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More Room in Your Pants, Sir?
Hello again, I bring another tale of justice served with a side of nasty.
At my other location at ToysrPoo, we were in a major city and happened to require a security guard and every staff member had to be knowledgeable about how to page or respond to a page concerning suspicious behaviour.
One day, there was about 15 of us on duty at once (BIG store) when someone paged, alerting all the staff members to the electronics section. In the past it's been difficult to get everyone there (as they are busy) to intimidate/encourage potential thieves to leave. Surprisingly, this time everyone showed up.
So there he was, a scraggly looking man with a long beard and a hood up (with a hat underneath no less) trying to hide video games into his baggy pants. It was actually more of an awkward shuffling dance since he was turned away from us, rearranging his "hiding place."
Here we were, 14 staff members standing in the 3 foot wide entrance in and out of the electronics center.
Hmmm.
Since we aren't allowed to approach the thief until we actually see them attempting to hide products, we just stood there. And stared. And giggled under our breaths as this was a usual occurrence and no longer seemed scary, just amusing.
The man turned around to see us all in bright red uniforms with 2 managers behind us. Watching.
He turned a shade of white that no person should ever be unless they encounter a ghost. You could literally see the colour drain from his face into his feet. He started stammering "uh..... um..... uhhhhhhh".
He dodged behind an aisle, threw all the hidden games out of his pants, and ran out the door. We were never allowed to contact or touch him as no, we did not see him put the actual video games anywhere, only the person manning the electronics section got a glimpse, and he was busy ringing someone else out at the moment.
The best part was nobody would touch the games after we saw where he was trying to stuff them, so we stuck the managers with that job. All the games got put through the system and were sent back to those poor unfortunate souls at the warehouse.
Oh - even better: The games were Mario Kart, Viva Pinata, and the like - bright, colourful, children's games.
Ew.
At my other location at ToysrPoo, we were in a major city and happened to require a security guard and every staff member had to be knowledgeable about how to page or respond to a page concerning suspicious behaviour.
One day, there was about 15 of us on duty at once (BIG store) when someone paged, alerting all the staff members to the electronics section. In the past it's been difficult to get everyone there (as they are busy) to intimidate/encourage potential thieves to leave. Surprisingly, this time everyone showed up.
So there he was, a scraggly looking man with a long beard and a hood up (with a hat underneath no less) trying to hide video games into his baggy pants. It was actually more of an awkward shuffling dance since he was turned away from us, rearranging his "hiding place."
Here we were, 14 staff members standing in the 3 foot wide entrance in and out of the electronics center.
Hmmm.
Since we aren't allowed to approach the thief until we actually see them attempting to hide products, we just stood there. And stared. And giggled under our breaths as this was a usual occurrence and no longer seemed scary, just amusing.
The man turned around to see us all in bright red uniforms with 2 managers behind us. Watching.
He turned a shade of white that no person should ever be unless they encounter a ghost. You could literally see the colour drain from his face into his feet. He started stammering "uh..... um..... uhhhhhhh".
He dodged behind an aisle, threw all the hidden games out of his pants, and ran out the door. We were never allowed to contact or touch him as no, we did not see him put the actual video games anywhere, only the person manning the electronics section got a glimpse, and he was busy ringing someone else out at the moment.
The best part was nobody would touch the games after we saw where he was trying to stuff them, so we stuck the managers with that job. All the games got put through the system and were sent back to those poor unfortunate souls at the warehouse.
Oh - even better: The games were Mario Kart, Viva Pinata, and the like - bright, colourful, children's games.
Ew.
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