Remember that cute little goat petter from yesterday's blog?
She's turned to a life of crime.
Yesterday was the 100th day of school, and I think they consumed mass amounts of sugar. She was just squirrely and owly and.... well any other animal that denotes someones had too much sugar.
We went to the grocery store on the way home, grabbed a couple things, and headed to the check out. There we had our usual exchange:
TL (The Ladies) - MOOOOOOM can we have CAAAAAAAANDY????
MM (Mean Mom) - No.
TL - MOOOOOOOOM, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
MM - No. You don't need candy.
TL - PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAASE
MM - I said no and I meant no.
At this point Essie gave up, but Gert brought some candy over to me.
MM - NO! Gert I SAID no.
She turns and walks away, and I finish paying for our items. Just as I turn around to walk away, I see Gert trying to put a box of Nerds in her coat pocket.
OH NO SHE DI'NT
I gave her the full name thing, and she put the box back. I grabbed her little felon arm and marched her out to the car. She KNEW she was so busted and was crying and wailing. I plopped her little thief butt in the car seat and got all in her little pre-penitentiary face and told her she would be sitting at the table, writing, while I made supper; she would be eating by herself; and she would be sitting on her bed all evening until bath time.
We got home and I parked her at the table with 4 pieces of paper. On the top of the first one I wrote "I will not steal candy" and she got to write it as many times as she could while I was making super. She sniffled and sobbed her way through it. She ate her supper by herself, and then sat on her bed. Pretty much crying the whole evening.
Finally right before bed I went in and she and I had a little chat. I asked her what she was thinking when she took that candy, expecting her to say "I don't know", but instead I got "I wanted some candy and you said no so I decided to take it and put it in my pocket." Her honesty made me laugh inside. She was SO miserable. We talked about how stealing is wrong, and it hurts people, and is a sin. Bless her little heart she was so penitent. I HIGHLY doubt that she will ever even entertain the thought of taking anything ever again.
Now, the really funny part was that as I was thinking about her pending life of crime, one of my thoughts was "Well, at least she'll have an answer when she does a meme on her blog someday and someone asks if you've ever stolen anything."
So did you ever steal anything? Have you ever stolen from an employer? Is it okay to take company pens home? Has your kid ever lifted anything? Do you like Nerds?
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Oh,my kid didn't steal, but DROVE a shoplifter to the mall. She got in BIG BIG trouble!
When I was seven or so, I accidentally stole a decorative shell for my fish tank. I had put it in my neon yellow Mickey Mouse fanny pack (Why did people let me out of the house like that?), intending to pay for it at the cash register with my mom.
We both forgot about it, and didn't rediscover it until we got home. I was HORRIFIED and insisted we go back immediately and pay for it!
I was pretty traumatised, and that pretty much ended any possibility of a life of crime.
No I do not like NERDS...yuck. NOPE never stole anything. Nope nothing from an employer.
Loved Gerts Answer! SO HONEST!
I like Nerds. So much, that I married one.
and yup - by accident I found a pin of Duran Duran on the floor of this big flea market (it was the 80's and pins were the THING!). I took it, put it on my members only jacket and felt guilty for the next 3 days that I finally threw it away.
LOVE the imagery..."Her little pre-penitentiary face." I'll bet Gert learned her lesson!
I have never stolen anything from an employer, but I did steal a pair of pants from a store when I was a teenager. I did it on a dare and it made me so nervous I got diarrhea afterward. Either nerves or instant karma, I'm not sure which. My daughter was sitting on a stuffed animal when we picked her up out of her stroller at Disney World. So she did steal it. I adore nerds...the smart guys - not the candy.
Yep, I had a couple of underaged felons in my family. Will not embarrass any by calling them out, cause you may blog with them.
Nerds are not on the top of my candy list at all. May be if they were chocolate.
They say taking a pen from work is stealing..........
I remember stealing a Brachs caramel candy once. Remember when they had them loose in the bin and you put them in a bag to purchase? Well, my mom had told me noooo, and I realllly wanted it, so I took it. I did feel guilty, but I got away with it scot free!
I'm having a shitty day - thanks for writing a funny post that made me laugh and smile. :)
OMG!!!!!!!!!
