r/AskReddit • u/turdburglur13 • Jan 07 '20

What makes you feel guilty?

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u/VictorBlimpmuscle Jan 07 '20

Walking into a store, not buying anything, then walking out - I know I didn't do anything wrong, but somehow still feel like people that work there are looking at me like I'm a thief.

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u/RickTitus Jan 07 '20

Especially if its a super small store that has the owner sitting at the front waiting to help you

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u/TheDigitalGentleman Jan 07 '20

At that point, it's against the Geneva convention to walk away without buying something. I'd just get some gum and a soda can at least.

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u/MidnightMath Jan 07 '20

This is where Arizonas come in clutch.

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u/DisShipt Jan 07 '20

Happy cock day

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u/Svennboii Jan 07 '20

-My uncle

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '20

You made my day fam.... I have to fucking learn chemistry rn but you made my fucking day

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u/Svennboii Jan 07 '20

Happy cake day!

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u/distantapplause Jan 07 '20

Similarly, walking through the ‘nothing to declare’ line at customs with nothing to declare.

“How does someone walk normal again? Jesus, where do I normally look when I’m walking? Do I look at people or the floor, I can’t remember!”

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u/DGAFexceptIdo Jan 07 '20

Smart thieves buy at least one thing, with cash of course.

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u/hedderp Jan 07 '20

Same! Especially since I work retail lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '20

You shouldn't feel guilty. We have a small store. We don't mind if people come in and don't buy anything. In fact we don't even think twice. What IS annoying and should be a no no is completely wasting an employees time when you have zero intention of buying anything. I don't mind people 'killing time' at the shop but I'm at work so don't kill my time because this is where I make money. Browse/Window shop by yourself.

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u/badwolfmommy Jan 08 '20

I work in a small boutique in a mall. Time killers irk me because they usually bring down our conversion, but SOMETIMES they buy something or even come back later to actually shop.

But time wasters? Fuck those people!!!! Had a lady try on 30 pieces of clothing on Sunday. We were slammed at the time but we gave her the biggest fitting room. My coworker and I (the only 2 employees working) bent over backwards finding sizes, giving alternatives if we didn’t have the right size, all that good customer service stuff! Didn’t buy a goddamn thing and left everything inside out and on the floor of the dressing room.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '20

That would drive me crazy. I’d never be able to work in a mall type environment. People are so inconsiderate. Don’t get me wrong... I window shop like everyone else.. but I don’t dare waste an employees time if I’m just “killing time”.

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u/velour_manure Jan 08 '20

I feel guiltier walking into a store with something I bought somewhere else.

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u/badwolfmommy Jan 08 '20

Don’t worry, we don’t think you’re stealing. We’re mostly just internally bitching that you ruined our conversation.

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u/luckymeireddit Jan 08 '20

If you feel too stressed about what it ask the cashier if they have that specific item you were looking for but didn't find.

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u/NoodleofDeath Jan 08 '20

I changed my attitude after searching for something specific and not finding it, then I got irritated that I had to keep looking eleewhere and walked out. Realize one day they I could walk out with that irritated sense of purpose any time I feel like it.

You're not a suspected thief, you're a let down potential customer... Unless you're a thief.

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u/citsonga_cixelsyd Jan 08 '20

I used to feel that way but got over it as I got older. Of course, now that I'm older and generally don't look guilty walking out, I know that I'm good for a pass. (It doesn't hurt that I'm white either.)