Naughty Little Things that even Nice People Do

Merkin

I saw an article on the Daily Edge about people taking illicit little shortcuts in their everyday lives. Whether you consider yourself a paragon of all the virtues or a law-abiding citizen, everyone is guilty of naughty little misdemeanors whereby they flout the rules but no harm is done by it.

So an example would be joining the "10 items or less queue" in Tesco only to have about 20 miniscule items concealed under a newspaper for example. (guilty) Or what about bringing food into the cinema rather than forking out a tenner on a bucket of popcorn Elivis would struggle to get through? (Guilty)

I personally, if buying a croissant or scone normally conceal a mini-pack of jam to avoid paying for it (I appreciate this is theft and makes me a crrrrrrrrazy and dangerous b1tch, I like living on the edge me ).

Where do you flout these everyday little rules and regulations and how?

KTRIC

So you justify theft by saying it's a "naughty" little thing ??

Birroc

I like to go against the arrows in car parks. I smile when people look at me with cross faces. They want to be me.

Merkin

KTRIC wrote: »

So you justify theft by saying it's a "naughty" little thing ??

I do officer

NormalBob Ubiquitypants

I used to have a reserved parking place in work by putting a traffic cone in the centre of it. No one used to park in it. Every morning it went into the boot and every evening out of the boot. I left everyone else to fight it out for limited space.
Mind you I am not a very nice person.

Links234

Merkin wrote: »

Or what about bringing food into the cinema rather than forking out a tenner on a bucket of popcorn Elivis would struggle to get through? (Guilty)

This

Aldi's knock-off peanut M&Ms are probably even tastier than the real ones in my honest opinion, so I rarely want to pay something like €4 for the pleasure in the cinema.

pundy

Merkin, judging by the pale soppy attitudes in the other "would you rat if paid by garda" thread, i've a feeling you're not going to get the responses you wish for OP.

Alf. A. Male

I run the gas off the electricity and the electricity off the gas.

I park where I'm not supposed to in work!

I was asked about it recently by the security dude, but you never admit to anything.

Security dude: "Is that your new car parked where it's not supposed to be parked?"
Me: "where is it not supposed to be parked?"
Security dude: "where it's been parked"
Me: "It's parked down the front today"
SD: "today it is, but it's been somewhere else the past few days"
Me: "Oh has it, where's that?"
SD: "away with you" *shakes head and laughs*

I'm too nice to get clamped.....so far.....

Donkey Oaty

It's a slippery slope OP is on...once you are addicted to stealing the little sachet things, it's easy to move on to the hard stuff.

A Russian teenager convicted of stealing 11 jars of jam from a neighbor has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison, local prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old from the Republic of Bashkiria, in the southwest Urals, smashed a lock to gain entry to the neighbor's store room stealing six jars of raspberry and five pots of currant jam.

131spanner

Paying €1.90 at the tolls instead of €3.30 because a Corolla van looks like a normal one...

Merkin

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

It's a slippery slope OP is on...once you are addicted to stealing the little sachet things, it's easy to move on to the hard stuff.

I was seriously contemplating graduating to butter sachets. You've saved my soul!

dinorebel

Dogger's are very nice people in my(limited) experience.

gugleguy

I did this a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away........

copied genuine article cassette based computer games (for a "ZX Spectrum")
with a blank cassette (often containing other already copied games) , 2 tape recorders and an R64 lead to link both tape recorders.

Nowadays....mmm 'dunno'.

Alf. A. Male

Merkin wrote: »

I was seriously contemplating graduating to butter sachets. You've saved my soul!

Now that really would be a slippery slope.

Stone Deaf 4evr

131spanner wrote: »

Paying €1.90 at the tolls instead of €3.30 because a Corolla van looks like a normal one...

what toll is that? anytime I've been at the basket it comes up at the commercial rate, there must be a licence plate scanner of some sort.

Augmerson

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

It's a slippery slope OP is on...once you are addicted to stealing the little sachet things, it's easy to move on to the hard stuff.

It looks like that kid is in quite the.....JAM

Mousewar

Merkin wrote: »

I saw an article on the Daily Edge about people taking illicit little shortcuts in their everyday lives. Whether you consider yourself a paragon of all the virtues or a law-abiding citizen, everyone is guilty of naughty little misdemeanors whereby they flout the rules but no harm is done by it.

