Way back when I was growing up and supermarkets were the emerging trend, most people didn’t know how the systems worked. How can they allow people to just pick the stuff that they want? Fast forward and one Sunday afternoon we got the shocking news that one of the female teachers in our primary school was in deep shit. She had been caught having tried to steal a very expensive perfume from a supermarket. It was rumoured that she had hid the bottle in her boobs. Being a Sunday, the supermarket’s management decided to ashame her by parading her outside their premise with a poster written, “I am a thief. I stole a Ksh. 640 perfume” hanging around her neck. It is either they didn’t know she was a respectable citizen (as most teachers were those days) or they just said, “To hell with titles.” It was sunny and it was unbearable for her to stand on the pavement with a mammoth of on-lookers around her. The crowd kept on growing with every passing minute since folks were coming from church. Even we the school children we couldn’t be left out of the drama. It was a massive shame for her, the school and the teachers. I don’t know she left at what time but I suspect that she was left free at the end of business.
Now, Monday morning and the entire week was a long call for the madam for she was not yet married. She was the equivalent of the modern-day slayqueen who could drive male teachers and other guys wild. Don’t ask me how I know that coz at the time I was a standard 7 boy and I was mastering the art of writing love letters and so I could tell a man who was chasing after a woman from a mile’s-distance. Back to a long week for the princess. Although she was mostly in-charge of the lower primary classes (1, 2, 3), she hated herself the entire week. One is because the small kids have zero chills and they would laugh at her openly. At least sisi wazee tungemcheka akishapita. Sijui kama bado huwa ni mwalimu ama aliacha but to be honest, if it were me singewahi kanyaga shule tena after the incident. At least she was lucky coz those days there were no cameras and video cameras and social networks like today coz I think she could’ve committed suicide.
The best method is ussually to admit and make a joke about it,the thing dies with time,very soon even,follow story ya baba abby,kuna huyu comedian wa churchil sijui anaitwa stupid ama,alicon watu us na akakumbali hakuna mtu anaogelelea hiyo story saii.ukitaa you’ll regret your whole life,it will be brought up whenever someone wants to humiliate you
Leens supermarket na ingine ilikuwa Thika Arcade (nimesahau jina) walikuwa wanaanika wezi hapo nje, then later take your photo and post it hapo nje ya mlango yao.
Valentines day moja kuna schoolmate aliamua ku-suprise Kunguru yake na hizi machocolate lakini hakuwa na kakitu, akaamua kufika Nakumatt for a shoplifting spree vile alikuwa amezoea. Ole wake, siku za mwisi ni random juu Hio day alidandiwa na chocolate bar and forced kushikilia poster indicating what He stole.
Shida ilikuwa it was a busy day so maslay queen wengi kama kawaida walifika huko for shopping hadi ile kunguru alikuwa aipige surprise bila kusahau smartphones zilikuwa so maselfie zilitembea.
That parading was very embarrassing, guys could’ve found another method of discouraging hii tabia.
Imagine if you did it for poosay alafu mwenye alikuwa abenefit akupate na tag hapo nje:D:D
Well, ukishika mwizi uchome unastakiwa with murder. So, same shame must be ‘suable’ though most perpetrators choose no legal redress for obvious reasons I think
There is. But also remember stealing a mere chicken can get you 7 years in the can so,would you rather have go to court or just suffer the humiliation?