The More You Read, The Crazier It Gets
I used to work in a consumer electronics pop-up store. We had rather valuable products on display, and being in quite a visible spot in a busy shopping centre, we were quite an enticing site for shoplifters.
We normally only had two staff members on the floor, so when one of us was out to lunch, the other would be alone at the store, so we would constantly have to be on the lookout for shady customers.
During one particular shift, I was by myself on the floor and was serving a family of five, so my visibility of the other side of the store was obscured.
Whilst I was serving this family, I noticed a rather scruffy-looking man on crutches looking at one of our products on the other side of the store. He was intently looking around every few seconds and looked very nervous so, naturally, he immediately raised a red flag with me, but I couldn’t just leave my customers before completing their transaction.
I kept a keen eye on this shady man throughout the transaction, and just as I was about to complete it, I noticed him starting to leave. I couldn’t see anything missing from where I was, so I breathed a sigh of relief and finished the transaction. Then, I made my way over to the products the man had been standing near.
Much to my shock and horror, not only was one of the products missing, but the security cable attached to it was flaming!! This man had clearly used a lighter to sever the cable and then just walked off with the product. I was able to put out the flames but not before it damaged the products around it
I called security afterward, but I didn’t have any real hope of them finding the shoplifter as, more often than not, they would get away. Much to my surprise, though, within twenty minutes, they had located him. It turned out that he didn’t get far because he was missing a leg!
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