Battery Thieves

Hello Seinfeld lovers!

Is it true? Do senior citizens actually steal batteries? 

In the season 9 episode, "The Bookstore," Jerry's Uncle Leo gets caught stealing a book from Brentano's bookstore. Jerry is so blown away he gets the store's security guard to give Uncle Leo a scare. When Uncle Leo actually gets into trouble, Jerry gets heck from his mom. According to her, stealing is normal behaviour for senior citizens, especially batteries (random eh?). 

Below is a picture from fark.com of Brentano's security guards "taking down" the book thief, Uncle Leo.

And here's a little excerpt from the episode—it gave me a chuckle.

LEO: Oh, they don't care. We all do it.
JERRY: Who, criminals?
LEO: Senior citizens. No big deal.
JERRY: You could get arrested.
LEO: Arrested? Come on! I'm an old man. I'm confused! I thought I paid for it. What's my name? Will you take me home?

...

JERRY: Yes. My Uncle Leo was cought shoplifing here the other day—
MANAGER: Yes, Uncle Leo. I remember him. I'm sorry, our policy is we prosecute all shoplifters.
JERRY: (Pleading) Oh, come on. He's just a lonely old man. All old people steal.
MANAGER: That's right. That's why we stopped carrying batteries.

Anyways, I'm bringing up this episode because my friend Adriana had similar issues with battery thieves. She has worked at a toy store for a few years, and she says it's true—senior citizens steal batteries! Now, of course not all senior citizens are guilty of this crime, but Adriana says they have caught a few.

How funny is that? I suppose not all of the outrageous plots in Seinfeld are fictional.


I'll be taking blogging break over the holidays, so this will be my last post for a while. I'll continue the Seinfeld discussion with all you lovers in the new year.

Happy Festivus!

Don't steal batteries.