One thing I have found in shops in Dublin is, security is very very lean. You know stores back home have those security thingies tied to every little piece of item they sell and how you have to pass through those detectors when you step out? Well, this place has none of those.
Yesterday I went to eurospar to pick up milk and bagels for breakfast. I also picked up caramel bars from the coffee place attached to the store. When I went to bill them, the girl at the counter said I have to pay for the caramel bars at the coffee counter. I paid for the other stuff and went to the coffee counter only to find that they were closed for the day. So there I was, holding two bars in my hand, and there was no single soul who would have known if I walk out and not pay for it. This thought scared me a little. I went back to another counter and asked I can pay for it there. The guy there agreed and I quickly fished out 2 euros and got out. It was scary that you can actually walk out with stuff and noone would know. I am used to being watched. I am used to being ‘approved and checked’ before walking out of stores. This.. was scary.
And here is another thought. Just a random one. I am not saying this happened. I am not saying it didn’t. Like I said, just a thought.
What would you do if you found out that a good friend of yours took advantage of this situation and was shoplifting. After the initial moment of shock or disgust or whatever, what would you do? Confront him? Ignore him for the rest of your life? Act as if everything is normal? Blog about it? Forget the incident thinking its a one off case? Dismiss the incident from your mind thinking he wasn’t really flicking the stuff, but was just trying to see if the item would look good without the packing?
Me? I don’t know what I would do. I am slow with my reactions in such situations. But one thing is for sure. He would never ever mean the same to me.
