WalMart- Informative - Uptight over one chocolate bar

Posted by zzrokk on 2006-07-06:

You're joking, right? A candy bar or a 72" TV, it's still a crime. The petroleum companies are making billions. You gonna go fill up your moped tonight and not pay? They won't mind. Stay in school Chelle'.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

zzrokk it was a matter over 68 cents and i have a criminal record over 68 cents because they don't care about the customer.

Posted by UrFriendlyPirate on 2006-07-06:

Zork, can you trouble yourself to be a bit more respectful and less condescending?

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

Thank you pirate finally someone else that thinks that they are making a big deal out of nothing. The store alone must make 10k to 50k a day or more. They make a big deal of one chocolate bar.

Posted by awspie on 2006-07-06:

zork - you steel more than 68 cents written tripe on my3cents on company time when should be entering data to make company money. zork you should be moore compitionate of fello thiefs.

Posted by Sparticus on 2006-07-06:

Ok, someone has to say it. What if "everyone" took just one candy bar each day. They would stand to lose quite a bit I imagine. Sorry, had to say it.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

They will lose quite a bit if someone stole a chocolate bar every day, but they can certainly afford it.

Posted by UrFriendlyPirate on 2006-07-06:

I certainly don't advocate stealing, and that applies to Zork who is typing comments on company time. (tr)

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

On walmart time or another company, because if they have internet access for their employees they should not get that uptight over a chocolate bar. This is the second time they discrimated against my family.

Posted by Slimjim on 2006-07-06:

If it was only 68 cents, why didn't you reach in your purse and pay for it instead of stealing, and then griping here cause you were caught? Why, because this compliant is faked just to get a reaction. No one could be that ignorant. And pirate, I've seen Michelle's other comments posted so I'm not too concerned with not being "respectful and less condescending."

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

Why don't you be considerate slim. For crying out loud they certainly can afford 68 cents.

Posted by glc on 2006-07-06:

Michelle, sorry, but you were wrong. Did you make any other purchases at WM that day? If so, you should have advised the cashier of the eaten candy bar, if not, did you enter WM with the thought of just eating a candy bar? Did you have 68 cents with you to pay for it? You have to rethink the notion that stealing something from someone who can "afford the loss" is OK.

Posted by awspie on 2006-07-06:

zork rips offs from company and sjj2k condenones bhavior then questions michelles honestry.

Posted by Slimjim on 2006-07-06:

Shoplifting is a retailer like Wal-Marts worst nightmare Ms. Connery. They CAN'T afford it, and if you couldn't either, you should have left it where it was.

Posted by Slimjim on 2006-07-06:

LOL, asspie, is there really any question as to Michelle's honesty here?

Posted by awspie on 2006-07-06:

sljj2k using company time and equipment ot play on my3cents is company worst nite mare. why you not condone zork

Posted by awspie on 2006-07-06:

i mint condamn

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

glc- I am not normally a thief, I only took the chocolate bar because I wanted to show everyone how selfish and stingy they are, they had arrested my nine year old son earlier and I was hoping to show the world how they bully nine year olds and get uptight over a small amount of cash.

Posted by Doe3001 on 2006-07-06:

It was a crime no matter what. You should have paid before leaving the store. I agree that most big stores don't care about customers but I also think that is not an excuse to go and steal chocolates. Next time, steal some bread and let them put you in jail so, we can write an american version of "Les Miserables".

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

slim - like I said I am not one to steal, I only did it to prove a point, my son was arrested earlier for stealing pokemon cards and I wanted to show the world how they treat honest customers.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

Doe3001- read my other post, you will know why I had to do this, Then you will take my said as they discrimate against my family.

Posted by awspie on 2006-07-06:

michell you make no sense at all. you show world steeling wrong by steeling.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

awspie-again I only stole to prove how stingy they are. Not only did they arrest me but my son was arrested earlier as well, I did this to prove that they like bullying small children.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

Also it is spelled stealing, learn to spell before you poke fun of my intentions.

Posted by Brenda Leah on 2006-07-06:

So let me get this straight... instead of teaching your son that stealing is wrong you teach him that stealing is ok and WalMart is wrong? Wow mother of the year here...

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

Brenda - My son is only nine years old, while I admit stealing is wrong, I also think they were to harsh on him. He was up in his room crying for almost an hour because the big men scared him. The other boy with him was not arrested even though it was his idea, I took the chocolate bar to prove a point. I finally gave my son a popsicle to calm him down and help him feel better because a big company is bullying him.

Posted by awspie on 2006-07-06:

brenda it think michell plays on my3cents ot fool people. she make no sense and i think she make no snense on poirpose.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

awspie - Learn to spell before you make comments, also check over your work, one mistake is okay but you have so many. Also they are not all typo's all the time your spelling is terrible.

Posted by Brenda Leah on 2006-07-06:

Did you steal the popsicle too?

Posted by awspie on 2006-07-06:

michelle lsat time i looked speling wrongly not a crim e but steeling is. dsh should teak your child cause you teech him to steel.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-06:

I am not teaching him to steal, I told i what he did was wrong, but they made a big deal over a little kid, and no Brenda Leah, I did nt steal the popsicle. I am not normally a person that steals but well I was mad and wanted to prove a point. Please try to understand that as a parent i only did this to protect my son. I am being discrimated against. A older kid was with him when he stole(I am guessing the ten year old was a friend or relative of the employee or manager) THe other kid got off which is what makes me angry.

Posted by Brenda Leah on 2006-07-06:

Ohh now it's discrimination. You are teaching him that stealing is OK by doing what you did. Why pay for anything at all? The big corporations can afford you right?

