TIFU by trying to surprise my GF at work and getting mistaken for a shoplifter
so my gf works at sephora and she was having a terrible week so i thought i’d surprise her with flowers and her favorite iced latte from starbucks. i walked into the store with flowers in one hand and coffee in the other and saw her helping a customer across the store so i decided to wait by the register.
one of the flowers slipped and when i bent down to pick it up the coffee tipped over and dumped all over a display of expensive perfume gift sets. i panicked and started grabbing boxes and wiping them off with my shirt. apparently that looked exactly like i was stealing. one employee yelled sir what are you doing and a security guard appeared out of nowhere grabbed my flowers and took me to the back room. a minute later my gf came in took one look at me covered in coffee holding a crushed bouquet and said that’s my boyfriend he’s not stealing he’s just an idiot. they checked the cameras and let me go.i still had to pay for the damaged perfume..the flowers somehow survived.
TL;DR tried to surprise my gf at work with flowers and coffee spilled the coffee on a perfume display got mistaken for a shoplifter and my gf had to explain to security that i’m just an idiot.