I am a 55-year-old woman. I have started shoplifting small items from giant retail stores, largely because I resent being invisible in my middle age and feel the need to retaliate somehow.
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I see how it can be read like that.
Apparently it is very common. People in their middle ages often with good jobs resorting to petty theft just to feel a little bit alive.
Hearing middle aged people feel invisible is incredibly sad as there’s so many life experiences to share & so much to learn about yourself, I’ve certainly learned more about myself since I turned 40 than in the years prior. Not sure how petty theft is helping anything
Shoplifting seems like a victimless crime right but actually, your petty thieving could deprive local people of jobs if a store is closed due to poor performance. Margins, even in giant retail operations are incredibly tight, ruining people's lives just because you want attention makes you a twat
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Apparently it is very common. People in their middle ages often with good jobs resorting to petty theft just to feel a little bit alive.
Go volunteer somewhere and do something useful.
Just don’t mention the thieving-for-attention in your interviews.
Could you get me some lamb chops, semi decent perfume (wife’s birthday soon), and 12 eggs (I’ll sell them online to Americans and become rich).
Thanks, clepto. 👍
These fellas had the right idea, start a hobby club or something.