I am guilty and I confess to having committed accidental theft
Hello to all #theweekend community, welcome to my blog and my confessions, of all the options presented by this is my choice:
Have you, or a family member, ever accidentally stolen from a shop or friend? When did it happen, how old were you/them and what were the circumstances? Did you take the item back and if so what happened, how did you feel? Did you keep the item and avoid that shop evermore? Did you get caught and charged with theft? Bonus points if you have a police mugshot of you to show.Source
One Christmas my father had decided to give each member of the family a piece of clothing and so we all went shopping in a well-known store in the best mall in town. The place was full of people because everything was on discount, everyone grabbed more than one garment and was happy we went home when we got there, we began to take out what we had bought, there were several packages, but one was missing, so we began to make conjectures, we wondered if we threw it in the street if someone stole it in the store, or the person who charged us at the cashier stole it?
Angry, we went back to the store the next day, my mom and I politely presented the invoice and explained that we were missing an item of clothing, but they told us that everything was delivered and that there was no mistake, then apart from the anger, I felt indignant and mocked, I asked to speak to the manager and that he would give me what I demanded, it was all a show, The other people saw us in the store surprised by the scandal because the manager told us that if we wanted they would show us the videos, as my mom and I had nothing to fear we told him that we agreed because, at that point of the discussion we were being treated as thieves, liars, ridiculous and I felt offended. After all, I was not any of those things and it bothered me that for demanding my rights they would insult me, "they were the ones who stole from us", that's what I thought.
To avoid any more inconvenience, the manager agreed and allowed us to take the piece of clothing we asked for, he did not show us the video and we were happy to have won the battle, we found what we wanted and we left happy with our heads held high, proud and satisfied.
When we got home we checked again and realized that everything was complete, that nothing was missing and that we had committed a robbery of that store, how embarrassing! I wanted the earth to swallow me up, my mom and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, we didn't return anything, the shame was too great, after a few days we joked and called each other kleptomaniacs, we didn't return to that place for a long time.
After that, I don't think I ever stole again either accidentally or intentionally hahaha, I learned that when we think we have the absolute truth we can be wrong