So I’m standing the waiting line at Sainsbury’s (for those in the dark, it’s second largest supermarket chain in the UK), ready to buy my caramelised nut and jumbo flame raisin crunchy cereal, which I usually consume first thing in the office around 8:30ish. My overall sharpness isn’t exactly at it’s peak since neither breakfast or coffee has been consumed.

Anyway just before I walk into the store I notice a shifty guy walk into the store right behind me. I walk in and hear some commotion going on in the back of the store (it’s not very big at all). Security guard walks over to see what’s going on, shifty guy walks in the opposite direction towards the drugs section (it’s got your average painkillers, panadol, lemsip, cough medicine that sort of stuff), right next to it is the heavier liquor cabinet, JD, Johnny Walker, Cauntro that sort of shit. Shifty guy continues his shifty behaviour in front of the drugs section, sneaks his hand, grabs a bottle of booze and then goes out the front door.

Now I saw this, and I’m pretty sure everyone else saw this as well, since it was a pretty classic staged event to be honest, but I didn’t do anything about it, and nobody else did either. Now was it because we couldn’t be bothered? Probably. Was it because we were scared that the guy would come after us later on outside the store? Maybe. The thing is if it was a local store which was a family business then I might have actually said something. The thing part of me still feels a bit weak for not saying anything. We all know it’s wrong to steal, and it’s not like this guy was trying to get bread to feed his family or something. He was stealing to sustain his drinking habit, so he’s actively doing two things that I don’t agree with and don’t contribute to the world in anyway.