Tropic Press: J.C. Bruce

Tropic Press: J.C. Bruce

The Strange Files

Oh, poop!

Alexander Strange
Feb 02, 2016
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In yesterday’s installment of The Strange Files, we explored some of the worst excuses employees have concocted for being late for work (my personal fave being “my lizard died”).

Today, we have what surely may be the strangest excuse yet for shoplifting.

In Spring Hill, a small town north of Tampa, a 51-year-old woman was spotted stuffing nearly $200 wort…

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