Witnessed in a local frozen food shop.
We stand in line by the checkouts and are dimly aware of a guy walking past us and out of the shop. The checkout girl is packing bags for a customer and another employee is stacking shelves behind us.
E: Employee
OE: Other Employee. (Manning checkout)
US: Hubby and me.
E: Damnit! OE! We missed him again!
OE: What?! Damn, what did he get this time?
E: More bacon and cheese.
OE: Weirdo. *Walks off mumbling*
US: What was that all about?
E: There's a guy comes in here two or three times a week wearing a big backpack, he only comes in when there's just a couple of us here. He stuffs it full of bacon and cheese and just walks out, so far we haven't been able to catch him.
US: Wow, don't you have cctv or anything?
E: Yeah, but to use it we'd have to catch him in the act, and we can't detain him. Plus he hides out at the back and then walks out when we're busy. [Note: The doors are behind the checkout, unless the worker twists round to look they can't directly see the door, the view of the first aisle is blocked by tall shelves]
US: Wow.
E: I know, it's getting really bad, but we're not a big enough store to get a security guard. I reckon he sells it.
US: Either that or with all that cholesterol he's getting he's gonna fix your problem for you.
I can't believe how blatant the guy was. But the shop is set up in such a way that it's perfect for him to do this.
We stand in line by the checkouts and are dimly aware of a guy walking past us and out of the shop. The checkout girl is packing bags for a customer and another employee is stacking shelves behind us.
E: Employee
OE: Other Employee. (Manning checkout)
US: Hubby and me.
E: Damnit! OE! We missed him again!
OE: What?! Damn, what did he get this time?
E: More bacon and cheese.
OE: Weirdo. *Walks off mumbling*
US: What was that all about?
E: There's a guy comes in here two or three times a week wearing a big backpack, he only comes in when there's just a couple of us here. He stuffs it full of bacon and cheese and just walks out, so far we haven't been able to catch him.
US: Wow, don't you have cctv or anything?
E: Yeah, but to use it we'd have to catch him in the act, and we can't detain him. Plus he hides out at the back and then walks out when we're busy. [Note: The doors are behind the checkout, unless the worker twists round to look they can't directly see the door, the view of the first aisle is blocked by tall shelves]
US: Wow.
E: I know, it's getting really bad, but we're not a big enough store to get a security guard. I reckon he sells it.
US: Either that or with all that cholesterol he's getting he's gonna fix your problem for you.
I can't believe how blatant the guy was. But the shop is set up in such a way that it's perfect for him to do this.
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