Shoplifting Role-cards
1A
You are an old woman on a visit to the Prado museum in Madrid, and while no-one was looking you stuffed a small sketch by Picasso into your shopping bag. You are very scared.
1B
You are a security guard in the Prado museum in Madrid, and you suspect an old woman of stuffing a small sketch by Picasso into her shopping bag while you weren't looking.
1C
You are the chief security guard in the Prado museum in Madrid.
2A
You have gone to Tescos to steal a couple of CDs because you knew one of the checkout girls at school and you reckon she won't say anything even if she notices.
2B
You work on the checkout in Tescos and an old school friend has obviously got something stuffed under his jumper. You don't want to say anything, but you can see your boss coming your way...
2C
You are the manager of the local branch of Tescos. You can see that there is something suspicious going on at one of the checkouts and have gone over to see what it is.
3A
You are an alcoholic with no money and have just managed to get a bottle of whisky into your bag without anyone noticing in the off-license.
3B
You work in the off-license and you think you have just seen one of the local drunks hide something in their bag.
3C
You are the manager of the off-license and have just seen your father, who has a severe drinking problem, come into the shop.
4A
You have gone to the local Chinese shop to buy some fireworks but have just realised that you don't have enough money to buy the ones you really want, so you will have to put them in your backpack while no-one is looking.
4B
You work in the local Chinese shop and you are very shy, but you think you have just seen someone with a backpack stealing some fireworks. You decide to call your father, who is upstairs asleep.
4C
You own a Chinese shop and have just been woken up by your daughter, who is saying something about a shoplifter. You hate the customers, and are in a very bad mood.
5A
You are a professional shoplifter who has just changed into a jumper in the changing rooms, and are preparing to walk straight out of the shop without taking it off.
5B
You are a store detective in Zara and have noticed that customer who looks very familiar went into the changing rooms has come out wearing a different jumper.
5C
You are the manager of a local branch of the clothes shop Zara.
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