Teenage Shoplifters

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Oh, yes. Back when I worked at the vitamin store back in the mid-90s, one baggy-clothed kid sauntered about our store aimlessly for a while before leaving. He was caught later at another store in the mall with about $400 worth of our vitamin and weight-gain supplements hidden in his baggy clothing. Scumbag.

Including Weight Gain 4000?

Beefcake. BEEFCAKE!

[yizuman]

Couple more shoftlifting stories that I remember in my 25 years of retailing.....

Year 2000....

Stupid lady tried to steal 2 cases of music CDs whereas LP caught her on cam and followed her to the door. They stopped her and she put up a fight trying to get away whilest two LPs struggled her to the ground and cuffed her.

TL heard the commotion and ran over to see what's going on. A female LP came over to remove the CDs from her underneath her oversized sweatshirt and handed them to the TL.

I was running the register when I saw her being escorted to the LP office in plain view of everyone, her hair was all mussed up bad from the struggle to the ground. TL was following them with CDs in his hands.

A sight that I'll never forget. Lifter looked seriously pissed she got caught.

Second story....

Year 2003 -2004

Some dude stole a watch from it's case and left the case by my lane checker on top where the candy rack was. LP asked me if he purchased a watch and I said no, then asked the bagger if he remembered bagging any watches, he shook his head. One of the LP finds the empty case at the candy rack.

They took off after him. The dude was already in his car, sees the LP running after him. He guns the accellerator and tries to mow them down.

LP tags his plate and cells the cops. Several units gave chase until the idiot lost control of the vehicle when he jumped a corner curb to bypass the traffic light and crashed into a barrier fence at Starbucks. If he had went through it, his vehicle would have mowed down the customers sitting at the outside tables.

News choppers had caught the latter part of the chase and captured the crash on the 11 o'clock news. Wish I had a copy of it and YTed it. (I did check to see if someone else did, no luck there.)

Stupid people :shakes head:

[Greenday]

Lots of young men 12-30 years old (sometimes even older!) think that is just teh coolest style.

I don't wear clothes baggy enough to fall down past my ass, but I wear loose fitting, baggy clothes cause it's mad comfy. Screw dressing up. Comfort >>>>>>> Looking nice

[mattm04]

We caught 1 kid who tried to steal 2 20oz fountain sodas, by sticking them down his baggy pants. Didn't work well.

[yizuman]

We caught 1 kid who tried to steal 2 20oz fountain sodas, by sticking them down his baggy pants. Didn't work well.

I can imagine he didn't feel so frisky for a while

[Boredom]

I've seen kids with their back pockets on their knees, and kids wearing belts an still having to pull up their pants...

[yizuman]

I have seen kids with their back pockets on their knees, and kids wearing belts an still having to pull up their pants...

Yeah, makes no sense non whatsoever.

As Bill Cosby is fond of saying, "Pull up your pants!"

[Geek King]

I have seen kids with their back pockets on their knees, and kids wearing belts an still having to pull up their pants...

Consider it a warning sign, like how certain poisonous fruits are red in nature. You see someone dressed like that, and you can be fairly sure you are about to interact with someone who doesn't think very well.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I even caught a kid hiding a 32 ounce can of Monster energy drink worth about $4-$5 dollars inside a 44 ounce fountain cup filed with ice and fountain drink totaling $1.08 (pro tip: always pick up the fountain cups to make sure the weight

I remember watching Bob Blumer (TV chef guy from "The Surreal Gourmet" and "Glutton For Punishment") smuggling small bottles of wine onto an airliner inside a large coffee cup, just to have a nice wine with his airline food.

Oh, yes. Back when I worked at the vitamin store back in the mid-90s, one baggy-clothed kid sauntered about our store aimlessly for a while before leaving. He was caught later at another store in the mall with about $400 worth of our vitamin and weight-gain supplements hidden in his baggy clothing. Scumbag.

Maybe he needed the weight-gain sups to help grow into his clothes?

[Mike Taylor]

Believe me.. I wish it wasn't necessary. But that's kind of the American way. State-imposed curfews, "ratings" systems, et al. rather than that strange cultural phenomenon called "parenting."

We put those things out there so that nobody can say, with any degree of legitimacy, "Well, nobody TOLD me!"

[Jay 2K Winger]

Yeah, makes no sense non whatsoever.

As Bill Cosby is fond of saying, "Pull up your pants!"

See, I remember Denis Leary's "Coffee Flavored Coffee" rant, where he does briefly go off on that "style" of clothing and the "gangsta" way of talking by WHITE KIDS. ("You're not part of the Wu-Tang Clan, you're not even in a Tribe Called Quest, asshole! You're eighteen years old, you don't know shit about shit, and PULL UP YOUR PANTS!")

[Akasa]

My sister has a friend who has some bondage pants that they will put drinks and candy in so they won't have to pay movie theater prices and have the kind of candy and drinks they actually want.

[Boredom]

My sister has a friend who has some bondage pants that they will put drinks and candy in so they won't have to pay movie theater prices and have the kind of candy and drinks they actually want.

I do that too, but use bags of hidden bulk food store candy.