Kleptomania Support Group
Kleptomania is an inability to resist impulses of stealing. A person with this disorder is compelled to steal things, generally things of little or no value, such as pens, decorative pins, or wall decorations. They are often unaware of performing the theft until some time later. If you are suffering from kleptomania, join the group and get support.
Hey fellow kleptos,
I've never posted directly in this group before since I joined about 4 years ago. I have been a klepto my entire life, since I'm about 6...
Anyway... I manage a liqour store here in NYC. It's a mom and pop store, I absolutely love and adore my job. I genuinely mean that. So recently, I made a HUGE, 'put my job in jeporday' type of mistake.
Before closing the store at the end of the day last week, I didnt have the money for one of my FAVE bottles of Blue Chair Key Lime Rum. ( If ya'll never had it, it tastes like friggin ice cream!) I had my best friend and her fiance coming over that night after work, I was completely broke and I took the bottle home with me any way, without purchasing it. I planned on paying for it the next morning when I came into work with the money my best friend was going to give me for the bottle.
Of course, the owner found out before I could and she said this to me "It's not the fact that you took it home, it was that you lied to me about it , when I asked you if you knew where the missing bottle was. I have NO PROBLEM if you came to me and said "hey, I dont have the money until payday, and ASKED me if You can take a product and then take it from my check etc."
She didnt fire me, like I was expecting to be. She also added "You're a great worker, you do alot for the store, you have done alot during the whole COVID situation (she means, Im the only one one staff who showed up after they said liqour stores were essential on the news; the whole staff shit out on her)
She said its going to take a while for me to gain her trust back, and rightfully so. Im very down about this.
I really love the owner and shes a good person, any advice? I know I need to walk an exremely straight line of course, but I do NOT EVER plan on pulling this again.
Be humble and grateful in your actions, and vocal and present (vs. hidden : we all know what it looks like to go in to “shady” mode as we’re about to steal; while others may not perceive it, we know when our body begins to act on doing something wrong). When you return to work, rather than apologize, thank your boss for their compassion and the second chance. Be willing to accept the trust may never be restored, or that if it may that may not actually be the last time you break it.
Then the hard work can commence.