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This happened years and years ago and I still wonder what was going on. I kind of feel like it was a failed scam but if so I'm not sure how it was supposed to work.
I worked at TJ Maxx while I was at school. One day I was at the service desk when this guy comes in with a little girl. He leans on the counter, showing off a huge gash with black stitches, then looks at me, smirks, and says, "Oh, sorry." and puts his arm down. Unfortunately for him, I am not grossed out by stitches; I've even had them before.
He plops down this filthy pair of sneakers. I mean, crusted with mud. And says he wants to return them. I say we can't do that. He asks me to ask a manager. So I call a manager, who says no. He says OK, I can throw them away, then leaves. A minute later the little girl returns and asks for the sneakers back so they can be donated to charity (I'm sure they appreciated that...).
The man stood there the entire time, and the girl strayed over to look at a display, but neither was ever out of my sight. I wonder if the man was trying to distract me so the girl could pocket something, but I was idly watching her the entire time I was on the phone. There was nothing on the service desk to steal.
So was this just a weird guy, or was he trying something? Any ideas?
I worked at TJ Maxx while I was at school. One day I was at the service desk when this guy comes in with a little girl. He leans on the counter, showing off a huge gash with black stitches, then looks at me, smirks, and says, "Oh, sorry." and puts his arm down. Unfortunately for him, I am not grossed out by stitches; I've even had them before.
He plops down this filthy pair of sneakers. I mean, crusted with mud. And says he wants to return them. I say we can't do that. He asks me to ask a manager. So I call a manager, who says no. He says OK, I can throw them away, then leaves. A minute later the little girl returns and asks for the sneakers back so they can be donated to charity (I'm sure they appreciated that...).
The man stood there the entire time, and the girl strayed over to look at a display, but neither was ever out of my sight. I wonder if the man was trying to distract me so the girl could pocket something, but I was idly watching her the entire time I was on the phone. There was nothing on the service desk to steal.
So was this just a weird guy, or was he trying something? Any ideas?
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