Posted by miantani75 on 2006-07-06:

You are not a customer if you stole it. You're only a customer if you pay for it.

Posted by UrFriendlyPirate on 2006-07-06:

Slim, why don't you try to mind your own business.

Posted by SuperSource2005 on 2006-07-06:

stealing is stealing whether it's to prove a point or not.
you are a theif and you taught your son it's ok to steal. smooth move ex-lax

Posted by LuckyDave on 2006-07-06:

Michelle Connery, your son SHOULD have been arrested for stealing Pokeman cards and you SHOULD have been arrested for stealing a candy bar! End of story. Now go get a life.

Posted by CrazyRedHead on 2006-07-06:

You really set a good example for your 9 year old. Would you rather had him scared at 9 for just stealing cards or scared and 16 in jail for stealing a car. It doens't matter how you try to justify it, it is still wrong and didn't really accomplish much. I understand what you went through. It is not that you are not trying to teach your son that stealing is wrong, it is just that the first time "telling" him didn't work so a more drastic approach was needed to get the message across. Hopefully this experience worked and he doens't do it again.

Posted by Mrs Manischewitz on 2006-07-06:

Geez, quoting a television commercial from the seventies. I hope it was "Hershey's the great American chocolate bar."

Posted by zzrokk on 2006-07-07:

No Mrs. M. I believe it was a "PayDay" bar....People not in "bizness" or working for a living wouldn't understand that terminology. Right Chelle' and pirate?

Posted by tgtman on 2006-07-07:

Way to go mom. If you were allowed to steal a chocolate bar, wouldn't the sign say "FREE"!?!?! It's 68 cents. If you can't afford that, go back on welfare. Of course 68 cents matters to a store. If you get away with that, then what? 1.00... 10.00... 50.00? If there is a price for an item, PAY FOR IT! I think you should have been thrown in jail because of the utter STUPIDITY of your actions. I have heard excuses for stealing, but never "Well, it was 68 cents, so I thought it didn't matter!" What a waste you are to society.

Posted by Doc J on 2006-07-07:

The poor lady was hungry. If Wal-Mart "cared" about her plight they would have taken her to the food court and given her a meal. Then, taken her to the grocery aisle to fill her basket with complementary goodies. Michelle's only crime is not having money. Everyone so-afflicted should get to shop free...it's the American way!

Posted by Noneill on 2006-07-07:

Michelle, is proving WM's stinginess worth getting a criminal record over? Not many folks would think so. What are you teaching your son? If it is ok to steal a 68 cent item, is it ok to steal a Mp3 player? Or how about a cash register full of money? Is that ok to steal? If you think no, it is not ok to steal those things then why not? Walmart will not go broke if someone stole those things, so by your logic it IS OK to steal those things. Just where do you draw the line between what is ok to steal and what is not? I am curious.

Posted by tgtman on 2006-07-07:

Doc J, I appreciate your sarcasm. I just hope Michelle comprehends that you are not encouraging her behavior. We all know that WalMart wouldn't "care" about her plight, WalMart (as with any corporation) only cares about making profits. WalMart is not a relief agency or a welfare office, where this lady can go if she truly is "needy." Bottom line: Somebody used resources to make the candy bar, it was sold to WalMart who bought it for such-and-such price, and now the consumer pays for the item. No matter what the cost, there is nothing too small or cheap that makes it okay to steal. It was not free to Walmart, so why should it be free to you, Michelle? For once, I agree with Walmart's policy... apprehend a criminal!

Posted by Doc J on 2006-07-07:

tgtman- ;-)

Posted by dealco on 2006-07-07:

POSTED BY MICHELLE CONNERY (07/06/2006): "I finally gave my son a popsicle to calm him down and help him feel better because a big company is bullying him." WalMart is *bullying* him?!?! Did the big yellow smiley face come knocking at your kid's window looking for trouble, or was it the other way around? Let this kid learn his lesson from Wal-Mart: STEALING IS BAD! He certainly won't learn it from you.

Posted by dealco on 2006-07-07:

And you actually gave him a popsicle to "make it all better." Shouldn't you have scolded him for stealing? I don't believe in physical punishment, but I do believe that as a parent you are going to need to nip it in the bud... if he is stealing at the age of nine, be prepared to come up with bail money when he is arrested for grand larceny.

Posted by miantani75 on 2006-07-07:

Well, Michelle, doesn't look like too many people here are on your side. Looks like you better go find a criminal's website & post there to get some support. You're not going to get it here!

Posted by Doc J on 2006-07-07:

Maybe Michelle could start her own site? "My3rdOffense"

Posted by zzrokk on 2006-07-07:

(LOL)

Posted by glc on 2006-07-07:

Good one, Doc!

Posted by DORCAS on 2006-07-08:

Man, I hope this is the case that comes up when I get picked for jury duty :-)

Posted by miantani75 on 2006-07-08:

Haven't heard from Michelle for a few days now, maybe she did start it. LOL.

Posted by Zachary on 2006-07-08:

dealco what is grand larceny.

Posted by CrazyRedHead on 2006-07-08:

She probably finally realised that what she did was wrong and stupid and a very bad example for her 9 year old, and that Wal Mart is not at fault here.

Posted by dealco on 2006-07-09:

Grand Larceny = The theft of property of a value exceeding the amount constituting petit larceny. Petit Larceny = The theft of objects whose value is below a certain arbitrary standard.

