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  • Bold thief is bold. (long)

    This happened a few weeks ago and I finally decided to write about it.

    Bg: when the main cashier goes on break or lunch the photo tech or the girl in cosmetics covers the front for them. /end bg

    One afternoon I come in for a closing shift. I'm scheduled to work cosmetics this evening instead of the main register. As I leave the break room my SM see me and as we're walking to the office tells me someone stole a bunch of stuff yesterday from cosmetics.
    The dude came in while the cashier was on break and went behind the cosmetics register and opened the fragrance cases (which weren't locked) and grabbed a bunch of fragrances, put them in a plastic <our store> bag. When he left he put the bag on the pile of paper towels next to the security gate, walked through the gate and grabbed the bag from the other side thus not setting off the alarm.
    That took place on I believe a wednesday (the days of the week this took place on have become fuzzy). My SM was telling me this on Thursday afternoon. She showed me his picture off the security cam so I could know who to look for, cause we suspected he'd be back.
    So later that afternoon a guy comes that looks kinda like the guy on the security video so I call the manager on duty (not the emergency code) and go 'Umm. I think the dude's back. I'll watching him from cosmetics. Just thought I'd give you a heads up.'
    He and SM come running while the thief walks over to photo. While at photo he goes behind the photo counter and grabs 6 Bluetooth headsets off the wall and puts them in his cart. But because we're keeping an eye on him he abandons them and leaves. But not before SM enquires as to what he did with the head sets.
    Later that same night (and after SM had left for the night) he comes back and buys 5 candles. Confusing the hell out of all of us.
    The next morning (Friday) I open and it's truck day so we have a lot of people there. And sometime before or around noon in strolls the same dude. This time I call our emergency code. I'm taking no chances. And he asks me if someone found his id that he left last night when he bought some candles. Wtf? And as I've called the emergency code most of the managers and co workers we're up front. When he leaves empty handed several people follow him at a distance while one of the managers call 911.
    The manager that followed him calls the store from his cell and says the thief has gone in the movie store less then a block away and he and one of the stockers are keeping an eye on him.
    Around this time the SM's wondering where the cops are and has the manager who called 911 call the cop that responded the past few times on his cell.
    Eventually Friendly Cop pulls up to the movie store and cuffs the thief. And they find out he had put a PS2 (it may have been a PS3) in his bag but since he had not left he didn't technically steal it. And cause he didn't have any of our merchandise on him Friendly Cop brings him back to our store (in cuffs) to review the videos.
    SM buys us pizza after Friendly Cop leaves with the thief to celebrate. But we find out later that cause of some technicality he gets let go. *growls* Cause of him we lost a thousand dollars in merchandise and he's let free. Oh and there may have been two of them working together.

    Sorry this is a but jumbled. I can't remember all the details.
    Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
    Supernatural 9-13-05 to forever

  • #2
    I hate it when thieves get away with their crime. But at least you know what the creep looks like. Perhaps you could fax his picture to the other stores in your area and let them know what he's been doing?
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    • #3
      Quoth XCashier
      I hate it when thieves get away with their crime. But at least you know what the creep looks like. Perhaps you could fax his picture to the other stores in your area and let them know what he's been doing?
      Idk what's been done since other then my SM has been running around submitting the necessary paper work to the authorities. And I've seen Friendly Cop a few times. If I'm cashier I always make sure to greet him and he always says hi and bye to me.
      Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
      Supernatural 9-13-05 to forever

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      • #4
        That's a shame he got let go. Some of our stores use the technique of, when they know someone is going to steal, they keep a casual eye out so as not to alarm them, and make SURE that they go past the doors with the merchandise before the stop, that way, there is no chance in heck they can get out of it. Though, one girl did say "I was just going to show this to my friends and come back!"
        "If anyone wants this old box containing the broken bits of my former faith in humanity, I'll take your best offer now. You may be able to salvage a few of em' for parts..... " - Quote by Argabarga

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        • #5
          Wait, he stole fragrances?!

          People will steal anything these days. I guess you want to smell good in jail.
          There had to be DUMB in the water today. - Summerfly413

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          • #6
            Quoth AtDIelement
            Wait, he stole fragrances?!