So an example would be joining the "10 items or less queue" in Tesco only to have about 20 miniscule items concealed under a newspaper for example. (guilty) Or what about bringing food into the cinema rather than forking out a tenner on a bucket of popcorn Elivis would struggle to get through? (Guilty)

I personally, if buying a croissant or scone normally conceal a mini-pack of jam to avoid paying for it (I appreciate this is theft and makes me a crrrrrrrrazy and dangerous b1tch, I like living on the edge me ).

Where do you flout these everyday little rules and regulations and how?

First one is a bit inconsiderate but whatever.
Second is a justifiable and noble stand against rip-off merchants
Third is theft.

MagicIRL

You're the worst kind of person, OP.

Agricola

I used to work with a lad who would strategically place Timeout / Snack bars under the lip of his plate or under a paper on his tray, before going up to pay in the canteen. Always got away with it. I was in awe of him, a bit like Dougal with Fr Damo.

Karl Stein

Me and my friends used to rob banks wearing the masks of former US Presidents to fund our surfing and extreme sports lifestyle.

Optimalprimerib

I download like a fcuker. My netflix account is also circulating amongst 5 friends.

Corvo

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I download like a fcuker. My netflix account is also circulating amongst 5 friends.

You....you...ANIMAL

Birroc

Karl Stein wrote: »

Me and my friends used to rob banks wearing the masks of former US Presidents to fund our surfing and extreme sports lifestyle.

Are you the One?

Birroc

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I download like a fcuker. My netflix account is also circulating amongst 5 friends.

How does this work, I mean how do so many people share Netflix accounts and Netflix do nothing to stop it? Is it because they is American and expect us Irish to behave? I gots to know.

Fred Swanson

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131spanner

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

what toll is that? anytime I've been at the basket it comes up at the commercial rate, there must be a licence plate scanner of some sort.

Limerick tunnel, I usually go to the cashier and they've always charged me 1.90 so far, I'm yet to correct them

Stone Deaf 4evr

Birroc wrote: »

How does this work, I mean how do so many people share Netflix accounts and Netflix do nothing to stop it? Is it because they is American and expect us Irish to behave? I gots to know.

only 2 people can watch at once, so regardless of how many people have your login, its all the same to netflix.

Birroc

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

only 2 people can watch at once, so regardless of how many people have your login, its all the same to netflix.

I see, thanks!

billie1b

Birroc wrote: »

How does this work, I mean how do so many people share Netflix accounts and Netflix do nothing to stop it? Is it because they is American and expect us Irish to behave? I gots to know.

For the standard €6.99 per month you can have up to 4 devices attached to the one account, if it goes over 4 they bump you up to €12 per month and you have unlimited devices. Ive been doing it since xmas, myself, the 3 kids tablets, the xbox and 2 of my nieces and one nephew all use my account

LizzieJones

You know those bulk candy bins at the grocery store? I'm sure you have them in Ireland.

Well, some of them have a little metal coin box next to them where for a low, low cost of 10 cents you can take a piece of candy to sample.

I've been known to only put a penny in them and then take *2* pieces of candy.

Since Canada abolished the penny a few months ago I don't know what I am going to do now. I guess I will have to give up my life of crime ..... or use nickels.

LizzieJones

Fred Swanson wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

I'm shocked!! Shocked!!

My dad was a mailman. You owe us money!!

Alf. A. Male

LizzieJones wrote: »

You know those bulk candy bins at the grocery store? I'm sure you have them in Ireland.

Well, some of them have a little metal coin box next to them where for a low, low cost of 10 cents you can take a piece of candy to sample.

I've been known to only put a penny in them and then take *2* pieces of candy.

Since Canada abolished the penny a few months ago I don't know what I am going to do now. I guess I will have to give up my life of crime ..... or use nickels.

This changes everything I thought I knew about Canada and Canadians and I am a little more disappointed by the world today

whisky_galore

LizzieJones wrote: »

You know those bulk candy bins at the grocery store? I'm sure you have them in Ireland.

Well, some of them have a little metal coin box next to them where for a low, low cost of 10 cents you can take a piece of candy to sample.

