Did We Really Do That?

This is a prank that I played on a friend of mine, I don't think it was Tim (Tim?) but I can't recall who it was.

I bought some electrical hardware from a local shop. I think it was Curry's. When I paid for the item and left the shop the alarm sounded as I passed the security barrier things. The cashier hadn't deactivated the security sticker on the box that I'd just bought. Rather than deactivate the tag, the store manager just waved me on.

I was at home unpacking my new toy when it occurred to me that I had an active security sticker in my possession. There had to be something I could use it for...

It finally came to me when my friend came round to my house. He took off his shoes before he came in. When he was elsewhere in the house I got the security sticker and lifted the inner sole of his shoe and stuck it underneath and put the innersole back, no evidence of tampering.

What he then had was a shoe that would set off security systems as he entered or left a shop.

Later that day the friend and I went to the local shopping centre. It was very difficult to keep a straight face as every time we entered or left a shop the alarms went off! Even more ammusing was the fact that we entered and left all the shops empty handed. Neither my friend nor the shop security could understand it!!

Apparently this happened for weeks, it was quite some time before the tag stopped working.

I did eventually tell him what I'd done. He saw the funny side in the end!

Matt

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