For the people who actually feel guilty about shoplifting stuff from the stores -- you can make amends today; guess the approximate cash value of the items you stole, put it in an envelope, send it to your local store anonymously with a letter explaining that you stole from the store as a teenager and you wish to make amends.
Harder for the OP, who almost certainly stole the game boy from another shopper.
This thread reminded me that I used to swipe MK2 collectible cards from Myer when I was like 9. I felt bad about it even then, my parents wouldn't buy the cheat code magazines for me and there was no other way to learn the fatalities back then.
I was shopping at Marshall's with my mom at the time, and I ventured off to the toy section of the store. This particular toy section was minuscule in size. It consisted of a few rows of shelves in the back corner of the store that spanned across around 4 meters each. I was 9 at the time, and these toys did not interest me at all, but anything was better than shopping for clothes..
That's when I saw it: a purple Gameboy Color. It was just lying on the shelf in front of the yo-yo's and fake nose/mustache. It wasn't in any packaging, it was just sitting on the shelf with a cartridge loaded in the back; the game was Super Mario Land.
I looked around and no body was in the vicinity; there were no kids or adults anywhere in sight. I peeked down a few aisles wondering if anyone was looking for a lost Gameboy, but no body was in sight.
I took the Gameboy.
I took it, put it in my pocket, and ran to my mom like I was running to home base. I was safe. I was ready to shop for clothes.
And I had a new Gameboy Color.
I'm a terrible person. There's a special place in hell for a Gameboy thief.
I had my GameBoy Pocket inside the center console in my mom's Camaro when I was eight years old or so. She left the windows up but the T-Tops off in a Southern California K-Mart parking lot (in Oceanside) while we went to shop. We came back to the car, and I go to grab my GB ... and it was gone.
It sounds ridiculous, but I cried pretty much all day. I was upset for weeks. It was mid-summer if I remember correctly, and I didn't get a replacement until that following Christmas.
It sucks. It's awful and brought me a lot of emotional pain. But it was NOT the end of the world. I survived. And I do a much better job of keeping an eye on my much more expensive stuff, now.
You were a kid. You now feel remorse... and evil person would not. Don't do it again. Maybe donate the GB and game to charity?
For the people who actually feel guilty about shoplifting stuff from the stores -- you can make amends today; guess the approximate cash value of the items you stole, put it in an envelope, send it to your local store anonymously with a letter explaining that you stole from the store as a teenager and you wish to make amends.
Harder for the OP, who almost certainly stole the game boy from another shopper.
Curious question:
If op goes to a police station with this story, would the officer let him go?
Curious question:
If op goes to a police station with this story, would the officer let him go?
Employee would pocket this and start a new chain of guilt.
You're good OP. Stealing from giant corporate stores is fine, just don't steal from other people.
Just found the clip of Woolie getting his gameboy stolen.
https://youtu.be/ZEUOcyp5dXw?t=297
People were playing this up like the stories actually matched up. Lame.
http://m.wikihow.com/Spot-a-SociopathStole a lot of shit from Wal-Mart as a kid. No guilt whatsoever. Still got the Plug-n-Play Genesis in a closet somewhere!
Go put it back where you found it.
I no longer live in the same state.Go put it back where you found it.
Didn't your mum ask where the gameboy came from?
So it was you.
Remember tamagochis?
Yeah, I remember not being allowed to get one.
So when I was out with my parents at a garden centre they for some reason, had them on a shelf there.
When they where not looking I burried that shit inside a potted plant they were buying.
Sure, stealing is bad and of course it was wrong but I can't help to think how smart of a plan I came up with as a kid. Desperate times desperate measures.
Lost my GBA SP on the bus one day before spring break. The next week on the bus my "friend" suspiciously mentions his new gameboy, then pulls out MY GBA with MY copy of Fire Red with my fucking save data deleted, and even little babby me is like "..... are you fucking kidding man?"
For the people who actually feel guilty about shoplifting stuff from the stores -- you can make amends today; guess the approximate cash value of the items you stole, put it in an envelope, send it to your local store anonymously with a letter explaining that you stole from the store as a teenager and you wish to make amends.
Harder for the OP, who almost certainly stole the game boy from another shopper.
I hope you told him off for it.
I vote to change OP's username to THIEF.
Batteries stolen separately
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