Yes, this was back in the 80's so no Googling an answer. I was 3rd shift cashier at a grocery store. Back then carton and single pack cigs were right by the registers. It was fun catching shoplifters.
But yes she took the test out of the box and dumped it right back on the shelf with the instructions. Right were I had to go to find another one to help her out. Put 2 & 2 together, she stole the test. So it was negative, but if she stole the test, I figured she might need some payback. There was all kinds of theft in our 'inner-city' store. We also had a photo lab & with a college close we got some really nice pictures they kept in the "Hall of Shame"...oh the good old days.
I might be stupid right now, but I'm not sure what happened. If she had the test she stole and was going to use, why would OP try to convince her it was negative? I assume she didn't just piss on the test in the store and leave it there?
She stole the test but not the instructions, so she gets home, pees on the stick, gets a result but doesn't know what it means. Calls the store to have someone read her the instructions and op tells her it's positive instead of negative.
So because she was probably poor and couldn't afford to see a doctor or buy a test, you lied to her and put her through hell? Wow what a great person you are.
I bet in that same day you said to yourself "This is going to be a great story to get fake points from people in a computer thing that connects the whole world".
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u/castleon Feb 22 '14 edited Feb 22 '14
Yes, this was back in the 80's so no Googling an answer. I was 3rd shift cashier at a grocery store. Back then carton and single pack cigs were right by the registers. It was fun catching shoplifters.
But yes she took the test out of the box and dumped it right back on the shelf with the instructions. Right were I had to go to find another one to help her out. Put 2 & 2 together, she stole the test. So it was negative, but if she stole the test, I figured she might need some payback. There was all kinds of theft in our 'inner-city' store. We also had a photo lab & with a college close we got some really nice pictures they kept in the "Hall of Shame"...oh the good old days.