Writing Prompt: Black Friday Shopping Drama

You're at a huge store scouting out Black Friday deals. You start to notice that all the security cameras in the store seems to be following your each and every move.

 

I hate to shop, especially on Black Friday.  I avoid it like the plague!  But an item in the ad that I have been wanting to get for months had a great deal.  So I ventured out this cold Black Friday morning to get the object I’ve been wanting. 

I arrived at the store 10 minutes later, and as I already knew, the parking lot barely had any parking spaces.  I literally had to park on the street. 

Being careful not to slip on the snow and ice, I walked several feet to the store entrance.  Crowds of people were rushing to find the best deals they could find.and beat the rush. 

I finally found what I was looking for, a television, only to have someone snatch it up right before my eyes. 

And if that didn’t make matters worse, as the person walked off with the television, I noticed that my every move was being watched by a security camera. 

It even watched my movements after I decided to leave, since I didn’t get the television.  I was on my way out of the store to head home, when a store official yelled after me:  “Stop!”

I turned around to see what they wanted, and before I knew it, I was in handcuffs and hauled off to the back room for interrogation.

After berating me for shoplifting, I tried to show proof that I had nothing in my possession that wasn’t paid for.  But the store manager wouldn’t hear my story.  Instead he dialed the police.

Within minutes, I found myself at the police station, being booked and charged with shoplifting. 

Reviews

[alanwgraham]

What you've written Valerie is a great start to a story, perhaps of mistaken identity, but to me it seems unfinished. Surely you would need to be in possession of stolen goods to be charged. Perhaps if you found that someone had planted something in your bag but you would have to make it believable. I think your story is worth developing!
Good luck.
Alan

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Thank you for the suggestins alan