Today, I had a garage sale and sold some books I don't read anymore. A woman came up and yelled at me, saying I'd stolen one of the books from her house. I later found out that it was a distraction so that her boyfriend could steal my TV. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, someone took my flatscreen TV at my garage sale because some kid snuck a "free" label onto it. FML
Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house looking for junk to sell at a garage sale. They sold all of my books from my bookshelf. When I freaked, out my mom said 'well you never read them'. There was about $300 hidden between the pages of those books. They made $60. FML
Today, a "friend" tried to sell me a digital camera that I recognized that was stolen from my home a week earlier, along with a few other things. FML
Today, I went to a library to return a book that I've had for years. After a heated discussion with the librarian, not only did she charge me over a hundred dollars for the book, she also called the cops to escort me out. 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 at an estate sale of my neighbor who recently passed. I recognized many items for sale that I had ordered or won on eBay from the past 8 years. Turns out the little old lady had been stealing my mail for close to a decade. FML
Today, I caught a grubby, evil-smelling, foul-mouthed woman blatantly shoplifting by stuffing electronics into her coat pockets, so I detained her and called the police. Less than an hour later I was fired. She was the shop owner's mother and “had permission” to just take stuff. FML
Today, I was holding on to a shirt that I planned on buying, when an elderly man bumped into me. The shirt fell out of my hand, and slid just out the door. I went to the counter to explain what happened. Everyone accused me of trying to steal it anyway. FML
Today, I walked into what I thought was my friend's apartment, dropped my backpack on the couch, and started complaining about work. A complete stranger then walked out of the kitchen holding a sandwich, saw me, then yelled "HELP!" I apologized, grabbed my bag, and somehow took his TV remote with me. FML
Today, while I was shopping, I spotted a lady who had the last of an item I wanted in her cart. She went off to the dressing room, so seeing my opportunity, I went and grabbed it from her cart, and put it in mine. I hadn't noticed her bratty-ass daughter next to the cart, who then yelled, “I saw that! Mommy! Some lady's stealing from your cart!” FML
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zeffra13 31
People suck, you should lock your door if you're not within sight of it. People even steal a lot of what's set out for yardsales too. I've had a ton of them & people stole plastic beaded bracelets, balls, emptied out contents of kids' activity kits, etc - like it's maybe up to a dollar I'm asking, you really have to steal it? Anything worth anything you have to basically stand next to the whole time. I live in a really low crime area too so I expect it's a lot worse elsewhere.
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RichardPencil 32
If you were a proper bookworm, as your username suggests, you wouldn’t even own a TV!
zeffra13 31
People suck, you should lock your door if you're not within sight of it. People even steal a lot of what's set out for yardsales too. I've had a ton of them & people stole plastic beaded bracelets, balls, emptied out contents of kids' activity kits, etc - like it's maybe up to a dollar I'm asking, you really have to steal it? Anything worth anything you have to basically stand next to the whole time. I live in a really low crime area too so I expect it's a lot worse elsewhere.