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(kptv.com) Amusing 8-year-old boy steals dad's credit card and goes on an unimpressive shopping spree: "I was mostly buying Icees. I bought a couple two liters of soda, like maybe four of five... and then I bought sunglasses ... and then a lighter"   (kptv.com) divider line 100
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ShillinTheVillain
2010-08-20 05:03:48 PM
Who sells a lighter to an 8 year old?
 
Treygreen13
2010-08-20 05:04:47 PM
When I was 8, that is probably what I would have done too. It isn't like he can drive somewhere to buy something awesome.
 
WhyteRaven74 [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:04:55 PM
Funny what matters to a little kid. You could go buy any game you want, but what do you get? Icees.
 
StreetlightInTheGhetto [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:05:40 PM
let me answer that question with... cookware!
 
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
2010-08-20 05:05:59 PM
ShillinTheVillain: Who sells a lighter to an 8 year old?

An idiot? Unless the kid purchased it on-line...
 
WTF Indeed [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:06:14 PM
thumbnails.hulu.com
/can relate
 
geniusiknowit
2010-08-20 05:06:17 PM
i33.tinypic.com
 
4chan
2010-08-20 05:06:38 PM
Uh oh...his signature looks like mine. I hope this story doesn't cause me problems when I'm buying my Icees and porn mags in the future.

/I do it for the children
 
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
2010-08-20 05:07:34 PM
WhyteRaven74: Funny what matters to a little kid. You could go buy any game you want, but what do you get? Icees.

Eh. If I were that kid, I would've purchased Slurpees instead. Icees are so bourgeoise...
 
gopher321 [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:07:44 PM
"Icees"? They're called Slushies, punk.
 
Trance750
2010-08-20 05:08:00 PM
You're doing it wrong, kid.
 
WhyteRaven74 [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:09:03 PM
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii: I would've purchased Slurpees instead. Icees are so bourgeoise...

heheheh

gopher321: "Icees"? They're called Slushies, punk.

www.iversonmall.com
 
justoneznot
2010-08-20 05:09:05 PM
ShillinTheVillain: Who sells a lighter to an 8 year old?

Is it illegal to sell lighters to people underage? Maybe he was a cub scout and needed it for a camping trip.
 
Trance750
2010-08-20 05:09:11 PM
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii: ShillinTheVillain: Who sells a lighter to an 8 year old?

An idiot? Unless the kid purchased it on-line...

Do you think an 8 yr old would know how to shop online? Maybe a few, but I am willing to bet not too many.
 
Adjective Bird Whiskey [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:09:12 PM
I'd suck some dick for a cherry icee.
 
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
2010-08-20 05:11:02 PM
Trance750: Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii: ShillinTheVillain: Who sells a lighter to an 8 year old?

An idiot? Unless the kid purchased it on-line...

Do you think an 8 yr old would know how to shop online? Maybe a few, but I am willing to bet not too many.

You would be surprised what kids these days know how to do. And, web-sites like Amazon.com make it super easy with their one-click ordering.
 
wheresourfish
2010-08-20 05:15:34 PM
Adjective Bird Whiskey: I'd suck some dick for a cherry icee.

I believe they prefer the term "Private Investigator".
 
URAPNIS
2010-08-20 05:16:57 PM
When I was in fifth grade, I took $10.00 out of my fathers wallet.
Unfortunately, I was too scared to spend it because I figured any clerk would surely know that I had stolen that huge amount of cash.
Ended up giving it to United Way at school.
Everyone blabbed about it.
My sister attended the same school.
She told my parents.
I was a terrible liar and got busted.
I cried like the sissy I was.
 
lesgarcons
2010-08-20 05:17:45 PM
The most concerning part of the article is that an 8 year old can barely write his own name.
 
Tofino
2010-08-20 05:18:08 PM
When I was 8, lighters and matchers were easily procurable by 8-year-olds, and routinely used for burning things not intended for burning.

/lawn, etc.
 
WhiteElephant
2010-08-20 05:18:26 PM
I want a goddamn litre o' cola!
 
GoteamVenture
2010-08-20 05:21:48 PM
the little things in life kid. you found them and your shopping spree was pure win, for an 8 year old.

Cherry Icee mmmmmmm
 
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
2010-08-20 05:22:40 PM
GoteamVenture: the little things in life kid. you found them and your shopping spree was pure win, for an 8 year old.

Cherry Icee mmmmmmm

Eh it was almost pure win. Where's the comic books?
 