I've been known to only put a penny in them and then take *2* pieces of candy.

Since Canada abolished the penny a few months ago I don't know what I am going to do now. I guess I will have to give up my life of crime ..... or use nickels.

You monster. For shame.

Pumpkinseeds

Sometimes the self scan machines in Tesco don't register an item. I could rescan it but if nobody notices I occasionally bag it anyway. I see it as compensation for having to listen to that recorded annoying voice banging on at me. I can't really do it if my husband is with me though. He's one of those pesky people with a strong moral compass.

The last time was a box of cat food and he pointed out to me that it hadn't scanned and I was putting it in the bag. I had to glare at him and whisper to shut up and keep packing.

LizzieJones

whisky_galore wrote: »

You monster. For shame.

I know, I'm horrible. :P

Flippyfloppy

Birroc wrote: »

I like to go against the arrows in car parks. I smile when people look at me with cross faces. They want to be me.

Snap!

Santa Cruz

When in Tescos I get packets of condoms and put them in other people's trolleys. Then I wait till they go to the checkout. It's great fun hearing them say "They're not mine"

The Diabolical Monocle

oh I say.

Ranchu

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Sometimes the self scan machines in Tesco don't register an item. I could rescan it but if nobody notices I occasionally bag it anyway. I see it as compensation for having to listen to that recorded annoying voice banging on at me. I can't really do it if my husband is with me though. He's one of those pesky people with a strong moral compass.

The last time was a box of cat food and he pointed out to me that it hadn't scanned and I was putting it in the bag. I had to glare at him and whisper to shut up and keep packing.

How do not get stung by the weight detector thing?

Pumpkinseeds

Ranchu wrote: »

How do not get stung by the weight detector thing?

I have no idea.

redfacedbear

A shop I use charges a different price for milky coffees than black ones. Which pisses me off cos they're making a killing at either price. I only ever tell them that it's coffee and let them ask if it's got milk in or not. Usually they don't and I get my latté on the cheap!

ThatFellaJohn

When I buy a coffee, I take extra cups and sugars... I now have a stock pile of stolen coffee merchandise in my office! Karma will get me back one day and my house will be fleeced of all condiments

wil

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

I know of a guy who got banned on boards, but got around the ban.

Apparently he cleared all his cookies, switched his modem off and back on a minute later, cleared his adobe flash cookies and re-registered.

Since then he's been trololololing it up in a most ungentlemanly fashion.

Dastardly chap, but he cuts quite the dash.

That's diabolical.
Hope they catch the chap for all our sakes.


I've been known to mispell words on purpose just to observe the lesser spotted wordpecker
I know, its not jam.

Timothy Bryce

During a poetry module in transition year, I transcribed the words to a lesser known Radiohead B-Side, and passed it off as a poem that I wrote.

I got an 'A'

LizzieJones

Timothy Bryce wrote: »

During a poetry module in transition year, I transcribed the words to a lesser known Radiohead B-Side, and passed it off as a poem that I wrote.

I got an 'A'

You're going straight to hell. You know that.

thunderdog

When I was studying at Trinity I often used their free post collection service (reserved for official mail) to free post around the world (my GF was living in France at the time). Amazing what you could squash into the post box there

Saved a decent amount of money over the 4 years I was there! If I was still living close to campus I'd probably still be giving this a go :cool:

billie1b

thunderdog wrote: »

When I was studying at Trinity I often used their free post collection service (reserved for official mail) to free post around the world (my GF was living in France at the time). Amazing what you could squash into the post box there

Saved a decent amount of money over the 4 years I was there! If I was still living close to campus I'd probably still be giving this a go :cool:

I love the way trinners people jump at the chance to say they went to trinity, its so funny

thunderdog

billie1b wrote: »

I love the way trinners people jump at the chance to say they went to trinity, its so funny

Also completed my PhD in Trinity :D:D

billie1b

thunderdog wrote: »

Also completed my PhD in Trinity :D:D

Nice! Fair play to ya

Gongoozler

I stole a nice little glass from a pub the other night, and my boyfriend told everybody on the way home. First person being a garda

Oh and that was right before we stole the luas home.

Jesus we sound like right little thieves. We're not really. The luas, well we both regularly pay quite a bit on commuting, so it's ok.