Dash Off Shoplifter

[purplecat41877]

Yesterday, when I came back from my break, I found out that the FEM saw a shoplifter hurrying out of the store. She gave a description to the police officer that showed up and the items were retrieved. It turned out that the thief stole paper towels, toilet paper, cans of soup, and cans of baby formula. One of my coworkers rung up the stolen items for the police officer and the cart of stolen items is currently behind the service desk with a note.

[fireheart]

Ummm, the baby formula I can understand but why paper towels and toilet rolls?

Maybe there's haemhorroids or something?

And ditto for the soup...why on earth would you steal soup?

[bainsidhe]

Hungry maybe? And let's face it, times are tough and everyone needs toilet paper. Though I agree, it's kind of an odd mix and one would think a little difficult to pocket away?

[PepperElf]

looks like some basic needs items
tp, baby stuff, and some food for the parents

tho yes, hard to hide a lot of cans.

[sms001]

Yeah, if you're that desperate, those are some necessities, but you would think there'd be easier/safer/less conspicuous places to steal the tp and paper towels from.

[blas]

Baby formula being ripped off is a huge loss. That stuff is not cheap, by any means.

[Buglady]

Food banks are usually a better first choice than theft

[fireheart]

Baby formula being ripped off is a huge loss. That stuff is not cheap, by any means.

That was why I said that I could get the logic of baby formula being stolen, but I didn't get the rest. It's a high risk item at our store, along with the standard beauty goods and medicines.