not quite shoplifting

[workerbee222]

The manager from the store next door came in today. Yesterday, one of his customers lost a bag. Manager had poked his head in at the time, maybe Bob left it in our store? Nope. Neighbor manager went through his videotape. A couple had come into his store, while one distracted the staff, the other deliberately picked up Bob's branded shopping bag from our store, and his umbrella, along with their own bag and walked out.

What makes this odd is that this ours is a nice store, for what it is, but it's not a store that anyone would have heard of, unless you've been in our fair city. So, the thief wouldn't have known what kind of stuff was in the bag unless he'd been in our store and looked around.

Neighbor Manager wanted to replace whatever it was that Bob had purchased. But Bob had liked his new jacket so much, he'd taken off his old one and put it in his shopping bag, so he could wear his new one. The not-quite-shoplifter stole a used jacket. And yeah, I wonder if they did actually steal anything from us.

[Ironclad Alibi]

That reminds me of the stories about people who wrap up their trash nicely and leave it in an unlocked car.

[EricKei]

IA - People have been known to do that with porch pirates. Sometimes they include less...savory substances.

[RealUnimportant]

*insert Mark Rober's glitterbombs here*

[Seanette]

I'm happy to donate used kitty litter for porch pirate bait packages.

Hmmm, combine that with glitter bombs....

[catcul]

That reminds me of a story about a woman who had her purse snatched while she was walking her dog. She was using the purse to pick up after her dog.

[Seanette]

Recently on NextDoor, one poster reported having a bag stolen off her porch.

The bag contained about two days of cat poo.

All other posters thought that was hilarious.

[Android Kaeli]

This is why I'm glad to have my neighbors across the street, they're a retired couple that's home late on the days I work the closing shift at Grocery Store. I just mention that I'm receiving a package, it'll probably be here late on "date to date", I'll text one of them if I get it early. All they ask in return is that I water their outside flowers when they go on trips.

[Kit-Ginevra]

I used that in my defence... 'The reason I was lurking about in the bushes was because I was 'watering the outside flowers ''

[Pixelated]

I'm happy to donate used kitty litter for porch pirate bait packages.

Hmmm, combine that with glitter bombs....

Especially used litter that's ... well aged.

I used that in my defence... 'The reason I was lurking about in the bushes was because I was 'watering the outside flowers ''

So ... we don't need to send you a file in a cake ... ?