“If you are going to inadvertently shoplift something from your local IKEA, you might as well try to make it something more exciting than a dinner roll.”
(Ehem. A new category for you all.)
A little crazy. A lot of fun.
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Loralee is a wife, mother, and blogger living in the wilds of Utah. She is mother to 4 handsome gentlemen, aged 15, 12 and 2, and a sweet little 4-month-old that passed away in 2003 of SIDS. She has been blogging since 2005 at the blog, Loralee’s Looney Tunes. She loves chirping on the internet as @looneytunes on Twitter and was named by Babble.com in the Top 50 Moms on Twitter in 2011, and has been in such publications as The New York Times, Parents Magazine
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You can make anything exciting…even a dinner roll. Oh the possibilities…
you did what?!
I am loving that new category. I look forward to many more.
The line at the cafeteria was taking FOREVER and I was about ready to start eating the nearest Swedish thing I could get my hands on. So, I nibbled on the roll on my tray. I nibbled until it was gone. It kept taking forever, and the cashier was a pain about my debit card.
I didn’t realize until after the meal was over that I forgot to pay for the roll I consumed.
Sigh.
around here, i’ve known people (not me cause i don’t eat that crap) to buy the prepared food in walmart and eat it while shopping. once finished they dispose of the bag and never pay for it. i would at least have saved the bag and paid for it. but then again, that’s just me.
dinner rolls? could have been worse. you could have eaten the entire meal while standing in line.
You know this is not something to pe proud of.
Go back and pay for it.
What exactly are you teaching your kids?
I should have paid for the roll.
Normally? I would have. The first line was a 30 minute wait (Which was why I ended up eating my roll. I usually never do that) and when I looked back it was worse. There was one very pissed cashier and frankly? I guess it just was too much for me (I had been awake for about 36 hours at that point.) My kids were not with me.
I’m flawed. I handle it by trying to make it funny. Obviously this rubs you the wrong way. You will get that a lot if you read me, so may I suggest that you may be less frustrated reading the blog of a more morally compatible person rather than continue on with mine?
This is for “O”: Seriously? Are you really throwing a guilt trip at her for a dinner roll. I’m so glad there are perfect people out there, but I know I’m sure as heck not one of them. And I probably would have done the same thing she did. I’m just saying.
lmao…this is great stuff.
O,
I didn’t read into the post that Loralee is “Proud” of anything. She came off more to me like mocking her error and silliness. She explained herself and for 98% of the populous it is acceptable. Maybe for the zelot 2% it isn’t, but then why read her?
I felt mentioning her children and parenting was a low blow. I would bet you have screwed up royally as a parent. You probably just do it differently than LL does. Your kids would never steal, her kids would never be self righteous to strangers.
I think that the two dying children she helped raise money for with this blog will think that she is a really great example of a person and won’t care that she has flaws. Her positive points totally outshine the negative.
I seriously cannot believe that “O” sent that message to you. I mean really?? Seriously?? I laughed out loud at first because I thought it was a joke.
Perhaps, “O” in all his/her judgement and piety, should write a letter to all corporations like IKEA with a lecture on morality and values.
Perhaps he/she could point out that most companies under pay their employees. (So that consequently they have to work TWO or THREE jobs, never spend time with their children or families, or have the luxury or time to accidentally “steal” a dinner roll let alone “scold” their children on the “evils” of inadvertently “shoplifting” one.)
They understaff their stores. (Leading, with good reason, to 30 minute lines and bitchy, tired, rude, uninformed, apathetic, unhelpful, uncaring, and unpleasant employees.)
They cut back on employees hours. (So they aren’t entitled to health insurance.)
All this so that they can make their CEO’s, big wigs, and share holders lots and lots of money.
Hmmmmmmm. Who deserves the talk on morals?
Yeah. I think God will forgive LL for accidentally eating a dinner roll.
And for the record LL . . . you’re a freaking GREAT mom and an extraordinary human being.
Love you. xxxooo
I love you, Thingy!
Back atcha, sister! =)