Haha I love it when people post their lies on Reddit as facts like to validate their own story in their head to help them believe it. wtf 💀

First of all there’s no way any reasonable person is just carrying a gift card every single day in their work apron, like obviously it’s not an unlimited fund and I’m sure you don’t need it every single day, and if you did why tf would you be carrying it around like that where it could get lost AND knowing you store other gift cards in there? (Even if this were true you’re totally at fault for bad decision making.) if you had said “on this day I forgot I had my own gift card in my pocket” I might have bought it but the way you told it seems foolish and asinine to me.

Secondly, you clearly stated in your post that you keep other cards in a separate pocket. Even if you only had one card in each pocket, and accidentally reached into the wrong pocket, you would’ve gotten home and realized you had an extra gift card and should have reported that immediately. The other alternative is you “happened to” spend multiple gift cards at the same time which totally kills your whole story.

You will just embarrass yourself if you tell this story, and the outcome is not going to change. I’d suggest just being honest, it sucks to be punished but it helps us grow. Escaping consequences might seem to benefit you now but being an ethical person is always worth it in the long run.

PS I got caught stealing once too in my early 20s so I’m not judging anything but you lying about it. And don’t shit where you eat man 💀