MetaFilter posts tagged with shoplifting

Suds for Drugs

aerotive — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:03:48 -0800

How Tide detergent became a drug currency (similar story previously) via

It's a Dirty Job

symbioid — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:57:11 -0800

The nation is awash with a new black market commodity... Across the country, retailers are finding massive amounts of this product missing. In West St. Paul, Minnesota, one enterprising individual has taken $25,000 dollars of this chemical that some Police Departments are calling liquid gold: Tide Detergent

Tis the Season for Shoplifting

terranova — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:47:31 -0800

Tis the season for Shoplifting, when the unemployed, teens, professionals, kleptos, and political shoplifters jack, rack, nick, and stroke holiday gifts. The BBB anticipates a rise in light-fingered merchandising, but notes that on average, shoplifters get pinched only "once for every 48 times they steal." Retailers are fighting back in unusual ways. Wal-Mart, the oft-target of political shoplifters, aggressively guards its merchandise, while across the pond the Dutch approach the problem with bemusement.

unite and take over

The Jesse Helms — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:54:16 -0800

If you shop at Urban Outfitters a $10/hour manager will accuse you of stealing. Or something.

They dance and eat as they steal.

Mo Nickels — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:30:31 -0800

They dance and eat as they steal. Yomango, a counter-but-consumerist-culture of shoplifting, surfaced July 2002 in Spain. It's shoplifting as a movement—taught in workshops, choreographed, organized as missions, and executed with prankish gusto on three continents. Why? One, it's civil disobedience that believes stealing to stay alive should be permitted. Two, it takes back what once belonged to everyone. Three, there's humor in it, even with the communistic undertones and its little red book. Discussion: Dark Matter, Las Agencias, and the Aesthetics of Tactical Embarrassment. A Poliedric Debate On Collabora Art. ¿Lo quieres?¿Lo tienes? (Spanish). More about Yomango: Ten Style Tips for a Yomango Life. A gallery of promos, news, and event photos. Yomango fashion show. Yomango tango. Yomango dinner.

terrorist formula

leftcoastbob — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:29:08 -0800

Is baby formula financing terrorism? Also discussed one year ago. "Just because you have an infant- formula operation doesn't mean it's a terror funding operation," says Sergeant Jezierski. "But to say there's no terrorist funding isn't the case either."

Gay-rights pioneer says he stole jewellery, blames inner demons

timeistight — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:56:49 -0800

The 'nightmare' fall of Svend Robinson: Canada's first openly gay MP threw his career into doubt yesterday with a shocking revelation that he had stolen a piece of jewellery last weekend.

Winona Ryder Tape exonerates her?

trioperative — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:50:41 -0800

Winona Ryder Tape exonerates her? Apparently the tape shows nothing about Winona Ryder removing security tags, contrary to what police said about it. Also, her attourney makes a really cheesy Girl Interrupted joke.

Steal Something day

riley370 — Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:48:48 -0800

Steal Something day offers an alternative to the earlier discussion on Buy Nothing Day

Steal a Snickers bar ---> Get 16 years in jail

williamtry — Fri, 07 Apr 2000 05:57:54 -0800

Steal a Snickers bar ---> Get 16 years in jail This Texan appears to be extremely unfortunate, even when you read his past criminal record. How can stealing a Snickers equate to 16 years in prison? However, the audacious comment from the assistant attorney is worth noting:
"If it was a Milky Way, we probably wouldn't have even tried him on it".

Rex Reed will probably be getting some bad reviews in the future,

mathowie — Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:06:57 -0800

Rex Reed will probably be getting some bad reviews in the future, thanks to today's arrest for shoplifting CDs from a New York music store. Too bad he never got into Napster and mp3s, maybe this would have never happened. I think I own all three of those CDs, actually. Rex, I would have let you download them!