31_days | [20-Mar-2008] [You're Under Arrest!] Shoplift Short Shrift

Title: Shoplift Short Shrift
Challenge: 20-Mar-2008 "felony is a gift to men who have everything to lose"
Based on: You're Under Arrest!
Characters: Miyuki, OC
Type: Humor; 100 words
Warnings: None.

You're Under Arrest! © Kodansha / TBS / KSS Films / AnimEigo.

A shop owner had pulled Miyuki off her beat for some advice. "I'm having a terrible time with shoplifters," the owner said. "Do you have any ideas?"

"Shoplifting is a serious crime," Miyuki said. "Sometimes it's enough to post a sign warning shoplifters that they'll be prosecuted."

"I had a sign like that," the owner said, "but someone stole it when I wasn't looking."

Miyuki blinked. "Oh. Well, how about a surveillance video-camera system?"

"I can't afford that," the owner said sadly, "because I've lost so much to shoplifters."

I'm glad I'm not a small business-woman, Miyuki thought to herself.