Posted by tweetyeyes on 2006-07-11:

Wow, I wish Michelle was my mom! What will he steal next, a car maybe? One day you will drive past a Taco Bell, look inside and see everyone with there hands up, there will be your nine year old with a plastic gun covered by a paper bag holding the place up. Is this what you want? This is how criminals get started. Discrimination? Makes no scense. I'm sure these are not the only items taken by these thieves nor is this the only store. Way to go mom! Thats teaching em'.

Posted by Doodlebop1 on 2006-07-11:

That's it. I'm convinced this world has gone mad. Michelle, are you trying to convince people to stay away from Wal- mart because they rightfully had you arrested for stealing? I think it had the opposite effect. I will go there more often because they will keep prices down by going after thieves like yourself who cause everyone to pay more. I can't wait for Halloween... i'm going to BUY bags and bags of candy bars from Wal- Mart !!

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

Brenda - This is discrimation because the other boy was never charged.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

supersource - I did not steal because I am a thief, I stole because I had to prove how stingy they are.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

luckydave- The kids only nine, they should not be so hard on him.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

tgdman_ I am not on walfare, I was just trying to prove a point.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

dealco - I have told my son that stealing is wrong, yet I also had to calm him down because he was quite upset. It just angers to see your son upset.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

DocJ- This is my first offense, if you can call taking a chocolate bar costing 68 cents from the top ratailer an offense.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

tweetyeyes - He's nine, he is too young to hold up a Taco Bell. Besides a plastic gun is harmless, and they would not find a nine year old a threat. He's pretty small 53 inches. Under five feet.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

tweetyeyes - Dorca's unless you are a caring human being I hope you are not selected for jury for this case. It probably won't go to trial unless I sue them.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-11:

tweetyeyes - You don't have to stay away but what if this happened to your child, what if your child was being abused by store security.

Posted by Leela on 2006-07-11:

Michelle, did you actually expect sympathy here? You admitted your son broke the law, then, you broke the law. Your child was not "abused" by store security. You didn't eat the chocolate bar to prove how "stingy" wal-mart is...you are a criminal. Plain and simple. Accept that, get some help, and quit asking for sympathy where NONE is due.

Posted by yoke on 2006-07-11:

You keep saying that it is discrimination since the other boy who was older was not charged. Did he also steal a pack of cards? You admit he was teaching the other boy how to steal since he had done it before and got away with it. If he did not steal the cards why would he be charged? Your son was charged since he was the one who stole something. You are upset about the way he was treated by the security guards saying they couild be child predators, yet you allowed your son and someone elses son to wonder the store unattended long enough to steal. If I was the other childs parent I would be livid that you allowed my child to wonder Wal-mart while you shopped and your child was teaching my child how to steal.

Posted by tgtman on 2006-07-13:

You don't prove a point by breaking the law. Need I say more?

Posted by tgtman on 2006-07-13:

How is WalMart selfish for trying to protect their property? Respond to this: IF IT WAS YOURS FOR THE TAKING, WHY DOES EVERYBODY ELSE GET CHARGED 68 CENTS? Betcha can't answer that tough one! I'll be checking for your response.

Posted by SCEEBEE on 2006-07-13:

Well - You DID steal! Get a grip.

Posted by SherryH on 2006-07-13:

Wow, I'm kind of shocked that you would take something without paying for it and then get mad at the store you took it from for prosecuting you and get mad at people on this board for being offended by your actions. I hate Walmart, I don't shop there, so this isn't about them and their wealth. Do you know how they make up for the theft from their stores, because you aren't the only one stealing from them? They raise prices. Everyone else who PAYS for what they get from a store is paying for your crime. You are lucky all they did was give you a criminal record. A private citizen with a gun could have done a lot worse to you if you had come on to their property and taken what you didn't pay for and they would have been justified to do so. Bottom line-if you want it, pay for it, just like I do. Anything else is a criminal act. Shame on you for demonstrating such behavior to your child.

Posted by SherryH on 2006-07-13:

One quick addition-I just heard on the news that a family sued Giant Eagle grocery chain because their family member stole $300 worth of groceries and some customers tackled him on the way out. In the process, he got suffocated to death. Guess what? The family lost the lawsuit because it was justifiable in the eyes of the law to stop a thief and his death was determined to be his own fault.

Posted by tweetyeyes on 2006-07-14:

Yes, 9 is not too young to become troublesome. Also, would you like some cheese with that wine? I cant believe that you would actually think you would get sympathy from anyone with that story. If you believe that you were honestly targeted, then people like you should never be aloud to breed.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-14:

emt- My child was abused, he was verballly abused.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-14:

yoke - Both boys had stolen property as they left the store he just got off with a warning.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-14:

tgman - I "stole" it because well I was hungry and 68 cents is not a biggie to them, they need to learn respect.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-14:

scebbe - taking something for 68 cents from the biggest retailer in the uS is not really stealing. You get a grip.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-14:

sherryH- shame on you, it's people like you that should not have contact with children because you are tough on them.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-14:

sherryH- Also I am sure that person was over nine years old, and he stole $300, my son only had 15 dollars worth of stolen things.

Posted by dealco on 2006-07-14:

Michelle... according to Webster's dictionary and all local law enforcement agencies, to take the property of another without right or permission IS STEALING. It means nothing if the item was 5 cents or if it was $255. Either way, it BELONGS to WALMART, and you TOOK it without recompensing them. That, my friend, is stealing. I think you "proved your point" -- you can't get away with stealing in this country.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-07-14:

tweeteyteyes- well your parents made a big mistake, they had sex, which resulted in your birth.

Posted by CrazyRedHead on 2006-07-14:

Respect, it that how you show respect, by stealing? He was not abused, verbally or any other way. He was being taught a lesson and this is the way security people do it, just like the police. I guess I should charge the policeman that arrested my son (on unrelated charges) for verbal abuse, cause he really layed into him and the other 7,8 and 12 year old boys that was with him.

