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Tough Times: Is Shoplifting Ever Okay?
New York, 3:54 PM
Thu Nov 12
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12/24/08
I wouldn't say I feel BAD about it though...
12/24/08
We have a security guard, but he's not allowed to do anything either. A few weeks ago our guard witnessed a customer walk in and snatch up a pile of about 4 or 5 cashmere sweaters worth $200 each. The thief was allowed to walk out and the guard couldn't do a thing. The store has alarms but customers almost always ignore them.
However, do not, under any circumstances, shoplift in Abercrombie & Fitch. The place is swarming with undercovers, and they will tackle you upon your exit if they see you throw an item into your bag without paying for it. Said guard worked at Abercrombie in the past and said the place was loaded with cameras and they did not hesitate to do whatever it took to deter theft.
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Which books? I'd receive statistical loss prevention reports which included a breakdown of stolen items by category/subject {like children's books, art books, travel guides, etc}, and had to secure all items in the top three most-stolen categories.
The #1 category for most stolen books? Bibles. I s*** you not, and it was consistently by a wide margin, too.
This shocked me, and I tried to rationalize it by thinking that perhaps people were stealing Bibles because they'd never read it and were therefore not acquainted with the 8th Commandment. However, that seems like a pretty weak argument because I'm pretty sure that most people who've never read the Bible are still aware of the whole "do not steal" position that is conveyed within.
12/23/08
12/23/08
I realize you were being funny, and you should know I did have myself a little giggle before my overanalyzing kicked in.
12/23/08
People stealing food, formulas, diapers is different. It saddens me that we don't have more services for people in need. So many of the agencies in place to help actually make one feel completely demoralized.
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12/23/08
Same thing with shoplifting...
I know its less violent, but its still just as wrong. Stealing as a trickle down effect...it could cost someone their job in many different ways.
12/23/08
Also, I should have been more specific...I was mugged about 2 weeks ago in Midtown.
12/23/08
This guy never touched the bag I was carrying. It had my clarinet case with both of my instruments, valued at about 10k after the specialty work that had been done on them. Oh, and my wallet (for what that's worth).
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12/23/08
It says:
He and his two small children rely on his wife's minimum-wage job at Wal-Mart, groceries from a food bank and help from his mother, he said
See, these are the times where you take advantage of unemployment and WIC and food stamps. All those things your taxes from your former $20/hr. job were going for. That means, don't steal sleep medication from the store.
12/23/08
My favorites are the non chalants...those that walk into a store, pick up what they want, then just casually meander out the door.
I was also amazed at how many chains don't have actual working cameras in their stores...there is a chain of bookstores in malls across the country that have the mirror globes on the ceiling, but no camera inside at all.
I also learned that hard core lifters will bring magnets with them when they shop to deactivate those little security chips.
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The first time I had gone to a store during a big sale and found a pair of shoes I loved, instead of carying them around I took them to the register and asked if they could hold them. They put them in a store bage with a note with my name on it. An hour later after getting a bunch of sweaters and such I went up to the register and explained that they were holding a pair of shoes I also wanted to buy. Later when I got home and was entering the recipts in my check book I saw that they hadn't ring up the shoes. I don't think that's my fault.
The second time I was at Target and put all my items on the conveyer belt thing and the checkout person didn't scan the boots, again I didn't notice until later that night.
12/23/08
I may be a terrible person, but even thieves have honor codes.