who have ever been caught stealing? ( Archived) (20)

When I was six, the police came to our school and several children were all called out of class...myself included. The police then told us we were lucky we were not in hand cuffs as we were all caught stealing from the service station where we all caught the bus. They said they would be back in the morning to see us again.

I was not one of the ones that had been stealing, we just happened to wear the same school uniform and catch the bus at the same place.

I went home terrified. I was one of 8 children with an Army Colonel as a father. Honesty was on the top of the list in our house.

Mum asked me if I had been involved - no-one lied to MY mother! She went up to the school the next day and the teacher's told her they knew I was not involved but had wanted to scare everyone so there was no more stealing from that shop.

I am still disgusted that they terrified myself and at least one other child who they knew was not involved.


Heck....I walked out of a shop with a receipt book by accident and was packing the car an hour later when i noticed it. I walked all the way back to return it. The young lad behind the counter said "why? It is only $2". Theft is theft and it was not mine!