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Thief

  • 21-01-2011 9:17pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    I stole stuff from a place I used to work two morning after pills & a load of pregnancy tests. At the time I was so concerned with not being pregnant I didn't really think about the moral issues. They used to keep the pregnancy tests in the staff toliet for some reason and I used em there and meant to put money in the till but I think a lot more than once it slipped my mind. I keep thinking I'm going to he'll for the baby murdering and the stealing both. Pretty messed up and I can't put it right


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  • #2
    mud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭mud


    OP I think you are putting yourself under a lot of stress and that your feelings have made this traumatic situation even worse.

    I've known that panic and I know how messed up your head can be when you find yourself in that situation.

    You say you used to work in this place, I'm assuming that you no longer work there? I'm not condoning theft at all but if I had been in your shoes and there were a pile of pregnancy tests available to me I would have used them too.

    Stealing medication was dangerous, but I'm sure you realise in retrospect that your actions were done in desperation. I urge you to never again take any pills that were not prescribed to you by a professional.

    Saying that you're afraid of going to hell for using the m-a-p is very sad and suggests to me that you need to talk this out with someone. I feel that you have been left afraid and confused by this situation and it will give your head peace to speak in confidence to a non-judgemental professional.

    I hope you recover from your ordeal soon.

    All the very best :)


  • #3
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    How about put money in the poor box for the value of the items you stole?

    As for the "baby murdering" as you put it, that's something for yourself to come to terms with.


  • #4
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    tenchi-fan wrote: »
    How about put money in the poor box for the value of the items you stole?

    As for the "baby murdering" as you put it, that's something for yourself to come to terms with.



    Do you think the poor box thing would be enough I mean if I had been caught I would have been charged and that's what I deserve. I told my friend and she said if you go back because of guilt they could make an example out of you and then you d have a criminal record which means I'd loose my current job as you can't do it with a criminal record.


  • #5
    Fox McCloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭Fox McCloud


    I know you say you feel bad about the stealing part of your experience, are you certain its not just an overall niggling terrible feeling you get when you remember your experience of thinking you were pregnant and panicking etc.? I'm guessing the stealing just added to your feeling alone in the situation.

    As for the actual theft itself, I mean come on the mark up on these things is probably huge, the actual loss sustained by the company would not have even been noticed. Forget the stealing, it wasnt malicious or greedy, just a time in your life that you wernt thinking straight and thats totally understandable. If you want a good feeling to replace the bad, maybe donating the money, if you now have it, to a crisis pregnacy org/charity of your choice might make you feel something good came out of your tough time.

    But the most important thing for you is to go through the experience in your head and be ok with it. You had a tough time, everyone has them. You did something silly, which harmed no one. You learned from it and now you can move on.


  • #6
    kerryman12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 940 ✭✭✭kerryman12


    som good advive here OP, take it on board.


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  • #7
    chicken fingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 645 ✭✭✭chicken fingers


    Anonthief wrote: »
    Do you think the poor box thing would be enough I mean if I had been caught I would have been charged and that's what I deserve. I told my friend and she said if you go back because of guilt they could make an example out of you and then you d have a criminal record which means I'd loose my current job as you can't do it with a criminal record.
    Ahh you poor thing, you wouldnt have been charged.
    They would take one look at the stuff that you took, and they would have sat you down with a female gardai. She would have a little talk with you, you´d pay for the stuff and that would be that. The gardai arent monsters, and there is no way that you would be charged.

    Put it in the charity box, don´t worry the pharmacy has enough cash they will be fine. Make your own personal peace and move on. As for "baby murdering", I dont think the MAP is even close to that but you will have to decide that yourself.


  • #8
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    If you're cared of going to hell maybe talk to a priest/minister about it and see what he/she thinks about it


  • #9
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    OP, I really think you need to speak to a counselor about this. You did not murder a baby. The morning after pill does not kill embryo's, it prevents a fertilised egg from implanting in the womb, it never got to the stage of pregnancy.

    Also, you were in a difficult place so I think you can be excused for the stealing also. Donate to a charity the money that it would have cost for the tests.

    But please speak to someone about your feelings.


  • #10
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    chicken fingers wrote: »
    Ahh you poor thing, you wouldnt have been charged.
    They would take one look at the stuff that you took, and they would have sat you down with a female gardai. She would have a little talk with you, you´d pay for the stuff and that would be that. The gardai arent monsters, and there is no way that you would be charged.

    Put it in the charity box, don´t worry the pharmacy has enough cash they will be fine. Make your own personal peace and move on. As for "baby murdering", I dont think the MAP is even close to that but you will have to decide that yourself.

    Do you really think so? Even though it was prescription medication? I feel like a massive fraud, Irish people can be so judgemental ie if someone is in a tracksuit and Nike s we follow them around a shop to make sure they don't nick anything but there am I middle class and well spoken and no one assumes anything about me how wrong they are. I am going to give the money back by buying a gift
    voucher & not using it. I would feel better coming clean but then I would risk a lot my career would be gone and my parents would be devastated. Thanks for your reply I would have though the guards would have no choice but to charge me if I admit it makes me feel a little better.


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