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Originally Posted by gunslingercbr  if you simply pick up a bunch of figures and walk out without ever going to a register, is that any different? no, because you are held responsible for your actions independent of what anyone else does. you did the same thing, did not pay for items and walked out with them. the cashier did not know, you did, and that is why you were at fault here because you knew what you were doing - not paying for an item you were supposed to - and decided you would just walk out because nobody will stop you.
by that same attitude, any time you simply steal an item you did nothing wrong because the employees had an opportunity to stop you and did not, therefore you were justified to steal because they were too lazy to pay attention, to stupid or simply did not care. no, that's not how it goes. the crime is on you for your behaviors, not anyone else. only a dishonest person would applaud such behavior. if you are not, we'd all love to hear you defend yur actions. I don't think you can. |
That's some major lameness right there. This is cut and dry: he went to pay for the product, they failed to do their job. It's not the customer's job to tell the employee how to do theirs. I don't feel bad for the store at all. Their fault, their problem. I would have done the same thing. In fact, back when gas was actually less than a dollar a gallon and you could actually pump and then pay, I once stopped at a gas station and put five bucks of gas into my car, handed the clerk a 10 and he gave me back a 20 as change. I stood there and looked at him for about 10 seconds and then walked back to my car and drove away 10 bucks richer and with 5 free gallons of gas. Idiot.
And really, the guy went to the register with EVERY intention of paying for what he was getting. I think it's pretty safe to say it's a whole heck of a lot different then stuffing them down his pants and trying to run out of the store. But hey, thanks for playing...
