Crime doesn't pay

By honest mistake! - 21/07/2023 09:00 - United States

Today, I was humiliated, detained, and questioned by police when I tried to leave a store with an unpaid item. I honest to God didn’t see the item because it'd slid under my toddler daughter's leg while she sat in the basket. The store refused to believe me, even when I tried to pay for it. FML
I agree, your life sucks 816
You deserved it 159

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Quite a few thieves hide products under their young children. You may have been innocent, but then again so were the rest of the thieves ;)

You're not alone! This happened to me too, my son slid a packet of biscuits into the basket under his pushchair. There was all sorts of stuff stored there, like spare nappies and cream, so I didn't notice it. i had to pay for it, but I didn't want my son to think he could get away with this regularly, so I left it behind. It was only latter that it occurred to me I could have given the biscuits to the homeless guy selling his newspaper, but the shame was so searing I didn't dare go back in to get them for him. So I bought a newspaper and refused to take the change instead.

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On a serious note, people suck. Bunch of badge-wearing bullies. But on the other hand, I hope you got out in time to bake your famous marshmallow squares so your town can get that statue of Lincoln.

Quite a few thieves hide products under their young children. You may have been innocent, but then again so were the rest of the thieves ;)

You're not alone! This happened to me too, my son slid a packet of biscuits into the basket under his pushchair. There was all sorts of stuff stored there, like spare nappies and cream, so I didn't notice it. i had to pay for it, but I didn't want my son to think he could get away with this regularly, so I left it behind. It was only latter that it occurred to me I could have given the biscuits to the homeless guy selling his newspaper, but the shame was so searing I didn't dare go back in to get them for him. So I bought a newspaper and refused to take the change instead.