It doens't matter what you reasoning was behind it, you stole. Plain and simple. You will be followed around the store from now on (once you get back in). If you haven't thought about this, if any of the employees have moved to another store, you will be followed around there as well, over a <$1.00 dollar item. It may not happen, but what if it does?

Posted by yoke on 2006-07-14:

Michelle, you are making this up as you go along. In you other post you never mention the other child stole anything, now all of a sudden you claim he also stole something. Maybe if you we watching them it would never have happened.

Posted by SherryH on 2006-07-15:

Yoke: I suspect you are right-"making this up"-being the operative words. I smell someone who likes drama and attention and this is one major ploy to gain both, based on her every changing story and responses to all of us. Done here!

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-07-18:

You took a product and did not pay for it...it's shoplifting...no matter the price...since they make a billion dollars a year as you say, you can guess how many customers they have in one year...and if each customer had your attitude and STOLE a 68 cent candy...how much money do you suppose that would add up to? Geez...next you will be expecting to go in and put on a pair of jeans and walk out because it's JUST one pair of jeans and you needed a pair...you deserve to have a police record just for thinking stupid like that.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-07-18:

I've seen people take a candy bar from the shelf and give to their small child while they waiting in line at the check out...to keep the child from fussing...they didn't just TAKE it...they gave the wrapper to the cashier to scan and PAID for it!

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-07-18:

Next time eat before you shop.

Posted by Skye on 2006-07-18:

Hummm, well Michelle, look at it this way. If everyone thought like you, and took a candy bar, say Walmart had 2000 customers that day, it adds up to $1360.00 in lost, stolen revenue.
So I guess in your world, shoplifting is ok. It's people like you that make business's raise their prices because you are a crimminal.
I hope your post isn't real, but if it is, you need lots of help.

Posted by Zachary on 2006-07-24:

yoke - Sounds to me like from the very begining that that the other kid stole but her son was the kingpin.

Posted by Irving Patrick Freleigh on 2006-07-26:

Either Michelle Connery is a troll, or she is the stupidest human being on the face of the Earth.

Stealing is stealing, whether it's 68 cents or $68,000. Her parents must not have raised her very well if they taught her it's OK to steal because the big retailer makes billions of dollars a year and can just eat the cost.

What's next? Stealing a TV or clothes or something else expensive because Wal-Mart makes so much money and can just write off the costs?

And if she's raising her son Zachary to behave the same way, then child protective services ought to come and take him away. She's raising him to be a criminal.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-07-31:

You said you took it because you were hungry...but on your other post, you said you took the candy bar to test them out. I think you did it just for the thrill of getting something for free...enjoy your freedom while you have it.

Posted by yoke on 2006-07-31:

Zachray, reread her other post. Her son was teaching the other kid how to steal becasue he had done it before and got away with it.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-08-04:

yoke - Both boys had stolen cards in their pockets when they left the store, my son was teaching the other kid to steal, they BOTH had stolen merchandise, I suggest that you go back to second grade and learn how to read.

Posted by Michelle Connery on 2006-08-04:

Irving Patrick Freleigh - My son is not Zachary, if you read more in other posts you would find out that zachary is 11 my son is nine. Get your facts straight. My son does not post here yet, but I should get him to defend himself.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-08-04:

Defend himself? He doesn't even know right from wrong! Besides as long as Mommy defends him, he'll never have to.

Posted by yoke on 2006-08-07:

Michelle, you never said the other boy has cards in his pocket, you said your son was showing him how to steal. It was later that you claimed the other child had stolen also. Get your story straight.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-08-07:

A Whole family of losers...Hey Michelle...where is this kid's Father at?

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-08-07:

Your Son's Father, not the other kid's.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-08-07:

Probably in prison.

Posted by miantani75 on 2006-08-08:

DebtorBasher, I think I saw him the other day get busted on an episode of COPS. Guess what for.... shoplifting!

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-08-09:

Not surprised.

Posted by Phe on 2006-08-10:

They don't make money by letting people take their products without paying. This is why retail is "for profit". If you want free food, go to a soup kitchen.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-08-10:

Even looters get shot at for leaving stores with merchandise and not paying.

Posted by miantani75 on 2006-08-11:

Looks like Michelle's replies went poof, along with Zachary's. Yet more proof that they may indeed be the same person.

Posted by miantani75 on 2006-08-11:

Oops, my bad. I just realized that admin set it so that when you block someone, you no longer see their comments! Yeah!!!! Never again, do I have to see a comment from Michelle, Blanejane, & many more! Thanks, admin!

Posted by amarys05 on 2006-09-06:

exactly how old are you... because umm... no matter WHAT it is.. if you take something and use it/eat it.. without paying for it.. its called stealing! your lucky they didn't call the cops.

Posted by amarys05 on 2006-09-06:

oh, and i see you said you'll go to the press if the company is gonna be so stingy.. i think that'd be stupid to admit to the press that you STOLE something.. some people these days i tell ya.. no common sense..

Posted by triskal on 2006-09-19:

Holy crap! Just stumbled on this one, and all I can say is Holy Crap! I guess it shows my naivete, but I had always assumed that everyone knew what stealing was, whether they cared or not was another story. I HAVE met people with the gall to say that because the low worth of the object they stole, it's not a big deal, but I have never heard someone resort to denying that it was even theft!
I'd say my mother had it right when I stole a sucker when I was 5. She found it, marched me right back to the store, made me pay for it from my allowance, and had the store call mall security to talk to me about how important it is to pay for anything you take out of a store. Yeah, I was terrified, I thought he was a police officer, and I thought I was in big trouble--but I've never stolen since...
Morals, Michelle, morals--wonderful new development, they are. You should try 'em.

