That One Time I Stashed Extra Socks in My Cash Drawer

Okay, so last week was really stressful at work. You know how it is when you're a retail worker and you have these crazy rush days where everything falls apart? Well, on this particular day, we had a shortage of socks, customers kept grabbing them off the shelves faster than we could put new ones out. I couldn't keep up with restocking because my till was short by $50, which meant no cash to buy new socks or anything else for that matter. It's not like I can just go to the bank during work hours, right? So what did I do? I grabbed a few extra pairs of socks from behind the counter and stashed them in my register drawer. Yes, those are supposed to be store items, but let's be real: how many times have you seen someone steal a candy bar and felt a bit relieved for them? It was just a small act of self-preservation during chaos, I guess. But now every time I see socks, I get this gnawing feeling in my gut, like maybe I got away with something that could get me fired one day.