Don't Steal Groceries and Run Into Traffic — The Insane Thing I Witnessed Today
Would you risk your life for free groceries? I just witnessed someone who would. Maybe he was desperate, maybe he was only desperate to NOT be caught. I'll never find out.
Here's the Story (and some GIFs to go along with it!)
I work part-time at a grocery store. Gotta pay those bills somehow, right?
Our loss-prevention (LP) floor walker spotted a suspicious young man stuffing groceries into his sweater.
It was suspicious enough that he was wearing a sweater! It's hot out. The suspect, who couldn't be more than 25, bypassed the cashiers and walked straight out the front door. Oh, he must have thought he looked like an innocent angel. That his confident strut was soooo convincing.
They're not onto me, right?
At this point, LP confronted him with one of my managers and attempted to arrest him.
The accused bolted.
He ran like his life depended on it. He ran with the tunnel vision of a greyhound (look it up).
He ran without looking both ways before crossing the...
Ouch.
He flipped over the hood and cracked his skull off of the steel storm drain. There was blood everywhere.
He tried to get up. You could hear the bones crack as he attempted to lift his head. One of my coworkers told him he'd better not try to move. All the man could say in response was, "PLEASE!!! DON'T CALL THE COPS!! DON'T ARREST ME!!!"
I think that's the least of your concerns right now, friend.
Now, do you want to know what he went through all this trouble for?
Do you want to know what he stole?
This.
A four dollar tub of yogurt.
Kids, don't risk your life for a few dollars worth of vanilla-flavoured dairy product. It isn't worth it.
LP and my manager felt really bad about what happened. They seemed really shaken-up. My coworker told them not to lose sleep over it. They weren't the ones who decided to steal. They weren't the ones who decided to run. They weren't the ones who decided to dart into traffic without looking.
They weren't the ones who decided to risk their lives over yogurt.
~Seth
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It's really unfortunate but I can't help laughing myself out when i see him bolt.... running for his dear life.
Oh geez, all that for yogurt that's not worth it, not even close. Thanks for the entertaining and slightly morbid story
Yall got any of those vanilla yogurt tubs?
Seriously though, that is pretty strange/messed up. Hope you're doing alright after seeing that accident, and that the guy wasn't too injured and will recover alright.
I just heard that he's fine. So I can laugh about it with a clear conscience!
Where do you live? I can only imagine how bad standard is there if he tried to steal "A four dollar tub of yogurt."
Honestly, I hope he won't have big problems with police. He suffered enough i guess.
I'm in Canada. Depending on the brand and size, four dollars is pretty normal. The low-end/off-brand yogurts are usually around $2.00-$2.50 for the same size. Expensive brands can be as much as $6.00 or $7.00.
I don't know if I laugh out hard here (but I really am and I can see him bolting like the devil) or if I feel sorry for him. Anyway, that was "sadly hilarious"! You made my night (day is over now in Rio de Janeiro)!
I laughed about it. You can too! Are we bad people? Maybe.
The bad one was caught by the car! LOL
Oh my gosh!
The first thing I thought of while reading this was a Roger Corman version of Supermarket Sweep were participants try to escape a grocery store avoiding deathtraps.
Oh gosh, yogurt is good but not that good.
That sucks so bad!! Haha I have seen someone hit by a car before and that was some scary crap! I'm glad he didn't die at least.