I was always afraid of getting accused of shoplifting when I was little. I've never stolen a single thing in my life, but for some reason I thought that I looked suspicious. I always thought that the adults in the store were all guards, and they were all watching me--so I'd make sure to always keep my hands in sight, and refused to put them in my pockets if I was in a store. And if I did pick up anything from the shelves, I would make these exaggerated gestures in putting it back, so the "adult security guards" would know I wasn't stealing. (I suddenly realize just how paranoid I was as a child!)
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- there's such thing as "soul-security"( social security )
because of the way my stupid parents pronounce it— elizabeth - I thought that when the lights went out, putting a candle behind the tv would make it work :)— Ricky
- I used to believe that if you put salt on a dead fly it would make the fly come back to life.— Cody
- pizza hut made their pizzas in a tiny hut out back of the store
Anon - I thought change was the store's way of saying thank you.— Madeline
- I always thought that shoplifting is about lifting the shop from the ground.— Helen