see - ticket marked nontransferable - you are dripfeeding information! Okay then, you shouldn't have taken it. Does that make you feel better?

legitimately paid for with remaining time.try harder

Of course it's theft.

Whywould you throw yourself to the lions over so little?!!

The point I'm making is that there are verying degrees of the same crime. That's all.

this act of altruism from fellow motorist wasnt theft.try harder

Try harder to understand a fairly simple concept Scotttishmummy

dont try so hard to be badass.isnt workin

But it should be something to lose sleep over.

You may not have intended to steal, but you did. Therefore you should return to the store and declare it.

End of.

Otherwise you are a thief.

Black and white.

30 seconds away from the store perhaps. All the way home from the store having unloaded the shopping and the kids, forget it.

interesting how some can minimise and intellectualise

ach just a wee thing
not worth buttons

yes keep on chanting the mantra