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Today we were closed for most of the ay as our fuel tanks had gone down to their legal limit. We got very few people coming in as a result of this and times when we are quiet can attract shoplifters, such as today.
A man, around the late 30's and wearing a gold jacket, came into the shop and started asking about painkillers. I went over to the painkillers hat we have behind the counter. He wanted to know whcih was the strongest one so I asked my CW, who usually works in the pharmacy and works in petrol every thursday and she started talking to him about how he would be better off going to the pharmacy as they have stuff that is a lot cheaper. As he was leaving another man, wearing a black coat and hat, walked in and knelt down by our newspapers and magaine rack, and started stuffing magazines down the front of his coat! My CW told him to put them back and he threw them onto the floor and just said "see, I've put them fucking back" and then left in a huff.
We have a couple of people who come in every week and try to steal something and I think that it would have been one of them. The thing is that they have been arrested for it plenty of times and know that they are barred from the site and yet they still do it.
Oh yes, when one of the guards saw the footage from the camera he saw that the one asking about the painkillers swiped some chewing gum from the counter.
Also on tuesday I had smeone comes in saying that he left his debit card in his other coat and didn't have any money. We filled in a non payment form for him and he left. Later on a security guard came over and we found a note that someone had left saying not to allow him any more fuel as he had already filled in three forms and none of the details he left were traceable. The note had been hidden behind another piece of paper so I didn't spot it, and he only comes at the beginning of every month so we're not going to recognose someone who comes in so infrequently. Needless to say there is now a clear sign behind our counter saying to to give him any more fuel.
A man, around the late 30's and wearing a gold jacket, came into the shop and started asking about painkillers. I went over to the painkillers hat we have behind the counter. He wanted to know whcih was the strongest one so I asked my CW, who usually works in the pharmacy and works in petrol every thursday and she started talking to him about how he would be better off going to the pharmacy as they have stuff that is a lot cheaper. As he was leaving another man, wearing a black coat and hat, walked in and knelt down by our newspapers and magaine rack, and started stuffing magazines down the front of his coat! My CW told him to put them back and he threw them onto the floor and just said "see, I've put them fucking back" and then left in a huff.
We have a couple of people who come in every week and try to steal something and I think that it would have been one of them. The thing is that they have been arrested for it plenty of times and know that they are barred from the site and yet they still do it.
Oh yes, when one of the guards saw the footage from the camera he saw that the one asking about the painkillers swiped some chewing gum from the counter.
Also on tuesday I had smeone comes in saying that he left his debit card in his other coat and didn't have any money. We filled in a non payment form for him and he left. Later on a security guard came over and we found a note that someone had left saying not to allow him any more fuel as he had already filled in three forms and none of the details he left were traceable. The note had been hidden behind another piece of paper so I didn't spot it, and he only comes at the beginning of every month so we're not going to recognose someone who comes in so infrequently. Needless to say there is now a clear sign behind our counter saying to to give him any more fuel.
. How do they know I won't just drive away? Not that I would, but I'm from NYC ("In God We Trust: all others pay cash") and that level of trust from a stranger was just unusual to me.
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