‘You were not mad enough omg’: Woman forgets her purse at a San Antonio Taco Bell. Then she tracks it to 3 kids
Every once in a while, you are faced with a situation that you had not anticipated, and it leads to several other experiences that you wouldn’t want to go through. TikTok user @x.abss was faced with a similar predicament when she decided to grab some food at a nearby Taco Bell.
On October 23, 2025, Abby, who goes by the name of @x.abss on TikTok, shared a video narrating her experiences of visiting a Taco Bell in San Antonio, Texas. So what really happened? As she recounts in her video, she and her husband, while running errands, decided to make a pit stop at a Taco Bell. While there, Abby had put her purse at the back of her chair and, on her way out, forgot about it. It was not until she and her husband were in their next destination that she realised that her purse wasn’t there. What happened next is definitely a unique experience for Abby and the approximately 500K people who watched her video.
Abby found her purse but had to struggle for it
So, after realising that she had left her purse at the Taco Bell, Abby and her husband were making their way there, but her keys had tracking on them, and Abby could see that it was somewhere near the Game Stop, so they went there instead. Upon inquiring from the workers if they had seen her purse, they replied negatively, prompting them to ask the workers if they had seen three kids (they had encountered them at Taco Bell and presumed them to be suspicious), to which they replied affirmatively but said that they were outside the store and never entered. Immediately after this conversation wrapped up, Abby in her video revealed that the location of he purse was updated, and it showed that it was somewhere in the parking lot towards the H-E-B.
After this, Abby’s husband was able to locate the kids outside of H-E-B and spoke with them, enquiring about the purse. Additionally, he offered to pay 20 dollars each to all three of them if they could help find Abby’s bag. After a while, the kids went inside the H-E-B and the location of Abby’s wallet was updated to the same location, which allowed her to ascertain that the kids had her purse with them. Abby entered the store, tracked her wallet, and it took her to the 3 kids. She directly addressed the kid who was holding a Taco Cabana bag too close to his chest and asked if he had her bag. After some negotiation, he gave her the bag, but it was empty. Upon further poking and prodding and threats, they turned in the rest of the stuff, putting an end to an eventful day.
People have varied reactions to Abby’s experiences
Abby’s experiences have amused the people of TikTok, and they have a lot to say about it. User @avaglock wrote, “You were not mad enough omg.” User @ladymarieee remarked, “You should have called the cops. Kids grow up into adults who STILL act like this because they get away with what there doing.”
In addition to people hoping that Abby had reacted a little differently in that situation, many people were also appreciative of her persistent efforts in getting the job done. User @wedidntmakeout wrote, “You had tags on everythingggg you don’t playyy.” User @d3siunity wrote, “They thought they were slick with keeping the keys. They would’ve went to your address on your ID and tried to steal your car, good you were persistent!”
It’s pretty common for kids to steal
According to an article published by Time on October 12, 2015, a new study published in the Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation finds that 1 in 6 teens and young adults engage in theft. The study also finds that young individuals engaged in theft do so only temporarily and give up on it when they no longer derive satisfaction from it. There could also be other reasons, for instance, they achieve the purchasing power to buy the things they used to steal.
An essay on the WebMD website states that approximately 23 million people, or 1 in 11 individuals, in the U.S. engage in retail theft. While teenagers aged 13 to 17 represent only 7 per cent of the U.S. population, they account for 25 per cent of all shoplifters who are arrested. Additionally, 89 per cent of kids say they know other kids who shoplift. 20 per cent of adults who shoplift say they began stealing as teenagers.
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