Posted by bnjv8crd on 2006-09-25:

I can't believe that this is for real. You steal something to show how they treat "honest customers"? You weren't honest. Your son wasn't honest. He deserved to have the police called on him. Any decent mother would have done it herself, not turned around and done the same thing to try and make a point.
"He was up in his room crying for almost an hour because the big men scared him." Good! You let him steal now and you will definitely be visiting him on Sunday afternoons when he is prison for the bank he robs!

Posted by Plee on 2006-09-27:

You are one of the biggest reasons that we have such troublesome youth today. You are a parent and you should be teaching your son HE was wrong. So what if he's 9? He's wasn't afraid of the "BIG BAD COMPANY" when he pilfered now was he? I have a 10 year old and she would NEVER even dream of taking something from a store. I know children who don't know better (babies, toddlers, preschool) have lifted but they just knew "I want candy" and not that it wasn't theirs for the taking. Is your child stupid? He'd be crying a whole lot longer if it were me. GOOD FOR WALMART for taking a stand for what is right!

Posted by littlegreenmonster on 2006-11-07:

Michelle: I've read your two posts, and I am appalled and shocked by your stupidity. Let me get the story straight here:

First your son was teaching another child to steal, because he's done it before and gotten away with it. Then he gets caught and you are escorted into an office, where the security gaurds were oh so cruel to your son for committing a crime. So you get upset, and to cause more harm to your family and to show Walmart how "stingy" they are you go back and eat a $0.68 cent candybar, and get caught yourself...

Are you smoking crack? I honestly want to believe you are because seriously, no one can be that dumb. You are sitting here defending your child (who seriously needs some mental health assistance) for stealing. In addition, you imitate your son's stupidty. I cannot comprehend the rational behind your thinking by calling Walmart "stingy". Walmart is a multi-million dollar company and their employees don't work for free. They sell goods to make a profit, not to support uneducated hick-a-bobs like you. How would you like it if someone stole some pokemon cards from your son? Or if someone stole $0.68 cents from you. Would that make you happy? I have no clue what kind of morals your teaching your son by condoning theivery. I cannot imagine what the man was like who impregnated you. It makes me cringe knowing that stupidty breeds stupidity. Please, please, please for god sakes do not have any more children. I pay enough taxes already to keep crimminals in jail.

I give Walmart kudos for being on top of their security and for prosecuting crimminals like you and your son. You say your family was dicriminated against. Do you know what the definition of discrimination is? I'm just curious. You should look it up and then re-write your comment. If you we were just in the store and the security gaurds gave you a hard time without you stealing anything, than I can understand you thinking you were discriminated against. But in fact you STOLE! Sheesh.. One more thing..did they teach ebonics in the school you went to?

Posted by bunyip on 2006-11-07:

Dangit, I was going to post a ral zingr, but Michll stol my lowr cas "E" ky.

Posted by ololololol on 2006-11-07:

Oh wow. I registered JUST to comment on this. For anyone feeling any sympathy for this woman, you are an idiot.

This has to be fake, seriously there is no one with a simple comprehension of how our exchange of funds for goods works would know that stealing, be it 1000 dollars or 1 cent, is wrong.

That candy bar was not yours, simple as that. They had every right to arrest you. If you didn't want to be arrested then you could have paid the 68 cents. And don't give this whole "I was showing the world" crap, two wrongs don't make a right. Imagine if I walked over to your house and just randomly, uninvited, eat your food, and when you question me I go "HEY! DON'T BE SO STINGY" then you know how flawed this logic is.

There are few people in here with a good amount of logic, I congrat you for seeing through this idiocy. To the rest of you, I hear they're giving out free candy bars at Wallgreens! Better grab them and run!

Posted by Joe Smith on 2006-11-07:

Michelle, you were hungry because you weigh 700 pounds. Show some restraint.

Posted by fenriq on 2006-11-07:

So, allow me recap. Your son stole some Pokemon cards and, because his companion was not arrested, you decided to teach that darned retail store a lesson by stealing a sixty-eight candy bar?

Madam, your logic is, how shall I say it, deeply flawed and you are teaching your son a very bad lesson.

Stealing is stealing, even if you stole some penny candy. It did not belong to you and you consumed it, there is no rational argument about Wal-Mart being able to afford your theft (and believe me, I despise Wal-Mart). You stole it, you got caught and now you're complaining about it and expecting sympathy? Put down the pipe, lady, reality's calling.

Posted by anonymous_slacker on 2006-11-07:

Has anybody else noticed that first the other kid was showing her son how to steal (7/6/06), and then later (8/4/06) she says that her son was showing the other kid how to steal? Which is it, Michelle?

Posted by laughable intellect on 2006-11-07:

Let me explain to you all about the latest internet craze: concocting ridiculous stories and posting them to forums. It's the new "chat BS." Sorry Michelle, had to bust you out.

Posted by laughable intellect on 2006-11-07:

Evidence: “Also it is spelled stealing, learn to spell before you poke fun of my intentions.” "awspie - Learn to spell before you make comments, also check over your work, one mistake is okay but you have so many. Also they are not all typo's all the time your spelling is terrible. " "yoke - Both boys had stolen cards in their pockets when they left the store, my son was teaching the other kid to steal, they BOTH had stolen merchandise, I suggest that you go back to second grade and learn how to read."

