Melanie’s running with a crime theme this week. Fair warning: this might be an incredibly boring post.
Have you ever “dined and dashed” (i.e. eaten the meal and then run out the restaurant door without paying)?
Nope. In all honesty I never even knew this was a thing until I saw it on an episode of Glee because seriously, who runs out on their bill? You ate it, you pay for it, period.
Have you ever been in a car accident and either left the scene of the accident (providing it was a fender bender and not serious) or denied culpability for causing it when you did, (if it were minor or serious)?
When I was really young I bumped someone’s car at a stop sign. The whole thing’s kind of fuzzy – where, when, was it coming off the interstate or on a side street – but I do remember sheer panic. I was late for something, maybe work, and I had absolutely no idea what someone should do when they drive into the back of somebody’s car. A very kind middle aged man stepped out of the driver’s side, came around back to look at his bumper, and told my nearly hysterical self not to worry about it since there wasn’t any damage. (“Bump” really did mean bump.)
(Oldie which has been asked many times before) Have you ever found a wallet or purse or some money (over $20) in the street and just taken it, thinking ‘finders keepers, losers weepers? Or would you be ‘good’ and hand it in?
This has never happened in real life for me. I imagine I’d hand it in if we were someplace defined, like a lobby or office. Not sure what I’d do if I found it on the street…maybe hand it to the next person who looked like they could use an unexpected turn of luck.
What was the last thing you stole or shoplifted? If you never ever considered doing that, tell us your secret! 🙂
A candy bar. Turns out a guilty conscience can ruin even chocolate.
Sparks from a Combustible Mind hosts Share Your World.
Thanks Laura for Sharing Your World. You’d be surprised (or not) at who might do those things. I never dared to run out if I’d eaten the meal, but I have ‘run out’ after getting a coke (drink) or something when I never got waited on further. I complained to the management in both cases and they agreed that the drink was ‘on the house’. Yes, guilt can ruin even chocolate. A hard lesson for some to learn I think. Have a great week! 🙂
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Goodness, those certainly don’t count on running out. As far as I’m concerned you deserved the drinks plus dessert to go. Sheesh.
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Good answers. I have to say I was never even tempted to do any of these things. I can see where guilt could ruin anything.
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It was a strange week for questions, that’s for sure.
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They were strange.
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Nice answers Laura! I’m not the type either!
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Boring or not, it is what it is.
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Same here. 🥰
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I love your disclaimer about the boring factor at the beginning, it wasn’t boring at all, but I found it a great trigger warning, if you are afraid of being bored.
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Right? Because it’s not like I had a whole lot of crime sprees to work with here. 😉
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Somehow I didn’t think you we’re the eat & run / smash & grab type.
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Yeah, I’m super boring that way. 😆
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I get in a state about sometimes not leaving a tip, so legging it without paying is never going to happen.
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Oh my, not leaving a tip is a struggle. I’ll tip bare minimum or less if the service is horrible — can’t imagine what the server would have to do for no tip at all. Yell at me? Bring the wrong food & refuse to fix it? Spit on my plate in front of me?? Yikes.
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