TheShavingofOccam123 [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:23:02 PM
"An all-syrup Super Squishy? Oh, s-such a thing has never been done."
 
Rohasman
2010-08-20 05:23:21 PM
WhyteRaven74: Funny what matters to a little kid. You could go buy any game you want, but what do you get? Icees.

It's what happens when you spend time outside every once in a while.
 
KatjaMouse
2010-08-20 05:24:55 PM
URAPNIS: When I was in fifth grade, I took $10.00 out of my fathers wallet.
Unfortunately, I was too scared to spend it because I figured any clerk would surely know that I had stolen that huge amount of cash.
Ended up giving it to United Way at school.
Everyone blabbed about it.
My sister attended the same school.
She told my parents.
I was a terrible liar and got busted.
I cried like the sissy I was.

op-for.com
 
JesseL
2010-08-20 05:25:03 PM
I nearly burned down the garage with a magnifying glass when I was that age, never needed a lighter.
 
SwissArmyGnome
2010-08-20 05:25:16 PM
What the Hell? "There was at least one purchase he never should have been allowed to make."

Uh, no. How about all purchases? A credit card should only be used by an authorized card holder. That name on the card isn't the person you should write a thank-you note to for buying you all that cool stuff, it's the only person allowed to use the card.
 
lohphat [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:25:24 PM
GoteamVenture: Cherry Icee mmmmmmm

"Suicide" Slurpee or GTFO.
 
Razzed
2010-08-20 05:27:43 PM
My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"
 
DownDaRiver [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:29:24 PM
Adjective Bird Whiskey
2010-08-20 05:09:12 PM

I'd suck some dick for a cherry icee.


***
To much info dude!

Seriously though, who let's an 8yrd use a credit card and in a convenience store no less and 12 frickin times?
Not one time did it cross the stupid clerks mind to ask the kid for ID?
Good for the dad not going balistic on the store. But I'd be pissed.
That kid would be doing chores for a year to pay it back to me. Or maybe I'd make him do volunteer work somewhere to learn a lesson.
 
Walker [TotalFark]
2010-08-20 05:30:12 PM
Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"

Obviously you haven't seen what cashiers are like these days. Minimum wage drones. They aren't paid to think.
 
Boobiesontheside
2010-08-20 05:32:09 PM
Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"

How you ever been a retail cashier? You may be surprised how many lazy ass parents send their children in to buy stuff. There's no legal requirement to card for a lighter even tho some stores do. Of course no one cards for a wand lighter since the only way you can use that is to light a grill.
 
Tofino
2010-08-20 05:34:57 PM
Walker: Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"

Obviously you haven't seen what cashiers are like these days. Minimum wage drones. They aren't paid to think.

It's actually more likely that the clerks have been biatched out by angry moron parents for NOT letting their snowflakes buy their smokes and snacks on their credit card that they just go ahead and let it happen.
 
rogue_L_chick
2010-08-20 05:37:11 PM
Boobiesontheside: Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"

How you ever been a retail cashier? You may be surprised how many lazy ass parents send their children in to buy stuff. There's no legal requirement to card for a lighter even tho some stores do. Of course no one cards for a wand lighter since the only way you can use that is to light a grill.

I've been in gas stations a few times where parents are arguing that their spawn should be allowed to buy lottery tickets for them. Morans.

/my kid stole $20 off the counter once when he was 6. ONCE. I wasn't raised like that and mine sure as hell won't be either.
 
Razzed
2010-08-20 05:38:24 PM
Walker: Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"

Obviously you haven't seen what cashiers are like these days. Minimum wage drones. They aren't paid to think.

Sorry, you're right. Kindly ignore my bout of temporary insanity.
 
JesseL
2010-08-20 05:38:26 PM
SwissArmyGnome: What the Hell? "There was at least one purchase he never should have been allowed to make."

Uh, no. How about all purchases? A credit card should only be used by an authorized card holder. That name on the card isn't the person you should write a thank-you note to for buying you all that cool stuff, it's the only person allowed to use the card.
Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"


You guys should look over the Merchant Policies from Visa and Mastercard. They prohibit making presentation of ID a condition for acceptance of a credit card.
 
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii
2010-08-20 05:40:44 PM
Boobiesontheside: Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"

How you ever been a retail cashier? You may be surprised how many lazy ass parents send their children in to buy stuff. There's no legal requirement to card for a lighter even tho some stores do. Of course no one cards for a wand lighter since the only way you can use that is to light a grill.