Posted by laughable intellect on 2006-11-07:

She is quick to point out the grammatical errors of others, yet she makes the following egregious errors (her "joke," if you will):

"This is the second time they discrimated against my family."
"...as they discrimate against my family."
"..I did nt steal the popsicle."
"I am being discrimated against..."
"I told i what he did was wrong..."
"This is discrimation because..."
"The kids only nine..."
"...from the top ratailer"
"...he was verballly abused"

It's actually quite fun to do.

Posted by Cranston on 2006-11-07:

I was sent here by a friend and I have to admit that I love it. Michelle must be trolling us.

1) I didn't steal, I just ate a chocolate bar.
2) It isn't stealing because it was only $0.68.
3) It doesn't count because a $B's store can afford to let me have a 68cent chocolate bar.
4) It doesn't count because I was hungry.
5) It doesn't count because I was using this as an object lesson for my 9yo son.
6) It's not my fault - the bar was just sitting there.
7) Walmart had it coming to them because they scared my son out of stealing Pokemon cards. (Who the hell steals Pokemon cards anyway, you can't give those suckers away anymore.)

I confess that I didn't have time to ead the whole 177-comment spewing-of-the-masses so I don't know for sure but I don't believe that anyone (yet) has played the God card (the Lord says that the meek shall inherit the chocolatey goodness) or the Hitler card (Walmart is as bad as Hitler, ordering stormtroopers to round up 9yo's and send them to concentration bedrooms).

The fun part of the internet is that someone like Michelle can adopt a persona as the world's worst parent and then use that to amuse us all. It's more fun than a barrel of $0.68 chocolate bars.

Posted by Saellys on 2006-11-07:

"supersource - I did not steal because I am a thief, I stole because I had to prove how stingy they are."

Hey, guess what? That makes you a thief.

Posted by Bob The Boozer on 2006-11-07:

HAHAHAA Are you serious??? This is like me going to your house and stealing your tv, then trying to justify it by saying it's ok cus you have 2.

Posted by Bob The Boozer on 2006-11-07:

Another thing, this is how several people with 2 strikes end up doing life in prison...stealing a candy bar for their 3rd offence

Posted by ru4real? on 2006-11-10:

What a whack!!!

First of all, you stole something, and you got what you deserved. If you're too stupid to know that taking something that doesn't belong to you, without paying for it, and without permission, is ILLEGAL, then you really shouldn't be walking around - and DEFINATELY should not be allowed to raise children!

Second, you think the other kid - who didn't steal the cards - should be arrested because he THOUGHT of it? You are a complete WHACK, lady! How about this one - let's say your son and this kid hate another kid. Let's say your son thinks about pushing the third kid into traffic, and tells his buddy about it. Let's say his buddy does just that. You would be the FIRST one b----ing and moaning if YOUR kid was arrested as an accomplice! How UNFAIR that would be, right? After all, your kid just THOUGHT of it, and SUGGESTED it, but the other kid DID it.

Great job teaching your kid right from wrong. Get used to your kid being arrested. It's only going to get worse, because that's what Mommy Dearest is teaching him.

Posted by ru4real? on 2006-11-10:

Michelle wrote: supersource - I did not steal because I am a thief, I stole because I had to prove how stingy they are.

Hey, Michelle! I've got an idea! You've obviously got a computer - what else do you have? A nice tv? Stereo? Car? What else? How about you post your address, and let us come to YOUR house, to prove how stingy YOU are, when YOU get ticked off and call the cops when someone steals from YOU!

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2006-11-28:

I just had to check in to see if there has been any more activity on this post...and there sure was! LOL!

Posted by jberk on 2006-12-02:

Are you kidding me? I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. I'm sure if I came up to you off the street and dug through your purse for .68, you'd be pretty mad. If it was only .68, why couldn't you just pay for it? And I agree with zzrok - where do you draw the line? The bottom line is, stealing is stealing. It may not have seemed like a big deal to you, but if they let you off the hook, they would have to let everyone help themselves to free candy bars. I'm sorry to say it, but you got what you deserved.

Posted by jberk on 2006-12-02:

Oh wow, I had to add again after I read that she stole to prove how stingy they are. Michelle, I'm sorry but you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer, honey. You stole to prove how stingy they are? YOU TOOK SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO YOU - that doesn't make them stingy. So what if I came up and took something that belonged to you and you protested - would that make YOU stingy? And your 9 - year - old stole, too. You're trying to complain about a 9 - year - old being treated like a criminal? Wake up call, honey - he IS a criminal. A 9 - year - old is old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. Maybe you should focus a little more time on teaching your child proper values and a little less time on complaining about getting caught for something you did wrong. Please, I implore you, before I am carjacked by a fourth grader and then called stingy for not wanting to hand over my keys.

Posted by jberk on 2006-12-02:

OK, last one - some people just shouldn't have children. Michelle, you are the epitome of bad parenting. I really feel sorry for your son; the only way he is a victim is that he's the product of an unfit mother.

Posted by Rattrap007 on 2006-12-11:

You stole.. you got what was coming to you. It may have been 68 cents, but you do the crime you do the time..

Posted by miantani75 on 2006-12-17:

Wow, I can't believe this complaint is still here. I figured it would have been deleted by now.

Posted by Lidman on 2007-02-11:

Michelle Connery you are still stupid!

Posted by UrFriendlyPirate on 2007-02-11:

So are you larry

Posted by ghostbuster on 2007-02-14:

You lie, you obviously stole more than one chocolate bar because they don't arrest people unless they stole either $20 or $50 or more. We are not hearing the whole story here.

Posted by ghostbuster on 2007-02-14:

ru4real - Your username is kind of funny in this topic because everyone is probably saying in their heads. "Michelle Connery, are you for real." Also she obviously stole more than one chocolate bar since wal*mart does not arrest anyone unless they steal a lot more than 68 cents.

