Today, I got stopped for shoplifting at a department store. They took me back to the security room and showed me the tapes. I was taking my own designer lipgloss that I had bought a month before out of my purse. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I realized the dress I bought yesterday still had the security tag on. I returned to the store to get it removed, only to realize I'd lost my receipt. The lady at the counter thought I stole it, called security, and had me escorted out, dress-less. FML
Today, I bought a box of tampons and went to the store restroom to insert one. I then put the box inside my purse. On my way out, I got stopped by security, who yelled at me to empty my purse. He grabbed my bag, spilling the tampons everywhere. Apparently, he thought I was stealing. FML
Today, I was shopping with my husband. At the self-checkout, one of the items I was buying for him as a gift didn’t register. As we were walking out, I get stopped and escorted to the loss prevention office, where I was accused of stealing. FML
Today, I was detained for 20 minutes by security for stealing shopping bags. I didn’t, I used my own bags-for-life, so he thought I didn’t pay for them. They were from a different shop entirely. Twenty fricking minutes. FML
Today, while bagging my groceries at a store, a lady came over to me, took a good look at the food I'd bought, picked out an item and put it in her bag. When I confronted her, she called security on me and told them I wanted to steal her stuff. I got thrown out and she walked away with a smirk. FML
Today, I was accused of shoplifting, after the alarm started beeping as I walked into the store. FML
Today, I was shopping at a store from which I had previously bought a shirt. The clerk accused me of trying to steal my own shirt and called security. They examined it and argued with me for so long I was late to work. FML
Today, after getting home from shopping, I noticed a security tag was still on one of the shirts I bought. I decided to take it back and ask them to remove the tag. They then accused me of trying to steal (even after I showed them the receipt) and kicked me out of the store. FML
Today, while shopping, I was grabbed and dragged off to a security room with no warning. Apparently, the way I was dressed and walking was suspicious. FML
Today, I had gone to the store and bought a new wallet. 5 minutes later a security guard asks for my receipt. Turns out I had dropped my receipt. Some guy had picked it up and pretended I had stole his wallet. The guard confiscated my wallet because the guy had "his" receipt to prove it. FML
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so_me_fml 0
Meanwhile the kid ACTUALLY shoplifting quietly walks out the door...
stephfml 0
What how could they do that?! I hope they let you off, because they had no proof that it wasn't already yours...
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melissa0309 0
Just so you know, Since they wrongly accused you, you can sue them. Or at least you can write a mean letter! I used to work with Loss prevention at my old job. :)
Icalasari 0
Those saying these FML's suck: I know I sometimes read FML's, not because the FML is good, but because the comments are
Corinna_Bella 0
You deserved to get caught just for calling it designer lipgloss
syed121417 22
If it's a designer brand who created the gloss, than it IS designer lip gloss. If that company created a shirt, would you blame OP for calling the shirt designer? The point isn't that in the FML, the point is that she got accused. Please stop hating on people just because the can say they can afford more expensive things.
Watermeat 0
That's why I never do ANYTHING in a store. Except shop, obviously. Like, I'll never eat in a store, even if it doesn;t sell food :/
gothymama 0
Wow that sucks. Technically, they should have to let you off, because unless they had footage of you actually taking it off the shelf and putting it in your purse, they have no proof that you stole it. And what thief is dumb enough to use something they just stole at the store they just stole it from??
rakhil11 7
er...and then u were proven innocent and went on with ur shopping...FYL y?
sb_rph 0
yeah are they STUPID?? they should give you a HUGE gift card or something for doing that because you can seriusly damage their company's rep...btw which dept store was this? i would really like to know...
Avenging_Angel 0
Designer lipgloss?? Really? Wow. FYI, there are starving children in Africa.
VittoriaMioCore 0
I highly doubt the starving children would enjoy eating her lipgloss.
mangobells 0
whenever I get out of stores like target and stuff they always check my handbag but not all the other shopping bags I have which makes it kind of pointless I think
DizzyDaydreams 1
That must suck. :| Maybe the OP put her lip gloss on the shelf where the same type of lipglosses were. And when she got her lipgloss out, the security must have thought she stole it.
syed121417 22
She said she took it out of her purse. It must've been the same lip gloss, though. But it wouldn't make any sense if she put it on the shelf