I've been a retail cashier and yes, plenty of lazy ass parents sent their kids into buy things...but never with a credit card.
 
vegastar
2010-08-20 05:47:12 PM
consequenceofsound.net

I wasn't even supposed to be here today
 
davidphogan
2010-08-20 05:49:18 PM
Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii: I've been a retail cashier and yes, plenty of lazy ass parents sent their kids into buy things...but never with a credit card.

You'd be surprised how many times I had kids get sent to the store with a credit card, and that was ten years ago. It probably didn't hurt there was a good amount of white trash families that lived nearby. One mom biatched me out cause I didn't sell her kid cigarettes and beer and she had to get off her lazy ass and come to the store to buy it herself.
 
moothemagiccow
2010-08-20 05:49:52 PM
oh shiat, an eight year old got his hands on a lighter. the world is doomed. surrender now.
 
sk8r
2010-08-20 05:54:43 PM
My 8 year old would ride his bike to GameStop and do it right.
 
The Southern Dandy
2010-08-20 05:55:24 PM
Hookers and blow, son. Hookers and blow.
 
JohnBigBootay
2010-08-20 05:55:49 PM
davidphogan: One mom biatched me out cause I didn't sell her kid cigarettes and beer and she had to get off her lazy ass and come to the store to buy it herself.

Well, Bros, it's a new world. I went in the store to buy smokes for my dad at least 200 times as a kid. He smoked a lot. No one ever said a word about it, but then again I'm old. After I got back in the car he would light up and smoke with the windows closed - now I smoke too. Neither one of us used a seatbelt the entire time. Despite the smoke I still miss my day and the old days. End of cool story.
 
JohnBigBootay
2010-08-20 05:58:15 PM
JesseL: You guys should look over the Merchant Policies from Visa and Mastercard. They prohibit making presentation of ID a condition for acceptance of a credit card.

I just love the douchebags that insist you sign the card. As if:

A. anyone checks matching signatures anymore

and...

B. the dumbass who stole the card couldn't sign it himself
 
davidphogan
2010-08-20 06:02:33 PM
JohnBigBootay: I just love the douchebags that insist you sign the card. As if:

A. anyone checks matching signatures anymore

and...

B. the dumbass who stole the card couldn't sign it himself

"Look at the strip. Not valid unless signed. Sign it, or I can't take it. I don't care if it's stolen, I just am following the rules my boss is subjected to. If you don't like it complain to Visa/MasterCard, but I am not taking a card that's not valid."

I don't know how many times I had to explain that to people, but it was nice to break it out again. I'm so glad not to work retail anymore.
 
HoFChaos
2010-08-20 06:03:39 PM
JesseL: You guys should look over the Merchant Policies from Visa and Mastercard. They prohibit making presentation of ID a condition for acceptance of a credit card.

This is true. They are only allowed to request another form of ID if and only if they would do so if the transaction was using cash (for example, buying a computer with a thousand dollars in cash could lead to an ID check).
 
davidphogan
2010-08-20 06:04:45 PM
HoFChaos: This is true. They are only allowed to request another form of ID if and only if they would do so if the transaction was using cash (for example, buying a computer with a thousand dollars in cash could lead to an ID check).

That's also in there because of booze and tobacco sales.
 
sk8r
2010-08-20 06:08:32 PM
JesseL: SwissArmyGnome: What the Hell? "There was at least one purchase he never should have been allowed to make."

Uh, no. How about all purchases? A credit card should only be used by an authorized card holder. That name on the card isn't the person you should write a thank-you note to for buying you all that cool stuff, it's the only person allowed to use the card.
Razzed: My question is: What kind of dumbass cashier accepts a credit card from an eight year old?

If an eight year old kid came up to the till with a squishee and wanted to pay by credit card, my first reaction would be "I'm sorry sir, can I please see your ID?" not, "Good day sir, can I interest you in a lighter?"


You guys should look over the Merchant Policies from Visa and Mastercard. They prohibit making presentation of ID a condition for acceptance of a credit card.

But they can call mom. I have a very low limit credit card that I allow my teen daughters to use when we shop. They each have one with their own name on it because I'd rather be boiled in oil than clothes shop with them.

Every other time they use it, a cashier calls my cell to get the OK. I'm cool with the calls- at least they care.
 
Razzed
2010-08-20 06:08:57 PM
I wouldn't mind signing the stupid little strip if they would just make it out of some sort of material that actually holds the ink.
I'm a lefty, so my signature always comes out looking like a smurf skid.

I usually avoid the whole mess by handing them my ID along with my credit card.
 
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