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So I was working Sunday. I was on the register, and there was a bit of commotion going on in the frozen aisle. In my store (a good size, about 40,000 sq. feet), the two frozen aisles are in the middle of the stores, separating food from pet food, cleaning supplies, paper goods, etc. A customer came through my line explaining how there's a fellow by the ice cream who is SAMPLING the ice cream. Yes, sampling it. With his fingers. OUT OF THE CONTAINER!! Our manager was hiding behind the chips (lol) watching him. Omg we were SO waiting for her to pounce, because it would have been a throwdown. This manager is NOT someone to piss off when it comes to stuff like this (we get along incredibly well though). So he finally walks off. We didn't see him actually sample any of the ice cream (and we were watching, let me tell you). So after he leaves, a team of 10 people goes and inspects all the ice cream where he was lingering for holes, finger marks, etc. He couldn't get into any of the store-brand ice cream (starts with a P, ends in an X, rhymes with "public") because we have a plastic seal between the lid and the actual ice cream. However, Bluebell, Edy's, and Breyers were all fair game because there is no seal. We didn't see any holes or whatever, so we figured he was just fiddling with it - though it did look suspicious.
Fast forward to last (Wednesday) night. I was closing. We were blocking frozen (making it pretty, pulling it all to the front), and I found 2 tubs of Bluebell out of place with their lids funky. So the first one, I take the lid off, and viola! A HUGE finger dip-mark. I grab that one and the other one, and go find 'Q', who was there for the original Ice Cream Caper night. I tell him to take the lid off (b/c my hands were full), and he looks at me and said "got'em". So I took them to the back to show the stock guys who were there, and so they could put them in a special place so if this bastard ever returns, we can make him pay for it. So I show him, then I go to put the lid BACK on the other one (it was halfway off), and when I pick it up, viola! another mark. So, he's ruined 2 $5.00 things of ice cream. Freaking fantastic.
Good news? We know that we were right. Bad news? He got away. More good news? We ALL know what he looks like (unfortunate looking character, pretty distinctive), and he probably won't be welcome back in the store
Fast forward to last (Wednesday) night. I was closing. We were blocking frozen (making it pretty, pulling it all to the front), and I found 2 tubs of Bluebell out of place with their lids funky. So the first one, I take the lid off, and viola! A HUGE finger dip-mark. I grab that one and the other one, and go find 'Q', who was there for the original Ice Cream Caper night. I tell him to take the lid off (b/c my hands were full), and he looks at me and said "got'em". So I took them to the back to show the stock guys who were there, and so they could put them in a special place so if this bastard ever returns, we can make him pay for it. So I show him, then I go to put the lid BACK on the other one (it was halfway off), and when I pick it up, viola! another mark. So, he's ruined 2 $5.00 things of ice cream. Freaking fantastic.
Good news? We know that we were right. Bad news? He got away. More good news? We ALL know what he looks like (unfortunate looking character, pretty distinctive), and he probably won't be welcome back in the store
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