What...The Hell....?!

[Red_Dazes]

Life on the SC front has been quiet for me. Perhaps I scare people... or perhaps I am too polite for them to blow up on... But I have two stories for you today, relayed to me from my CW's from this past week. I was not present for either occurrence.

Ode to the Break Room Door

Our door has a key pad. You have to punch in the code to get into the break room... meaning EMPLOYEES ONLY. However... On Sunday night we had a wonderful lady. BREAK THE DOOR. .... I don't know how she did it... I don't think any one does. But she broke the entire key pad and was in the employee bathroom flushing merchandise down the toilet... and according to our managers... doing drugs ((the kind that leave bio-hazard pointy bits to be recovered))....

...She was escorted from the premises in lovely metal bracelets.

I suspect drugs were involved

Lady came in yesterday... "Tripping out of her mind" as my manager so delicately said. In almost complete hysterics about finding baby clothes... not just any baby clothes. Something that could be for a boy or a girl since hersisterdidn'twanttoknowthesexofthebabyandshereal yrealyrealywantedtobuyhersomebabyclothes....((agai n manager said she said it just like that)) and they had to be under $10. But when said $9.99 thing is found... oh... wait it has to be like $5 or like $7....

And then she was in the fitting room and all of a sudden she just bolted with arms full of stuff out the door.... and they found a PILE of hard tags in the fitting room where she had been.



...I miss everything cool.

[KorporateKitty]

Oh my goodness...I really hope no one's safety was compromised, needles are nasty Why was she flushing merchandise down the toilet?! Drugs are bad, mmkay?

[tropicsgoddess]

That second lady sure pulled a fast one on your manager when she hauled ass with all the merchandise. I'm still in shock at how the hell the drug lady broke the keypad to get in the employee bathroom to get high. At one of the SC's got arrested.

[Wembley]

I'm still in shock at how the hell the drug lady broke the keypad to get in the employee bathroom to get high.

Well, if the keypad is a simple IEI brand (there would be a IEI logo on the plate) all the keypad does is close a switch (like a light switch) that would, in this case, power an electronic latch (called a "strike") to release (usually with a click or a buzz to indicate the door is released) and then either reset itself after a delay, or, would require you to re-enter the code to reset.

Picture a light switch that instead of flipping the switch, you enter a code to turn it on or off.

What probably happened is the SC removed the keypad or damaged it enough to get access to the inside wires, and then either shorted them together or pulled them apart (whatever action requires the door to release).

Too bad that usually the door latch is a low-voltage (less than 24 volts) circuit - they can be touched safely (usually) with dry hands.

-Wembley

[Broomjockey]

What probably happened is the SC removed the keypad or damaged it enough to get access to the inside wires, and then either shorted them together or pulled them apart (whatever action requires the door to release).

Or in a drug-addled state, the SC simply bodily bashed the door open, breaking the clasp of the door. I doubt a druggie is going to be shorting wires.

[bainsidhe]

Wow, that second lady was pretty devious. I mean, why go to the trouble of removing hard tags and then be so obviously about stealing a mound of clothing. Good thing a lot of shoplifters are real idiots.

[Hobbs]

Wait, your store allows people to go into the fitting room w/ hardtagged baby-clothes like that? Huh, I don't think mine does...

[Hyena Dandy]

Wait. Remove the tags, but run out of the store?

That's... It boogles the mind.

I want people to SEE me stealing. But not HEAR me. MUFUFU!

[Red_Dazes]

Wait, your store allows people to go into the fitting room w/ hardtagged baby-clothes like that? Huh, I don't think mine does...

I didn't get the whole story. But the way it sounded was that the baby clothes weren't the only thing stolen. Also... baby clothes can easily be stuffed into a purse and snuck into the fittingrooms... we aren't allowed to check peoples bags for that kind of stuff... only the clothes they have in their hands.

[karma_gypsy]

I didn't get the whole story. But the way it sounded was that the baby clothes weren't the only thing stolen.

I agree with you here. And especially, why would she be taking baby clothes into the dressing room ..... To try them on??? I doubt they'll fit .....

[chainedbarista]

well, she was high... but for being high, she still managed to pull off (what was in her mind, at least) the crime of the century.

who knows about the first one; some drugs can increase strength/dull pain enough that the person isn't aware of their actions (like pcp-stories of guys punching through windshields and the like).