We all forget to pay.

[Seenoevil]

My problem is paying then forgetting to take the item paid for. My most memorable was my first time driving through for food... They actually chased me down or I would have never thought about it.

[Samaliel]

I once forgot to get my change back at a bar. On 20€ bill for a 3.5€ drink.

[Gawdzillers]

This is kind of like when someone says how sorry they are when they're caught for committing a crime. They're sorry for the families of someone they permanently scarred, or someone they murdered. Some say things like "This was my cry for help". Please. These people are only sorry or forgetful because they were caught. If they weren't caught, they would be out committing the same acts again and again.

Where did THAT come from?
Simmer down.

[agirlfromnowhere]

I forgot to pay for my lunch at school once. I was standing in line and for some reason I just got my food and went and sat down. I never would have thought about it if the lunch lady hadn't came and yelled at me.

Later, at a different school a friend of mine did the same thing and got away with it. I don't remember if she went back and paid for it. Probably not though.

[Tutorgal]

I managed to forget to pay for 2 cases of diet pepsi. I had put them on the platform under the shopping cart about halfway through the shopping trip. My cat had died the day before and I was really out of it, so by the time I hit the registers I just forgot about them. Paid for everything else, got to the car, loaded it up, soda included, and it didn't occur to me that I hadn't paid for them until I put them away at home.

The store is 30 min from me, so I could only get back 2 days later, and I insisted on paying for the cases. The CS people kind of gaped at me and called over a manager. Then they all stared at me like I had the slimy little bugger from Aliens popping out of my chest. They just couldn't believe I was actually attempting to pay for the soda, having gotten away with it for free. And then they wouldn't let me pay for it and just thanked me for being honest.

[GingerBiscuit]

I once walked out of boots with about £30 worth of Nail Varnish in my hands. I'd been so caught up in my conversation with my friend I just forgot to pay. I was halfway down the street before I noticed. And because I'm too honest for my own good I went back... cue shamefaced, blushing goth girl 'Uhm, I... forgot to pay...'

[dekydrose]

My daughter was about 2 mos. and I had her in her carseat (she was sleeping or else she'd have been in a sling) which was in the grocery cart (placing it on top like some people do makes me nervous).

I was at Wild Oats and had fit my groceries in around her carseat. I thought I had placed all the items on the belt until I got to my car, unloaded everything, placed my daughter back into the car...and noticed I had not paid for the un-pasturized un-filtered apple juice.

So I went back and paid.

I felt like an idiot.

[Willis]

"I forgot to pay" That makes it sound so innocent and bluntly truthful that you just can't be mad at the person. It's like alright yea, yea now just pay me and they're like OK.

[SG15Z]

Yeah our fuel station is starting to get a few more people "forgetting" to pay recently. In fact drive offs have be increasing in number pretty quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if Kroger ever moves to 100% pre-pay.

[Miyon]

I almost didnt pay for gas once. I filled up the car, went inside and picked up some chips and soda. Paid for those and was walking to my car. The clerk comes running out "you didnt pay for your gas"
I was surprised at my dumbness and must have said sorry like 20 times.

[rerant]

The only times I can think of that I forgot to pay were when I was about eight-years-old, and once again when I was 16.
Both instances involved food, funnily enough.

The first time I walked into a convenience store, skimmed through my 5cent candy options, started filling a bag with various treats and, while fully intending to pay for it, popped a gummi worm in my mouth. Before I knew it I had eaten about five of them, and had toally forgotten to pay.
Total loss for the store: about 50cents.

The second time was at a street vendor.
Here in Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square there is a french fry truck that's been there for, well, as long as I can remember anyway.
The day of iDance (a large, free outdoor party to try and lift the ban on raves in the city many years ago) myself and a friend went to the fry truck to get some food and there were lots and lots and LOTS of people around. NPS was currently host to a couple thousand people.
Anywho, we got our fries, we walked away, I realised I still had my money in my hand.

Me: Did you end up paying for our stuff?
Friend: Huh? No, I have no cash on me, you were buying them.
Me: Well... looks like no one bought them.

We just got confused with the hordes of people and lost track of who was doing what.
The fries weren't all that great, by the way.
Total loss for the fry truck: $5