Obvious theft is obvious.

[ShadowTiger]

I will state for the record that any phrase consisting of "[adjective x] [verb y] is [adjective x]" is an inherently powerful one. It reinforces the state of [x] quite a bit. So, in this case, the theft is obvious.

Just thought y'all would like to knowww.....



So I'm exhausted after moving dozens upon dozens of 200 pound (plus!) snowblowers. I'm helping my last customer with some loose screws, bagging and pricing them, and send him on their way. I stay around the desk to tidy up, and lean over the corner, and watch him as he goes down the main aisle leading from the Hardware area to the main entrance. (Which is also a passable exit.)

I watch as he empties the contents of the bag into his hand, palms the screws and stuff, shoves them all into his pocket, crumples up the paper bag and throws it onto the floor and just walks out the front door without paying.


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Awesome. That guy's testicles must weight ten pounds each to be able to do that in plain sight.

[Salesmonkey]

This guy is probably going to be the first to complain when your store switches to pre-bagged small parts items.

"But I only wanted twooooo screeeeeewwwww! Whyyyy do I have to buy twenty?

The reason I go to my fave hardware store is they still have loose small things. Last time I only spent forty cents on a couple of nuts and washers, but at least I was polite, pleasant, and didn't mess them over.

[Erin]

I would have given him a big "eff ewe" for being a putz like that.

[Sapphire Silk]

And people wonder why prices are so high.

I hate going to the Orange Apron or the Blue Apron, digging through boxes of bagged goodies to find the one bag that has not been opened by these asshats.

[ThirdGenRetail]

Ooooh but I hate opened bags from Hardware! Inevitably, those bags are always opened at the BARCODE, thus absolutely destroying it to where I can neither scan it, nor type the number in. For the love of God WHY, people?!

[LillFilly]

Sooo...Why didn't anybody stop him after you saw him shoplift?

[EricKei]

Many stores expressly forbid their employees from interfering with thieves, lest they be armed...Might this be the case here, OP?

[Mytical]

Many stores expressly forbid their employees from interfering with thieves, lest they be armed...Might this be the case here, OP?

My guess is this, sometimes even LP can't actually lay a hand on a 'customer' unless they also happen to be off duty police. The customer could come in, be right in front of them, and stuff something down their pants .. and they would have to sit on their hands (they can however call the actual police). It is a liability issue.