Plant Thief

[purplecat41877]

Today, my coworker at the service desk called the store from her cell phone when she was outside on break and asked me to ask the checkers if anyone rang a customer up for 2 pansies. I did that and no pansies were rung up. I went outside and informed my service desk coworker and ended up going back inside to page the PIC up front for immediate assistance. I informed the PIC of the situation and he went outside to deal with it.

A few customers wanted to know what was going on so I informed them. They thought that it was ridiculous to steal plants.

The police were called. One of the police officers got the information from my service desk coworker and the PIC that was needed to catch the plant thief.

[Sailornight6]

thats just wrong, may he have a black thumb

[BookstoreEscapee]

is there any hidden meaning in the fact that they were stealing pansies?

[Shironu-Akaineko]

People will steal anything, I SWEAR. Two pansies!
I often get a donut stolen out of a box or a cookie, but two pansies?
I wonder what for, to give to his/her mother?
What a wonderful way to tell your mother she failed.

[Ackee]

is there any hidden meaning in the fact that they were stealing pansies?

Yes, perhaps he though they were something else?

[Mighty Girl]

I'm actually surprised plants don't get stolen more often. At stores around here in the spring, they stick a bunch of plants outside without any employees to watch them, they're really just relying on people's honor code to pay for them. (All you need to do is read a few stories here and you'll be educated on the true nature of people in no time).

[IT Grunt]

To quote JoeCartoon: "What a pansy... Pan..Z!" - The Frog

[SuperB]

They will steal anything. One night a guy paid for his gas afterhours with his credit card and then proceeded to walk around the property lifting anything that wasn't attached and the rosebushes that were.
Funny thing was, as he was pulling one rose tree out of the ground by the window of the store, had he looked inside, he would have seen himself on the video monitor that's visible from there. He was caught anyway because of the recording showing his license plate, the time of the transaction and his credit card info.

He admitted it was stupid.

[blas]

I've wondered that myself, especially with plants outside of the local K-Marts and WalMarts around here. I guess they leave it up to the guys on cart duty to take "plant attendance" every shift.

[Dark Psion]

I allways tell people "If you don't pay for them, they won't grow."