Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Get your drink on

A Florida man was arrested for shoplifting in a Wal-Mart. His item of choice? No, not electronics. Not even women's underwear.

Two bottles of White Rain Hair Spray...to drink.

Over a few weeks, employees noticed empty bottles of hairspray every time the man came into the store. The store’s loss prevention officer said he had been watching the man drink the hairspray.

On Friday, the man took a bottle into the garden center and another in the toy department and drank them whole before putting them back on the shelf.

He left the store without paying the $1.92 for the hairspray. When confronted, the man appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and admitted drinking the hairspray.

Apparently, he is a self-admitted “a hard-core alcoholic” who drinks hairspray for the alcohol in it. What???

The man had $15 in his pocket at the time. When asked why he didn’t just go to a liquor store and buy a bottle of liquor, he replied, "The temptation was too great."

I mean, $1.92 is a pretty good price to pay for a buzz, right?

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