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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
It really depends on the individual store policy. I have worked at dept stores and their protocol with suspected theft was to:
Get on speaker and say things like "security to sector 2" or "security cameras to juniors" etc. Then they would have a male employee walk around. I would catch young black men and white women stealing jewelry all the time. They would just grab things and go into the bathroom, remove packaging, and pocket. The guys would always be shitting themselves when I'd call them on it, but I couldn't physically touch them so nothing would be done. At the price they were paying me, I wasn't about to defend merch anyway.
Other stores have loss prevention specialists who may or may not tackle your ass and hold you for police.
With theft, just consider:
Most min wage workers hate their jobs and life, and don't care
Unless it's a family bodega, you're not getting any heat from a normal employee or manager
The only reason people get caught is that they are retards, which is why they are stealing in the first place
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Originally Posted by Philosophighter
Gotta throw some contributions in here after everything I've learned. Starting from the teenage jobs..
Mall retail....Very very easy to steal from. Worked in a major mall in SoCal. Workers were told that they had authority within the store ONLY. Once a thief or shoplifter got outside the store into the general mall, only security could touch them and you just had to wait and watch.
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Originally Posted by Philosophighter
You could block someone from leaving, hollar a bunch to the manager and make a fuss, but no one could apprehend you physically. Mind you this is a mall retail, PacSun, during the holidays.
Another one.....In the big malls, there is a series of hallways/tunnels behind every store. 5-6 stores would be connected by one long one, with plenty of 90* turns in it, with each hallway ending at the mysterious double doors located around the outside perimeter of the malls. These halls are used by delivery people for product drop off and janitors. Summed up, no cameras, and rarely a person in them. We would stash inventory in the halls and have one of our friends just walk down and scoop up what was left over. There is 1 access in the mall itself (more mystery double doors)connecting to the hallway behind the stores, with the final exit being the double doors exiting out to the parking lot or trash area. A friend would either be sitting on those general benches in the main mall, waiting for you to cue them that you dropped off a stash in the hall...The friend would enter whichever double door led to your hallway in the main mall, scoop up your goods in the hallway, jump in a ride waiting outside the final double doors. Ridiculously quick and a lot of loot got moved with no trace.
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Originally Posted by Philosophighter
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The day of our orientation that very issue was posed. The answer? If you physically try and apprehend someone you will be fired and the company can be possibly sued. Plus, the policy was pretty odd. It was technically not a crime unless they left the store with the merchandise, but once they left the store, it was the "malls" authority, not the store. Plus I was 16 and not giving a shit.
Another one- worked at Hollywood Video. Late fees will almost always be erased if you complain enough. Unless you got a documented track record for fees and excuses, they will erase it rather than have you make a fuss in a line and lose the future business you will bring. Also, the dipshits at the counter ringing you up have the same mentality as servers. Remember their name, let them "keep the change", small shit..and they will hook you up with free candy, rentals, coupons, on and on.
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I don't know about that.
This happened many moons ago, but I was with a friend when he got caught for stealing shit at a major retail store. He was outside of the store about 2 steps out the store entrance perimiter and a punk ass guard (must have been a very old teenager at the time like 19) grabbed him by the arm and took him inside. Of course, I had to bare witness to all of this as they took me as an accomplice when I was clearly outside the store (albeit like 10 steps) and the guy gave a huge scolding to us. Then my friend had to call his parents and break the news. Boy oh boy was his dad super pissed when he came to pick us up. I think the security guy said that the "store" decided not to press charges on us.
But I was about to high tail and run my ass off out of there, but the guy had physically took my friend in and I couldnt just leave him like that.
But I dont know if this was an unique case or what, because it was a piece of shit mall and still is to this day. So, potentially my friend could have filed a battery and assault charge on the guard for doing that. But in the end, we got banned from ever going into that major retail store again.
I recently went back since I knew that same security guard would not be working there as its been many years, and needless to say the place looks like a whole sack of shit with like an underaged employee working the front. Pathetic.