One time I had all four kids I nanny for at the mall (chaos) and i got them all into the car and realized the 2 yr old had accidentally taken a necklace from Claire's....at that point I said srew it, I just got all four of these kids buckled in I am not turning around to go back in that mall to give back a $5 necklace....lol!
Tough love mom! Loved this story, and you handled it superbly.
I especially enjoyed the meme reference... to funny.
i only stole once, and it was a hair clip...i think whats really bad is i knew exactly what i was doing, i just wanted to put my hair up....i remember how non-chalantly i walked up pulled it off the rack, pulled my hair up and walked away....What the eff?? I cant believe how confident i was....id kick my arse if i saw myself do that right now!!
stealing is silent lying...I Puffy Heart this story.
and to answer your questions: yes, a yarn octopus that someone else made 'cuz mine came out lousy...other than pens and such (which I guess is stealing or what employers build in to their capitol expenses called 'shrinkage') I have not stolen from an employer...my kid hasn't lifted anything that i know of...and I like nerds (the human kind) but hate nerds (the sugar coated sugar that drops all over the place)
phew!
Thank you for being so honest. I know it isn't always easy. Especially when our kids display a side other than the little angels we know they are. I learned my lesson about stealing through my girlfriend. It seems I learned a lot about life through observing other's misjudgements. That and I'm a BIG CHICKEN! I dread the day Yaya pulls this one. I hope I can be calm and collected as you seem to have been. By the way, I love Nerds but haven't had or seen them in YEARS!
from a princess to almost a pauper in a matter of a day. What goes thru kids minds. I remember long long ago, I was in first grade? I dunno, but I was at Revco and stole a tube of chap stick. Who knows why, I think it's because it was flavored. I felt guilty for years!! When I was a teenager, working a job and driving, it became a Rite-Aide by then, I went and paid for a new tube. The lady was like, what? Never mind, just take the money I said, lol. Hopefully the Princess has learned! She has a good Momma!!
You are the best mom ever! What a creative punishment. I thought you were going to make her write a letter to the store...
I stole a candy bar from the local UDF when my mean sister, Michelle, wouldn't buy it for me. I got caught.
Sad times.
LOVE Nerds. Or, as my husband calls them.... Yous. As in "Honey, want a box of Yous?" Hardy har har.
I've never shoplifted. I have taken pens, envelopes, paper, and the like from work before, so if that counts as stealing, yep I've done it. Would probably do it again, too.
When I was a kid, my youngest sister shoplifted a grape Jolly Rancher. Her crime was discovered when my other sister and I smelled the grapey goodness on her breath after she arrived home from the store with Mom. We were SHOCKED and OUTRAGED that Mom would've let her have such candy (which was never allowed in our house) and that, not only did Mom let her have the candy but didn't get US any too, that we ran downstairs to complain of the inequal treatment, and thus my sister got busted. Mom made her get her piggy bank and marched her out to the car. When they returned, Mom told us she made Sis confess to her crime, break open her piggy bank, pay for the candy and apologize to the manager. Bear in mind she was maybe 5 at the oldest at the time.
Yeah, that was a good lesson learned for all of us. Eeek.
Oh my gosh...that is so funny. I bet she was SOOO regretting that decision by bedtime!
I may or may not have taken a glass from a certain Italian restaurant *cougholivegardencough* And my friends may or may not have sensed my nervousness and may or may not have made loud beeping sounds as I walked out the door with said stolen glass.
She'll never forget this lesson! I love how honest she was.
No, I have never stolen anything. I don't remember stealing anything as a kid, so I guess my parents got that lesson across before I did it. And I do like Nerds.
Way to nip this felon in the butt!
I love that you immediately thought about her filling out memes in the future about shoplifting. lol
I liked Nerds when I was a kid. Now... notsomuch. I'd rather have chocolate over sugary-candy!
I was once with a friend in a store where she shoplifted a candy bar or some gum... I don't remember exactly what it was. I think I was about 10 or 11. I just knew she was going to get busted... and I would be in trouble, too... as an accomplice. She made it out of the store. But it had freaked me out enough never to do it myself!
Now, I have taken pens, post-it notes, etc from work...
I love how you made her write line. I think it is safe to say that she will never steal again.
Poor little one, she won't steal again.
In Grade One (I was 5) I snuck into the teacher's room and purloined a star to stick on my work, because I believed I really deserved it.
