Scammers Are So Not Cool

We have a receipt picking problem at the store where I work as a customer service manager. My door greeters put stickers on all items that come through the door.

A lady walks up with a tattered, beaten receipt. She wants to return a never-opened 150-dollar mini-fridge. I get called up by the cashier, and I call for asset protection to check the cameras. The lady knows she’s screwed, and she starts getting rude.

Lady: “How much longer is this gonna take? I need to go pick up my kids!”

Me: “You need to wait for our asset protection officer to get back to me. We need to know what door your fridge came in from before doing the return.”

Then, she tries to leave with the fridge in the cart.

Me: “No. This fridge is not leaving until asset protection comes back.”

Lady: “Fine. I’m going to pick up my kids from school, and then I’ll be back.”

She left the fridge and went to pick up her kids from school. On a Saturday. At 6:00 pm.

She never came back.