Posted by ghostbuster on 2007-02-14:

Michelle - You are right they are discrimating against your family. They discrimate against thieves because they don't like people stealing from their store. You can take this to the press if you want, but obviously you stole more than the chocolate bar because well they don't arrest you unless you steal much more. You know why, because people are stealing chocolate bars in front of security because they know who security is and while security is tied up with them their friends are stealing bigger things. They have it set up that way and the person stealing the chocolate bars are the traps.

Posted by Lidman on 2007-02-14:

PWP you are the most stupid person I know!

Posted by Mr. Mafia on 2007-02-27:

Lidman - I thought that Michelle connery was the most stupid person you know, Make up your mind.:D

Posted by Mr. Mafia on 2007-02-27:

Ghostbuster - I am not sure if that applies to all locations.

Posted by Mr. Mafia on 2007-02-27:

Irving - I know who you are. Is your son in juvie yet? How was your "sunday" you got from Dairy Queen.

Posted by mjholly on 2007-03-22:

You are a crazy person. You stole something from Wal-Mart. Even if it was just one chocolate bar, it's still stealing and it's still against the law. i am glad Wal-Mart security stopped you and you were arrested and banned from the store.

Posted by mjholly on 2007-03-22:

You are a crazy person. You stole something from Wal-Mart. Even if it was just one chocolate bar, it's still stealing and it's still against the law. i am glad Wal-Mart security stopped you and you were arrested and banned from the store.

Posted by mjholly on 2007-03-22:

Michelle, you better stay away from my Wal-Mart I work at. If you steal soemthing from there, I'll arrest you myself.

Posted by FilipinoMan on 2007-05-07:

steal /stil/ Spelled Pronunciation[steel] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, verb, stole, sto·len, steal·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)

1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force.

It doesn't matter whether the item stolen is worth a penny or over $1,000,000. The concept is still the same.

Not smart at all.

Posted by davie7 on 2007-05-30:

I agree it's still stealing. The small amounts people steal each store each day adds up into millions of lost revenue for the the corporations. Then people complain when prices go up.

Posted by Alain on 2007-07-06:

It's theft. It's a crime. The company is right and save the excuses for a judge.

Posted by Lidman on 2007-07-06:

Hang um high!

Mr. Mafia, I made up my mind, it's PWP!

Posted by Greenmon on 2007-09-18:

Hey I eat stuff at Walmart all the time, but, i hold the wrappers in the shopping cart and make sure they charge me for them, period. Now i am no freaking angel, i tried to steal an ,(get this),8track tape with friends doing the same in an old Gemco store,(discount store for those who wasn't born yet, haha), Luckily a nice person,(cute young lady), saved our asses , and let us know to leave the booty, and never do it again- you know we didnt, end of story. I don't condone stealing of any kind, having been stole from- No one has the right even if you are diabetic, keep the F-ing wrappers or boxes , if you are real hungry! Maybe that's why they raised the cost of the Sams Belgium chocolate Bars 60cents in one swoop ! Pissed my wife and i off so we dont buy them .Life is too short to look for trouble, it will find you , like it did OJ another dumb ASS.

Posted by irish_1973 on 2008-01-11:

I can't believe that there is someone in the world as low as you Michelle. Pretty well everyone here is not one your side and Im also one of them. Stealing is stealing weather it is taking a chocolate bar or a luxury car.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2008-01-27:

Thanks Irish, for reviving the ledgionary Michelle Connery thread! LOL!

Posted by irish_1973 on 2008-01-30:

Hey DebtorBasher, when I saw this post about Michelle I had to sign up and reply. I thought I had heard or seen everything until I saw this. How can I put this any easier......stealing is stealing no matter what the item costs! Some people just don't get it and apparently never will!

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2008-01-30:

She's one of our classics! LOL...

Welcome to the site.

Posted by LeeSee on 2008-01-30:

FLASHBACK! Gemco!!! Oh my gosh what a blast from the past

Posted by irish_1973 on 2008-02-02:

Yeah Michelle sounds popular here even though what she did wouldn't exactly make her that. I wonder if she reads these posts lately. She sure hasn't replied. I wonder if it finally sunk in for her yet! LOL! Oh by the way thanks for welcoming me to the site DebtorBasher.

Posted by hurricane on 2008-02-22:

She's probably in jail for stealing a coke from target.

Posted by JasonJD on 2008-03-04:

You stole something, you got caught and charged. I dont know if your religious but I know that "Thou shalt not steal" is a commandment in the christian faiths and is not qualified by a price, neither is the law, you got charged for petty theft most likely, which is what you are a thief and by the way a liar, since your complaint says that you stole it because you were hungry, and you later comented you stole it to make a point, but I guess you sleep at night by saying that it was only a small lie on a popular internet site, just like you try to justify your stealing.

Stealing from a store and then COMPLAINING that they prosecuted you, I guess audacity is something you'll never have to steal.

Posted by dealerdirect on 2008-03-04:

OK I'll say it, Micjelle, how much more of a loser can you be?

Posted by troy2000me on 2008-03-15:

Jesus Christ, would you want someone STEALING from you? It doesn't matter how much money the store makes. What if you were a millionaire, and someone broke into your house and stole a lamp. "It is just a 30 dollar lamp, she is a millionaire"

Get over yourself, stealing is stealing, 68 cents or 10,000 dollars it is wrong. You act like it is not big deal. I understand that it is not nearly as bad as a serious crime, but. It is good that you got arrested and you have a record. I would not want to hire someone who steals, so it is good to let people know WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE.

