Wednesday Happenings

Toni · Guru

RE: Wednesday Happenings

Toni · Guru

sappy wrote:

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i am horrified to say i have shoplifted when i was a rotten teenager.
yesterday mikey tried to shoplift from old navy. he snuck a football into the bottom of my stroller. i didn't notice until we were in the middle of caroline's haircut. we went back to old navy and gave it back though.

This past summer, Juliette swiped a pack of Necco wafers from Home Depot. I was unbuckling her carseat when we got home, and she had them stashed under her shirt. I asked her where she got them, and it took her a minute to say "Home Depot."

That kid fo sho new what she was doing, and I made her hand them back to the customer service person (I paid for them, since they were open, but I wasn't letting her keep them).

Sneaky little thing!

Juni · Guru

Toni wrote:

Juni wrote:

I am so sad today. I just found out on facebook that one of my high school friends died yesterday. She is my age, and was just this bubbly, happy, caring person and it feels so unreal. She was hit by a car in Brooklyn, right outside her apartment. Ugh. It's so weird to see her FB update and then an update from her girlfriend stating what happened. Crazy.

Wow, that's terrible .

Did she have any kids or anything? I'm so sorry.

No, she didn't. It's crazy because she seemed like she was finally in a very happy place. After high school she finally came out that she was gay. And then just recently started transitioning towards becoming a man (which is so funny because she was this 4 foot 10, cute little korean girl and she knew it!) and that was stressful with her family and all that. But she finally figured out what she wanted/needed to do and was just waiting to get enough money to have a surgery done. Was in a happy, loving relationship, just seemed really happy. And then this happens. So sad.

sappy · Guru

juni, i'm really sorry about your friend.

if nothing else at least she did get to a place where she was happy. does that make any sense?

i will say a prayer for her family & friends.

supergrover · Guru

I coordinated a food drive competition between my department and the division we fall under (Res Life vs. the World). My department beat out the other 4-5 combined. I get to deliver all the food to the on campus food bank today.

I think it is a sad statement that we opened an on campus food bank because there was such a need. Both our students who don't know how to budget and think they have money only to run out and not have food, and for our own working class employees who aren't quite making it right now.

It is even more sad that the need far exceeded expectations and the shelves are constantly bare. Very crappy economy.

Sonya · Guru

Juni wrote:

I am so sad today. I just found out on facebook that one of my high school friends died yesterday. She is my age, and was just this bubbly, happy, caring person and it feels so unreal. She was hit by a car in Brooklyn, right outside her apartment. Ugh. It's so weird to see her FB update and then an update from her girlfriend stating what happened. Crazy.

Oh Jen. I'm am so sorry. How terribly sad. :(

Robin · Guru

Morning!

No, I haven't ever shoplifted.

In high school, my friend shoplifted some makeup while we were in Sears. I was in the checkout line and saw a security guard get her and start walking away so I put my stuff down and followed to see what happened. They were suspicious of me too but I didn't do anything. After I told my mom what happened, she wouldn't let me hang out with that friend anymore.

Another time, I was shopping in some store like The Limited. I was checking out, and there was this display on the checkout counter that said "Free Bra" and it had these stick-on bra pads--I guess so they wouldn't show if you were wearing something revealing. My friend and I each picked one up and put it in our bags. When I got home, I saw that there was actually a price of $2.99 or something on the "free" bra. Oops.

happylib · Guru

Good morning!

I only remember shop lifting when I was probably 7 or 8. I was with my cousin in a hardware store. She convinced me to put a couple of those little stick on numbers/letters you use on mailboxes into my mitten. I didn't even want them. To this day it makes me embarrassed. :bag:

Juni, I am so sorry about your friend. :hug:

Supafly · Guru

Hi ladies!!

I have shoplifted. When I was a kid I took a lollipop from the store because the line was too long and we were going to be late if we waited. I felt so awful about it.

Then again when I was in college. I was horrified by the price of things like lipstick, so I would take a tube here or there. I had the money to buy them, but I guess I was trying to stick it to the man or something. I only did that a couple of times and then I thought I was likely pushing my luck.

I am not proud of my actions, but I still think the lipstick was too much money.

Supafly · Guru

Jen, I am so sorry about your friend. That is so tragic-just awful.

Jennie · Guru

A candy bar when I was a kid.
And I got caught so that put a lid on it.

bleh

My MIL is visiting in November. *sigh*

But it looks like there is another plant here that is hiring so Grant called the HR manager and they are calling him back Friday. Its for a maintainence electrician (did I spell that all right?). Stupid company he works for now has been zero help in relocating him which is contrary to what they promised. No one will return his calls or his e-mails. He is getting pizzed.

Anyway. MIL is visiting. Oh joy. The only good thing coming out of it is she's giving me her Thunderbird. Sweet! I love that car. So I have to spend the next month kissing her butt so she doesn't change her mind. I love that car! I will not be a Stuck At Home mom! Woo hoo!!