Thursday, April 9, 2009

Who wants Shrimp?

A man in Massachusetts was charged and convicted of stealing $500 worth of shrimp, but the interesting part of the story besides wondering what could possibly be done with $500 dollars worth of shrimp. The question that the court wants answered is WHY?
"A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to being a serial shrimp shoplifter at a New Hampshire supermarket, but hasn't explained why he couldn't stay away from the frozen fish. John Silvera, 46, pleaded guilty to charges of shoplifting and simple assault in connection with his arrest last month. Police said he stole about $500 worth of shrimp in four separate trips to the Salem Market Basket.John Silvera, 46, pleaded guilty to charges of shoplifting and simple assault in connection with his arrest last month. Police said he stole about
$500 worth of shrimp in four separate trips to the Salem Market Basket.Silvera was expected to spend several months in jail before being sent to Oklahoma to face drug trafficking charges there."(MSNBC)

I am clearly opinionated but for me to call someone weird is to concede that their is such thing as normal which assumes that their is one form of conformity that is the true sense of what it means to human. I cant completely blame the man for all of the shrimp from the Salem Market. How does someone go to the store proceed to the fish section and ask for $125 dollars worth of shrimp and walk out without anyone wondering what happened to all that shrimp. The fact he went back 3 more times to ask and walk out with $125 and no one was on notice that the shrimp stock is going down at a quick pace and we are not collecting money is the fault of the store. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on security, fool me three times, shame on the cashier, you ain't going to fool me a forth time got you. I wouldn't say anything either, the time in a New Hampshire jail has to be more comfortable than jail in Oklahoma for drugs. Shrimp theft cant be a maximum prison type bid. Where did all this shrimp go?

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