Things that make you go, "What the $#@)(% !!"

So this post isn't funny - just ranting a bit out of frustration...

So my good friend's son, Gothboy, just got busted for shoplifting at a major retail chain store. He and 2 other boys had packed away about 380 bucks worth of gear in a backpack, along with 2 knives in Gothboy's pocket. The in-store police watched them pocket the knives as well as stuff their other ill-(non)gotten booty into a backpack that the eldest boy (19), let's call him ExArmy, held.... now, because of the knives, they were taken down at gunpoint (isn't that exciting?).

So, ExArmy claimed he simply "needed some money" and talked GothBoy and 3rdBoy into going along. Gothboy's excuse? He "just wanted to help ExArmy out".

Now, what was that I said about the Death of Common Sense in America being one of my favorite reads?

While sitting handcuffed on the ground, the cops looked at 3rd Boy's shoes - they looked brand new. Under questioning he told them they were his - the store manager confirmed that they did not sell that brand of shoe in their store... of course, what does Goth Boy do at this point? Does he stay quiet and meek? Does he try to play nice with the cops? Does he try to be cooperative in hopes that it will help him at court?

Umm, nope. Definitely not. No, rather than basically try to help himself out, he instead pulls off one of his ratty goth-grunged shoes and asks the cop, "So, does this look new or what?"

Did I mention that whole dead common sense thing?

Naturally, to this all off, ExArmy had finally gotten a job and was starting this coming Tuesday. Duh. Guess that's not going to happen.