            People will steal anything these days. I guess you want to smell good in jail.
            We have a lot of stuff locked up (including deodorant, body wash, razors, and more) cause people like to steal them then sell them at flea markets.
            Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
            Supernatural 9-13-05 to forever

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            • #7
              Quoth dragon_wings View Post
              We have a lot of stuff locked up (including deodorant, body wash, razors, and more) cause people like to steal them then sell them at flea markets.
              You have deodorant locked up? Personally I hate having to hunt down somebody to unlock stuff and if I had to do that for something like deodorant I'd likely go elsewhere. An expensive electric razor I could understand but deodorant just seems a lit... odd.

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              • #8
                Having done Loss Prevention work I have to say that you're lucky, the store I was at kept tieing my hands so I couldn't do the job right, or even allow me to conduct searches or make arrests when I was certain the person WAS stealing.
                Having a manager willing to actually deal with this stuff is a fantastic start, if the thiefs know you're keeping an eye out and are willing to call the cops for arrests then the thefts will decrease (they'll never stop but any decrease is worth it)
                Telling a cop, "My taxes pay your salary!" is dumb.
                Telling a cop you demand your shit without paying taxes is even more dumb.
                -Automan Empire

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                • #9
                  Quoth Krandor

                  You have deodorant locked up? Personally I hate having to hunt down somebody to unlock stuff and if I had to do that for something like deodorant I'd likely go elsewhere. An expensive electric razor I could understand but deodorant just seems a lit... odd.
                  We get that response a lot. There's very little we can do as service clerks and beauty advisors.
                  Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
                  Supernatural 9-13-05 to forever

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                  • #10
                    Quoth AtDIelement View Post
                    Wait, he stole fragrances?!

                    People will steal anything these days. I guess you want to smell good in jail.
                    Fragrances and perfumes are actually rather expensive, and since they are small and portable, from the thief's viewpoint, it is an ideal commodity to steal.

                    Cost to thief in risk: varies.
                    Cost to thief in dollars: zero.
                    Profit to thief for cut-rate prices he sells fragrances for: 100%.

                    Other than the risk factor, it is a brilliant idea, purely from a business perspective, ignoring for the moment the ethics and illegality of it.

                    "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
                    Still A Customer."

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Jester

                      Fragrances and perfumes are actually rather expensive, and since they are small and portable, from the thief's viewpoint, it is an ideal commodity to steal.

                      Cost to thief in risk: varies.
                      Cost to thief in dollars: zero.
                      Profit to thief for cut-rate prices he sells fragrances for: 100%.

                      Other than the risk factor, it is a brilliant idea, purely from a business perspective, ignoring for the moment the ethics and illegality of it.
                      Exactly. Pure profit.
                      Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
                      Supernatural 9-13-05 to forever

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                      • #12
                        Anyone else read the thread title and think the dude was stealing the bold font?

                        Me, I've always been partial to italics, but individual tastes vary.

                        Hell, I'm sure there is a market somewhere for the underappreciated underscore. And let's not even talk about the really small and the really big. After all, you always have those fetishists....

                        "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
                        Still A Customer."

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Jester View Post
                          Anyone else read the thread title and think the dude was stealing the bold font?

                          Me, I've always been partial to italics, but individual tastes vary.

                          Hell, I'm sure there is a market somewhere for the underappreciated underscore. And let's not even talk about the really small and the really big. After all, you always have those fetishists....
                          "Psst! Hey, buddy. Got some great fonts for you here. You like some Times New Roman? How 'bout some Comic Sans, man? First one's free!" I'm sure some Wingding's tried it...
                          I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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                          • #14
                            Hey, have you met my friend Arial? She's lovely. Her friends call her
                            Arial Black
                            . She's the kind of girl that could have quite an impact on you, ya know. No, man, she's not chubby at all. Hell, some guys simply call her Arial Narrow if you know what I mean.

                            Okay, I think we've beaten this joke to death. At least, it's out of MY system.

                            "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
                            Still A Customer."

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Jester
                              Hey, have you met my friend Arial? She's lovely. Her friends call her
                              Arial Black. She's the kind of girl that could have quite an impact on you, ya know. No, man, she's not chubby at all. Hell, some guys simply call her Arial Narrow if you know what I mean.

                              Okay, I think we've beaten this joke to death. At least, it's out of MY system.
                              Lol! Too funny.
                              Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
                              Supernatural 9-13-05 to forever

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