A regretful ketchup thief returned the bottle he stole because thought he had bad karma.

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A diner in New Jersey felt so guilty about swiping the sauce after his meal that he later returned to the eatery with two bottles of ketchup in order to right his wrongs and save face with restaurant owner Maria DeLeo.

The anonymous thief lamented in a note posted to Facebook: ''A few weeks ago, I had taken one of your ketchup bottles off the table because for some odd reason I thought it'd be 'risky'.

''I am as square as they come and this is the worst thing I've done,''

''Well, a few hours [after] I did it someone crashed into my car, and since then, my karma, luck, and life have been s**t.

''I hope returning two new bottles will restore some [luck] for me, and I can stop carrying around this guilt.''