Here's a little something for you, a planned robbery at Tesco. I could go down for this big time but I will divulge my illegal activity that took place the week before last. You see, I had been to Tesco previously and discovered a pair of trousers (pants if your an American) that I had rather taken a shine too. These trousers came with a belt, one of those made with canvas with a metal plate facia pull and lock system of tightening. I decided that I wanted these trousers and set off to Tesco.

Now for the science. I wore a pair of jeans to Tesco and neglected to use a belt to secure them to my waist, a quite deliberate ploy. Then when I went to try on the trousers, the ones that had set a glint off in my eye, I took a couple of pairs to the changing room. The pair I wanted to purchase were deposited in the trolley, and the pair that didn't fit were stripped of the belt and returned to the rack. Before returning to the shop floor I used the contraband belt round my jeans and just went about my business as usual.

Not a soul stirred as I checked out at the cash register and I waltzed out of the shop a belt to the good. What a treat.

Also, yesterday I was at the canteen and I accidentally smashed a plate with two sausages upon it. A man came from the kitchen and swept up the crockery and sausage debris, of course I wasn't charged for the destruction and I simply got another couple of sausages and a new plate. It's just a courtesy that corporations must pay if an accident occurs and I would indeed have been mad as hell should they have charged me. You can do this sort of thing on purpose if the people who run the canteen annoy you, a way of getting back at them if you will. Just to confirm what I did was an accident, makes you think though.