Posted by kyke on 2008-04-15:

Also i wish i could meet the security and the manager of that store, i'd give handshakes for what they did :). Kudos to you guys :)

Posted by joshmom on 2008-06-04:

unbelievable...

Posted by SuperNat on 2008-06-19:

Michelle. You're an idiot.

Posted by woodsk1 on 2008-06-19:

SO you are upset because you stole and got caught.. I musy agree with other posters-- Your an idiot

Posted by hockeygrrl_101 on 2008-09-23:

Haa... what a joke!? Michelle, are you serious? There is no way you can truly be that uneducated is there? Its against the law... stealing is stealing, no matter the price. If your that poor that you cant pay for a candy bar at walmart... then perhaps you should apply for your local food stamp program! Also... being poor gives you the chance to get grants and loans for school! Read a book and for god sakes dont breed untill you have something possitive to teach your children!! Oh btw... the 2nd time walmart discriminated against your family?? Im sure that would be an amusing story to hear!!

Posted by hockeygrrl_101 on 2008-09-23:

Posted by Purplemom05 on 2009-01-27:

It was a 68 cent candy bar. Not a big deal so why didn't you pay for it. you can't walk into any store and eat something off the self and walk out without paying. Stealing is stealing, Once you steal it shows you might steal bigger things. I would of called the police on you.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2009-01-27:

IT LIVES!!!!!!!!!! LOL!

Posted by Face to Face on 2009-01-27:

LOL!!!

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-01-27:

**tears** Gawd, this just brings back fond memories..

Posted by Starlord on 2009-01-27:

There is a program, at least i Indiana and Arizona, called S.T.E.M. That stands for Shoplifting Takes Everyone's Money. No matter if it is a fifty cent candy bar or a $150 MP3 player, it is stealing, and honest customers have to pay higher prices to pay for what we call shrinkage, plus offset the cost of security. I was a Loss Prevention Agent for a departement store, and our policy was, all adults were prosecuted, regardless of the value of the merchandise. Kids were not prosecuted. The parents were called into the store, and they paid for the merchandise, which was placed back on the shelf, to help pay for security. I agree it looks like you are making this up as you go, but to correct one crazy idea you have, you are not an honest customer if you steal,and it is not discrimination to arrest you when you admit you stole merchandise. I would give anything to be in the court when you try to sell this bill of goods to a judge. It will take him or her a week to stop laughing long enough to say, "Guilty."

Posted by Ghost of Doc J on 2009-01-27:

I know, Miss M, it's like looking thru my high school year book *snif*.

Posted by Ghost of former member on 2009-06-07:

Another classic! If my3cents ever has a hall of fame, this letter, & Michelle's other letter whining about security having her son arrested definitely need to go into it!

I can't believe that people actually voted this helpful!

Posted by laklisa on 2009-07-28:

I would think that 2 people voted it helpful for the good laugh...I know I got one. LOL The sad thing is, I can believe that there are people out there who are dumb enough to think this way!

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2009-07-28:

Check out Michelle's other review!

Posted by laklisa on 2009-07-28:

I read both-it has kept me entertained for the last few hours at work, in between calls.

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-07-28:

I really wish Michelle would come back and post more reviews.

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2009-07-28:

She's probably sitting in some jail.

Posted by i_am_canadian on 2009-07-28:

That's a good place for her.

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-07-28:

She certainly deserves a spot on the M3C Hall of Fame.

Posted by Slimjim on 2009-07-28:

This was just gold...

awspie (07/06/2006)


sljj2k using company time and equipment ot play on my3cents is company worst nite mare. why you not condone zork

awspie (07/06/2006)


i mint condamn

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-07-28:

Slim, beautiful, ain't it ?

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2009-07-28:

Who or What is an Awspie? LOL!

Posted by Wally86 on 2009-07-28:

Ask stew.

Posted by i_am_canadian on 2009-07-28:

She deserves a spot in the HOF right alongside Eileen and Tabatha.

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-07-28:

Shucks, I really miss Eileen and Tabitha, too.

Posted by tnchuck100 on 2009-07-28:

How in the world does a two year old post about shoplifting a candy bar with 184 comments get resurrected and converted into a general discussion topic? Sometimes this place is amazing.

Posted by knowitall2 on 2009-07-28:

Boredom is my guess.

Posted by i_am_canadian on 2009-07-28:

Because this 'review' will likely be remembered as the stupidest ever written on this site. We want to make sure it's not forgotten.

Posted by KenPopcorn on 2009-07-28:

Me too Miss M

Posted by KenPopcorn on 2009-07-28:

Good sentiment, IAC. It gets my vote

Posted by Ghost of former member on 2009-08-06:

Gotta wonder if Michelle still visits this website?

Posted by PepperElf on 2009-08-06:

hah.

i'm betting she left when she realized most of the posters told her the truth and didn't candy coat things to make her feel better about stealing.


then i saw the comment about her 9 year old son being arrested for stealing from walmart.


kids learn from their parents

Posted by Whatever000 on 2009-08-10:

This made my day...lmao! I wonder if it was past her bedtime when she wrote this?

Posted by Limline on 2010-03-19:

Yeah there ya go! walmart needs to respect your stealing from them...Your a smart cookie! or candy bar.

Posted by julesnokea on 2012-04-17:

She met all of the elements "larceny"...This is so funny because I'm working on an assignment for class..She had committed larceny with the "specific intent to deprive the owner of it's property". Michelle is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt....Do I get an A or what????lol

Posted by DebtorBasher on 2012-04-24:

Jules...The Basher gives you an A++...