I read a [supposedly-true] e-mail about a lady whose old cat had passed away so she wrapped him in his favorite blanket and set the wrapped 'bundle' in a large shopping bag saved from an upscale dept. store. She picked up her sister, at the shopping center, on her way to take her cat's remains to the vet for cremation so she could save his ashes on her fireplace mantle....
When she carefully took the bag out of the backseat and set it on the ground for a moment so she could put her sister's shopping in the backseat, the bag was snatched by a fast-running young woman.
She and her sister watched in horror as the thief raced away with the bag and locked herself in a car. She was so eager to see what she'd 'scored', she didn't even drive away before eagerly delving into the fancy shopping bag. The thief shrieked and jettisoned the fancy shopping bag and its contents out the window and sped away!
Hope that cured her of stealing!