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Dutch store celebrates 10,000th shoplifter - Thank You, Internet!
CBC.ca ^ | Aug 12, 2015 9:01 AM ET | staff reporter

Posted on 08/13/2015 10:28:47 AM PDT by Daffynition

This woman got a party hat, a marching band, flowers, champagne and a whole lot of embarrassment for being named a Dutch store's 10,000th shoplifter.

It turns out, not everybody loves a parade.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


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To: Daffynition

that was great!


21 posted on 08/13/2015 11:57:32 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: Daffynition

I actually hope it’s real for once and until someone comes out with otherwise, I’m hoping the Dutch have a good sense of how to humiliate a thief.


22 posted on 08/13/2015 11:58:36 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood
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To: Daffynition

Levity is good...

It’s become an essential element of life during these dark times.


23 posted on 08/13/2015 12:15:59 PM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: Daffynition

Should have taken that cake and smashed it in face.


24 posted on 08/13/2015 12:46:04 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Daffynition

I wonder if the shoplifter is an Afro-Dutch...


25 posted on 08/13/2015 1:17:19 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: ExCTCitizen
I wonder if the shoplifter is an Afro-Dutch...


26 posted on 08/13/2015 1:18:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

**We have lost the virtue of shame in our society.**

After teaching in the inner city for 33 yrs. I came to that conclusion, also.

It took me a long time of observation and experience to learn that no matter what the discipline problem, the children have no shame or remorse. I believe these are taught virtues; no one is teaching them a virtuous life at home; it used to be that attendance in church reinforced those values.


27 posted on 08/13/2015 5:01:28 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

Public Humiliation Therapy.


28 posted on 08/13/2015 5:01:57 PM PDT by cyclotic
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To: camle

I’m suspicious too.

I took a job one summer, for a large chain grocery store; as part of the orientation, the store manager took me through the operation, which included a short explanation of their store security camera room. He said, no one was assigned to watch the monitors; a corporate security guy came through once a month, to make sure all the equipment was working okay; VHS tape at the time. He mentioned that they only used the tape if an employee or customer reported a theft; used it as proof to police.

I know this isn’t the Netherlands, but in our state you need to leave the premises with the pilfered item, B4 it is considered shoplifted. So that girl would have had to pass the front portal of the store to be considered a shoplifter.


29 posted on 08/13/2015 5:12:19 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: dfwgator

HAHAHA! I LOVE IT!

PERFECT!


30 posted on 08/13/2015 5:13:33 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

Two types of shoplifting in most jurisdictions: removal and concealment.


31 posted on 08/13/2015 5:22:51 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: Daffynition

After teaching in the inner city for 33 yrs. I came to that conclusion, also.

My daughter taught in an inner city class for 3 years. One of those years she was pregnant with her second child, she had one class that had a dozen 15 year old girls in it, 5 of them were pregnant, two of them on their second child also, they were giving my daughter tips on child. birth.

She and her husband both finally got better positions with a suburban school, she says there’s a whole world of difference.


32 posted on 08/13/2015 10:22:17 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

I’ve had classes with boys w/ankle bracelets who were dismissed from school at 1:00 to meet w/ their parole officers.

A pregnant 4th grader [9y/o]. I believe the state arranged an abortion for her. I’m against abortion....but this was a case, where it was the best thing. The baby would be in a household of habitual drug offenders.

You have to be tough-as-nails to even make your way to work in the ‘hood. Never mind the stuff you see as a matter of course, that would shock any civilized suburbanite.

I’m so glad your daughter & SIL found a happier place to be. I understand, one’s peace-of-mind can’t have a price tag on it.


33 posted on 08/14/2015 4:20:14 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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