this is so funny but if my dad did this I’d rage so much, simply because I hate when anyone touches my phone 💀😭

I had an uncle who was a sailor. Once the ship he was on was carrying passengers, but apparently of the arrogant kind. As a joke, he and his friends took the (very analog) cine film cameras lying around and filmed some 'naked but dance'. He's probably told this story a hundred times, but each time he nearly choked on the punch line. "Imagine seeing this when they rewatch their holiday movies with their cocky friends!"

That’s hilarious

As someone who hates to write with anything bigger than a 0.5 I relate to this post so much. I have two pens in my favorite size and probably about 50 replacement inks for them so I never run out!

TL;DR: this reads like it was written by a small business owner.

yea i was wondering that too lol

I got two Tactile Turn pencils, one in bronze and one in titanium.

I've tried 0.3 but found it too thin. I will definitely give 0.4 a try.

I had absolutely no clue that 0.2 exists outside of art pens! I can't even imagine how fragile that would be.

Thanks for the new subreddit recommendation.

iPod, EarPods

this a learning moment really. you are fine with ordering a dildo. what you do to you is your business. they are 100% in the wrong for opening it. i would lean into that. you have learned what kind of people they are. they are fucking assholes with no understanding of other peoples personal space, or the fucking laws.

It’s illegal to open the mail of another person. Talk to your local police.

I feel like I would've done the same thing and had the same exact conversation.

I was a teen and didn’t know better back then.

I’m intrigued as well, but my preference is 0.7 or 0.9 so the lead can withstand all of my inner turmoil without snapping..

Opening mail accidentally is not illegal. Actually, purposefully opening mail sent to your address but not addressed to you is also not illegal. Stealing someone's mail, intentionally diverting it, hiding it, these things might lead to criminal charges.

Random TL;DR at the bottom because?

Oh no! Glad to hear you found out before serious harm was done. I hope your cat will recover from surgery swiftly!

It was illegal for them to fire you for that reason, if you were innocent

That sounds like a very confusing name to have for devices. Did they at least send out an email prior to this to explain the changes?

Well, what pencil is it? As a subscriber to r/mechanicalpencils I'm curious.

Also did you try a 0.3 or 0.4 pencil yet (or even Pentel's 0.2 Orenz)? As someone who finds even 0.5 almost too wide for small writing (eg maths subscripts), 0.4 is my sweet spot.

What, they wished you to have fun...

If you're going to steal, don't do it from the person paying you lol. Fastest way to lose a job is theft, whether it's stealing time (lying about hours worked) or physical things.

No employer will tolerate it. You're just gone

Did you get arrested? If not, how will this follow you for a long time?

Just don't list the job on your resume.

Sounds like you have a lovely family. 🙂

what's the big deal? just own up to it

I feel this, and feel bad for both of you. After 9/11, a lot of jobs got hit by the recession, mine one of them. Just out of college, no one hiring, no one giving any assistance. I'll admit that I had no other way to survive than to steal. And I did. I figured out what was both easy to take and easy to sell quickly for decent value.

For several months, I worked stores. Going in with a coat or jacket, putting it in my cart. Blu-Ray had just come out, and the discs were expensive. And a lot of high-dollar boxed sets had come out. My tactic was to covertly find and get a large number, find a camera-free area, and store them in the coat sleeves. At some point, I would leave my cart to go to the bathroom. This has the advantage of breaking the legality of any surveillance, as well as giving me a window to remove the anti-theft devices from the cases.

Finish a bit of shopping and leave, making sure to be well dressed, friendly, act normal. Grab the bag in one hand, pick up the coat, leave. Then go to the next town over and sell them to an entertainment store that offered 50-75% of retail for popular used discs. Cover story? I was buying movie collections off of eBay cheap, keeping what I wanted for my own library, selling the rest for a profit and repeating.

I was never caught. I made enough to pay my rent and bills for months. I kept a list of what I took and the values, and paid it back anonymously when I was able. And when I started working for the main store I hit, I got a shock. My exploits were a training story from loss prevention. I got to sit uncomfortably while our head of LP described in detail what had been happening, how much I had taken, theories on what tactics had been used. But that they never figured out who it was, had no pictures or evidence (because I made certain to never leave any), and that the only saving grace is that the thief paid the exact value of the theft a couple years later. In an envelope no finger prints, a short note of explaination printed on generic paper, and a bunch of cash in it. It was all explained from the perspective of never knowing what a criminal will do.

It was a time of shame, constant fear of being arrested at literally any moment, and desperation. And the time: when you are performing a well-planned theft, everything takes so much time. Casing the store, learning the camera areas and habits of the LP folks. Performing the theft. Cleaning the cases of anti-theft devices. Getting out clean. Guessing the value of what you have to make sure it's enough to justify making the trip across county lines to fence it (and inhibit police communications).

It also created some nasty habits. Once I was able to work and make a living again, I found myself pocketing items. It wasn't that I needed them, it was just habit. Even over a decade and a half later, the tendency is still there. It's mainly just an intrusive thought, but it comes up. And not being used to simply having money. If I needed food, I could just go buy it, rather than spend half a day planning, executing, and profiting from a theft. It was weird.

So, long story short, don't start the first step down any path you're not comfortable walking to the end of, because you'll find yourself further along it than you ever thought when you take a look back.