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briggsgate t1_j1444aw wrote
The problem with stealing or any other crimes for that matter, is its a slippery slope. Like you said, it started fine, but in the process you forgot the sole purpose of you doing that crime : desperation.
There is a proverb in my language which translates to "at first you lie. Then you steal". Basically it means your vices will lead you down a slippery slope.
Im not typing this to make you feel bad though. I sincerely hope you turn over a new leaf. Its never a good thing to steal, and I hope you will not be in that spot ever again.
Turbogato t1_j1448vj wrote
A long time ago my roommate that I worked with did this. Not only did he lose his job, I eventually lost mine as well since they assumed I was stealing as well due to association.
You might think it is a victimless crime but sometimes it costs other people their job.
At least you’re remorseful about it.
Tight_Author_6000 t1_j144tly wrote
nah somtimes is stealing the only solution.
MegaRadCool8 t1_j145ywx wrote
No offense, but I'm somewhat convinced you're actually an employer tired of your employees committing petty thefts against you, and you're trying to sway the hiring pool
q_t_puella t1_j146w04 wrote
breaking the law is fine, betrayal not so much but as long as they didnt get the police involved idk how this will follow you? all it means is no reference for the next job.
AcrobaticSource3 t1_j148hpr wrote
What type of “small items” did you steal that had such value online?
Reddit-username_here t1_j14a8gj wrote
Education is always an option.
Lumpy-Ad-3201 t1_j14k7ne wrote
I feel this, and feel bad for both of you. After 9/11, a lot of jobs got hit by the recession, mine one of them. Just out of college, no one hiring, no one giving any assistance. I'll admit that I had no other way to survive than to steal. And I did. I figured out what was both easy to take and easy to sell quickly for decent value.
For several months, I worked stores. Going in with a coat or jacket, putting it in my cart. Blu-Ray had just come out, and the discs were expensive. And a lot of high-dollar boxed sets had come out. My tactic was to covertly find and get a large number, find a camera-free area, and store them in the coat sleeves. At some point, I would leave my cart to go to the bathroom. This has the advantage of breaking the legality of any surveillance, as well as giving me a window to remove the anti-theft devices from the cases.
Finish a bit of shopping and leave, making sure to be well dressed, friendly, act normal. Grab the bag in one hand, pick up the coat, leave. Then go to the next town over and sell them to an entertainment store that offered 50-75% of retail for popular used discs. Cover story? I was buying movie collections off of eBay cheap, keeping what I wanted for my own library, selling the rest for a profit and repeating.
I was never caught. I made enough to pay my rent and bills for months. I kept a list of what I took and the values, and paid it back anonymously when I was able. And when I started working for the main store I hit, I got a shock. My exploits were a training story from loss prevention. I got to sit uncomfortably while our head of LP described in detail what had been happening, how much I had taken, theories on what tactics had been used. But that they never figured out who it was, had no pictures or evidence (because I made certain to never leave any), and that the only saving grace is that the thief paid the exact value of the theft a couple years later. In an envelope no finger prints, a short note of explaination printed on generic paper, and a bunch of cash in it. It was all explained from the perspective of never knowing what a criminal will do.
It was a time of shame, constant fear of being arrested at literally any moment, and desperation. And the time: when you are performing a well-planned theft, everything takes so much time. Casing the store, learning the camera areas and habits of the LP folks. Performing the theft. Cleaning the cases of anti-theft devices. Getting out clean. Guessing the value of what you have to make sure it's enough to justify making the trip across county lines to fence it (and inhibit police communications).
It also created some nasty habits. Once I was able to work and make a living again, I found myself pocketing items. It wasn't that I needed them, it was just habit. Even over a decade and a half later, the tendency is still there. It's mainly just an intrusive thought, but it comes up. And not being used to simply having money. If I needed food, I could just go buy it, rather than spend half a day planning, executing, and profiting from a theft. It was weird.
So, long story short, don't start the first step down any path you're not comfortable walking to the end of, because you'll find yourself further along it than you ever thought when you take a look back.
ElectroStaticSpeaker t1_j151ngq wrote
Did you get arrested? If not, how will this follow you for a long time?
Just don't list the job on your resume.
ckirby7 t1_j153gdy wrote
If you're going to steal, don't do it from the person paying you lol. Fastest way to lose a job is theft, whether it's stealing time (lying about hours worked) or physical things.
No employer will tolerate it. You're just gone
Gerald_Bostock_jt t1_j15g6zf wrote
It was illegal for them to fire you for that reason, if you were innocent
Turbogato t1_j15mvl1 wrote
I was a teen and didn’t know better back then.
TheBigEMan t1_j15y0bu wrote
iPod, EarPods
remi_daDOOD t1_j1616d6 wrote
yea i was wondering that too lol
Ned_the_Narwhal t1_j161idb wrote
TL;DR: this reads like it was written by a small business owner.
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spicy_fries t1_j17cse7 wrote
All the homosexuals told me that “slippery slopes” were a logical fallacy.
TheQuietGrrrl t1_j17gcys wrote
Nah, the guy who works in loss prevention
BeastOGevaudan t1_j17ounw wrote
They could argue that he knew, and that since they were roommates they were benefitting from it, so was guilty by extension for nit reporting the theft.
Also, if in the US, a lot if places are "at will" and can fire you for whatever for the most part.
briggsgate t1_j17xydv wrote
Oh boy..you made me chuckle there
Gerald_Bostock_jt t1_j184aq1 wrote
There are still caveats to the at will practice.
Anyway, this goes to show that your employer will screw you over the first chance they get; so screwing over your employer isn't immoral.
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cingerix t1_j188lp3 wrote
this has the strong vibe of being written by a bot / AI
#edit:
#yep, confirmed -- OP of this post is a bot account that has tried to post multiple AI-generated "stories" to this same subreddit, today, from a one-day-old account.
Johncamp28 t1_j18ezq0 wrote
I knew a guy who delivered Coca Cola….he would pull off in an empty parking lot, unwrap pallets, take 2 or 3 12 packs from the middle and wrap it again…I guess to him the $10-15 he could make made sense for all of that work. Then it became 4 12 packs, then 5 etc until one day we are in the back room of a grocery store and the whole pallet just collapsed on itself he must have been taking a dozen or so 12 packs out of each one
kokihi_55 t1_j18q0kx wrote
Lmao shut up, Brian in loss prevention, we know it's you.
csimon2 t1_j18smc3 wrote
I love that the AI even wrote this with incorrect grammar and sentence structure to try and make it more believable
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ohnourfeelings t1_j143om0 wrote
Hey at least you know it a bad thing to do.