"If you don't work, you will end up homeless or commit crime."

Has anyone else's parents tried these lines on you? "If you don't work, you will end up homeless and commit crime!" My mother has previously given the "you will end up homeless" line on me, but now she gives the "you will commit crime" line on me. The homeless line I can understand, because there are many homeless people in my city because rent is too high. A lot of them are just regular people who hang out at the library all day. But I don't want her giving me the "you will commit crime" line, it's offensive. She thinks I will get arrested because I pick up a few cans off the street.