For the past several years, every time I've left the Sam's Club I've wondered if the little lady checking the receipts as you leave has ever actually busted anyone for stealing something. A few bulk shopping trips ago, thinking I'd get a good story, I asked in a playful tone, "So, have you ever really busted anyone for trying to steal something?" She looked at me seriously with a stern face and said, "No, just once in a while we'll find something that a checker forgot to ring up." As I headed to my car I tried to remember the point in my life at which an honest mistake became an impossibility.
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