At the museum where I volunteer, a docent overhead a couple of 10-year old schoolboys bragging about the stuff they'd stolen from the gift shop of the museum they'd visited earlier in the day. The docent told their teacher, who just shrugged and said "boys will be boys."
We called the other museum. They thanked and said they would be telephoning the school as soon as they did a quick inventory check. Wish I knew the final outcome.
Not quite shoplifting, but I once caught a kid breaking of a piece of an exhibit and putting it in his pocket. Fortunately the exhibit was an easily-repaired replica. That teacher did not shrug it off.
We called the other museum. They thanked and said they would be telephoning the school as soon as they did a quick inventory check. Wish I knew the final outcome.
Not quite shoplifting, but I once caught a kid breaking of a piece of an exhibit and putting it in his pocket. Fortunately the exhibit was an easily-repaired replica. That teacher did not shrug it off.
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