DO SUPERMARKETS MAKE SHOPLIFTING TOO EASY ?
IN THE UK ~ More than a THOUSAND *lifts* a DAY
They misinterpret *Take Away*
Cost to Retailers ? Very great I fear
Twelve billion GB pounds a year !
That amounts to sixteen billion dollars
Shops try to catch them by their collars !
I can reveal the things they STEAL
ALCOHOL is the biggest deal
Next is CHEESE (which they can freeze !)
Slips in your coat or bag with ease
Next comes MEAT (quite a treat !)
BEEF is best and stolen LAMB is very very SWEET !
SWEETS on display in an Open Trough
Easy to pinch a handful off !
Can*t understand the final swish
Not JARS of JAM but TINS of FISH ! ! !
JOHNNY CASH took it a bit too far
Bit by bit he stole a CAR !
SO if you wish RETAIL no ILL
Fill your TROLLY and pay your BILL ~ AMEN !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments please ~ Love A & B ~ XXX
If we are honest ~ most of us would admit (either intentionally
or by accident ?) of walking out of a shop ~ without paying for
an item (or two !). Shopkeepers have to earn a CRUST so SHOPLIFTERS
cause the price to rise for all of us ! I was once on a JURY where
A MAN was convicted of stealing *DISPOSABLE NAPPIES* We
acquitted Him ! Had it been ALCOHOL it would have been a
different story so be careful what you steal ! Honest People
in Developing Countries find it hard to believe that (in order
to feed their Families) People in UK are stealing CANS OF FISH
~ but they are ! Alway Pay for YOUR GOODIES BEFORE YOU
TAKE THEM HOME ~ You know it makes sense ! Yours A & B XXX
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ANGELA & BRIAN (Pseudonym) (
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It doesn't matter what one steals, whether a Nappie or alcohol, a theft is a theft, for today a Nappie tomorrow a car.
There was a time when people were basically honest, but it seems that now they are basically dishonest, because it appears that bad always get away while good have to pay, so now everybody feels - what good is honesty, honestly
Thanks SURESH ~ I take your point but this Man was caring for His Family not His own selfish needs or greeds. We learned later it was His First offence. Had HE been convicted he would have had a criminal record which could have prevented Him getting a JOB. We thought on Balance it was better to acquit Him ~ OK
Blessings & Peace
Yours BRIAN & ANGELA
Necessity is a great provocateur
My comment was generalization,
Nice one A&B
Never tried to lift a shop in my life:
Shoplifting’s not my game
So levy me no flak
I cannot take the blame
For I suffer with my back
Yes indeed UNCLE MIKE lifting a SHOP (even a small mobile one !) can be very painful ! Thanks for your very droll comment !
Blessings & Peace to You & Yours
Yours ANGELA & BRIAN XOXOX
There's no one on the tills sometimes, e.g .small corner shop, one person working in it at times; or even larger shops. Not to give anyone tips on 'lifting' though!
Yes, I always pay for Fido's bones!
Thanks UNCLE STEVE ~ Small Shopkeepers treat everyone as HONEST ! In Essex poeple leave PRODUCE outside the GATE (Veggies etc) and an Honesty Jar ! Soem scallywags (good word) take the VEGGIES & THE MONEY ! Some peopletake their DOGS in corner shops to distract the SHOPKEEPER Of course you would never do that with Fido !
Blessings & Joy ~ A & B XOXOX
They wouldn't get past Fido if I had a shop - he would be a guard-dog! He can operate a till too. Is there no end of his talents?! heehee.
A most needed reminder that all stealing is simply dishonest and taking what does not belong to the thief. Well done for bringing out this growing but dangerous trend - - - thanks dear duo.
Thanks FAY ~ We all pay for it in the END ~ The HONEST & the DISHONEST due to increased prices to cover the 12 Billion GB £'s stolen every Year. We all have to REMEMBER that GOD sees our misdeeds even if the Store Detective DOESN*T ! Thanks for your comment !
Blessings & Peace ~ ANGELA & BRIAN XXX
Hello Angela and Brian.
A great write on a problem rhat will never go away.
How some people can live life on the edge like that and see shoplifting as a perfectly normal way of life?
Keep writing FineB
OOPS FINEB ! WEve sent a comment instead of a REPLY ~ Please Chec k ~ Thanks A & B !
Thanks FINEB ~ We were BOTH raised by our PARENTS to be honest in all our transactions and we are. The trouble is if a NEEDY (or a GRREDY) Person steals and gets away with it ~ it becomes addictive ~ like gambling ! Something for Nothing and there are TRADERS who rip OLD PEOPLE off with Roofing & Drives etc. And of course in the UK & USA etc there are THOUSANDS of PROFESSIONAL BURGLERS ~ they see it as a (legitimate) JOB. In our experience Honesty is always the best POLICY ~ AMEN !
Blessings & Peace ~ Yours A & B XXX
The only thing that I steal is the time in my life to write poetry and listen or perform music, that is my time and the only person I am stealing from is me.
OOPS UNCLE ANDY ~ Weve done it again ! Sent a comment instead of a reply ~ please check ~ Yours A & B X
THANKS UNCLE ANDY ~ For a very apt & true Comment ! They tell me PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time ~ and in our experience it is very true ! Often *That which we put off til tomorrow* we never ever find time for (Like spending 15 months in New Zealand ~ BUT now I've done it ~ AMEN !). The collolary (which you infer) is also true. Just as PROCRASTINATION steals our time in a NEGATIVE way so making time for the things we enjoy (and need to keep on an even keel !) like Music & Art & Literature & Poetry and comuning with Nature etc etc is a POSITIVE stealing of TIME ~ AMEN. Thanks for sharing much food for thought in your PITHY COMMENT
Blessings & Peace & Love to YOU & JOYCE
Yours as always ANGELA & BRIAN XXXX
I seem to have lost my EMOJIS !
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