I felt so terrible I confessed to my parents and to the teacher and they all wondered why I was making such a big fuss. Duh, because I stole!
It wasn't even a sticky one, you had to lick the back of it to make it stick. Worth a fraction of a cent.
Ok if the kids have, they've been good enough not to get caught YET!! And I LOVE Nerds!!!!!
I love that you made her write .. my mom used to make me do that. Though, I was usually writing something like "I Will Not Talk Back" =-)
We've walked out of Wal-Mart with the girls still playing with those toys they keep on the end caps .. Kelly always walks back and returns them .. I've had to turn around and pay for the stupidest things. They always look at me with the funniest faces, as if they are thinking "Why on earth are you coming back to pay for a $2jar of mayo?" while I'm thinking, "How could I not?" I'd never be able to eat theived mayo .. the guilt would have me starving =0)
So I guess that answers your question .. nope, never theived a thing. Thought about it, and came close to attempting. But my Holy Spirit Conscience beat my innards up =-)
Oh - any other animals that denotes someone's had too much sugar? MY SON!
Anyhoo, I think you did great. Perfect response! We have that same darned candy conversation ALL the time. This is why I like going to the grocery store a.l.o.n.e.!!
Forgot to say, I stole a tiny candy football when I was very, very young from a store by the lake we lived near, that sold tackle, fish bait, and candy & drinks. My mother saw me start to unwrap it as soon as we got outside and she FREAKED!! I was so upset by her reaction that I'd never even think of stealing again!
My one and only incident of petty crime...
I was living in New Quay, England and I was shopping at this little T Shirt store...My shopping bag was on the floor and I was moving the shirts across the rack looking at them! As I did this one T shirt fell completely off the hanger and straight into my shopping bag! I was too afraid to pull it out for fear that she would think I was putting it in!
I nearly ran from the store...So ashamed I didn't tell my Mom and when I needed security clearance for the bank each time for a promotion and I was polygraphed...I told this story every time as my confession for stealing! I am 50 and I still feel badly about it!
You are a good Mommy!
I stole paper and pens from work all the time. I felt justified because they paid me crap. I guess I saw it as a side benefit.
My daughter stole some candy and she had to call me (she was living with her dad at the time) and tell me about it. My disappointment in her behavior was enough punishment and she never stole again.
Oh yeah. I steal all the time. Kisses and hugs from the kiddos. Hey. I have to. They don't give 'em out like they used to!
When I was 6, I stole a Snickers bar from a grocery store. Upon discovering my transgression, my grandmother drove me back to the store and made me apologize to the store manager. I was so scared and mortified that even to this day, I am paranoid that people will think I'm stealing. I'm someone who wears pretty much every emotion on my sleeve, so I don't think I could get away with stealing even if I was bold enough to try.
I've never stolen from a store or anything, but I am looking at a pretty nice stapler right now that perhaps I might have forgotten to return to my last employer...ahem.
You handled that so much better than my mom did with my sis (who stole a chocolate bar about the same age as Gert is). Mom marched her right in to the cashier, had my sis tell them what she did...mom PAID for it, marched out to the car and then MOM ate the candy bar.
no, I've never stolen anything. Well, not that I can remember. Mom must have scarred me for life with that scene from my sis.
I bet the grocery store manager must have to "tongue lash" one child per day for this (per parent's request of course).
I've stolen two things. Once when I was around 7, at a toy store, they had a display of Barbie things to play with, there was the beautiful crown that found it's way into my jacket. I regretted it the second I did it. I never played with it for fear that my mother would want to know where I got it.
Second was a 4-pack of Bartles and James wine coolers when I worked at a grocery store in high school. What the hell was I thinking?! Stealing liquor, underage to boot. I had angels looking out for me that day, along with that devil on my shoulder telling me to do it.
Pretty tame these days, I guess.
Oh, man! The hardest thing as a mom is to march your child up to the store manager and make them apologize for the pilfered candy, make them pay, and then make them throw it in the garbage can. Hard because you know they are dying inside. Hard, because you think that somehow it reflects badly on you. Hard because you know it would be just easier to ignore it.
It's hard to have integrity. Hooray for you for having integrity.
Nerds are such pure sugar; she must have been on a sugar low to even want them! Oh, I hate arbitrary holidays like 100 day and Valentines Day at school. And I'm a teacher!!
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