People will steal anything

[EricKei]

Well, that's one way to actually be telling the truth when other SC's claim not to have seen any sign on the wall...>_>

[Jay 2K Winger]

People will steal anything that isn't nailed down.

Then they'll pry it up, and steal the nails, too.

[Pojodan]

While living in Alaska, my dad got a few bags of sand to put in the back of his truck to give it weight for extra traction on ice.

Yep, they got stolen one day x.x

[Pagan]

While living in Alaska, my dad got a few bags of sand to put in the back of his truck to give it weight for extra traction on ice.

Yep, they got stolen one day x.x

That I can kind of understand. They need to weigh down their vehicle, too, and lookie there! Somebody's already done the work for them. After all, the world does revolve around them!

[Ironclad Alibi]

I guy I used to work with had an old beat up pickup truck. He had painted it green (with a brush) and replaced the bed with a camper he had built out of plywood. Yep, it got stolen.

Another coworker had an old beater of a car his wife drove. Only one like on the road. One day driving home from work he saw it going the other way. His wife wasn't driving. Turns out his wife left the keys in the car for just a moment and an inmate from the local low security prison on a military base stole it. He was on his way back to the prison to pick up some friends. He rejoined his friends, but without the car.

Both of these happened back in the early 1970s.

[fireheart]

I wound up with the two most obvious things: condoms and orgasmic gel.

Well, to be more precise, my COWORKER had the condom one. Someone had basically stolen the condoms and left behind the instructions and the packaging.

I had a similar result, except with the gel.

[dragon_wings]

condoms...

At my drug store we routinely find empty boxes of 3-10 packs of condoms.

[SuperDan]

At the grocery store I worked at previously, they at one time considered no longer carrying condoms or pregnancy tests because they literally lost more to theft of these items than they sold for money.

[Null Requiem]

Oddest things I've found stolen from the department I work in from my store.

Fleet enema kit. Box was opened from the bottom (top was still sealed), then closed again, and faced back up on the shelf.

Vibrating disposable cockring. Saddly, this one came from a variety pack. The ring, 4 condoms, and 4 lube testers. They opened it up, and took only the one item, then left the box with the baby formula.

[fireheart]

I actually had a case of the hangers breeding at work the other day.

The previous night while closing up, we found a random hanger in among the collection tins.

So I made the joke about how it was missing a partner and it wouldn't breed like rabbits.

Surprise surprise, guess what was in the stock trolley the next day? Yep, you guessed it, the remaining 12 or so hangers (for some reason, we get a LOT of hanger packs that come in packs of 13 )

[Sparky]

the weirdest thing stolen during my days at the big green apron:

a table leg. you figure that one out.

Did you sell the table at a massive discount?

Zillions of years ago, when I was dating the handsome dude who's now my husband, we were in a shop looking at nice things we couldn't afford. He mentioned to me that he had an idea for how to get a chess set cheap, but it was dishonest and of course he wouldn't do such a thing. But, said he, if someone stole a single piece, the owner would probably put the rest of the set up for sale at a very low price.

A month or so later we were in the shop again (cheap date) and chatting with the owner, who said he couldn't believe that someone had stolen a single piece from a chess set.

Wasn't us, I swear!

[Ironclad Alibi]

A month or so later we were in the shop again (cheap date) and chatting with the owner, who said he couldn't believe that someone had stolen a single piece from a chess set.

If whoever took it managed to steal 31 more chess pieces, he would have the entire set.

[wolfie]

But, said he, if someone stole a single piece, the owner would probably put the rest of the set up for sale at a very low price.

A month or so later we were in the shop again (cheap date) and chatting with the owner, who said he couldn't believe that someone had stolen a single piece from a chess set.

Wasn't us, I swear!

Depending on the piece stolen, the thief could try unloading the stolen piece (or the purchaser of the incomplete set could try to find a replacement for the missing piece) at a pawn shop.

[EricKei]

wolfie -- Ouch. >_< I think that pun just gave me indigestion.




... In other words, good work! ^_^

[Project_Mars]

I'm pretty sure at my first job, we've had someone steal the bags of liquid soap from the men's bathroom.

my current job? ... can't think of anything odd stolen. probably a shopping cart or two.