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[jwgh]

I was at the corner store (a Brooks Pharmacy) buying some stuff when a guy strode out from one of the aisles and towards one of the doors.

"Wait, you have some change coming," said my cashier.

"Oh, that's OK, you can keep it," he responded, and quickly made his way out of the front door, incidentally setting off the metal detector (or whatever you call the thing that's supposed to detect when you've got items that haven't been paid for).

The security guard looked on, a bit uncertain what to do. After a few seconds, the cashier told him, "Go and bring him back here!" The guard left the Brooks and returned a short while later with the guy in question, who went through the metal detector again without setting anything off and was permitted to leave.

The cashier then explained to the guard that part of being a security guard is that if it seems like someone might be stealing stuff from the store then you have to try to stop them. (I think it was his first day on the job.)

Comments

[richtermom.livejournal.com]

Back when I worked at Sears, some guy exchanged his not functioning, nasty used phone for a display model. It wasn't even the same model type. I had talked to him earlier, so I knew who it would have been, and sure enough, I saw him and his companion scooting across the parking lot. I called security, and they hunted him down, and they brought him back

They then let him go when he apologized for "misunderstanding."

I think it had to do with being a white adult male instead of a teenager or minority, to be honest. I couldn't believe they just let a shoplifter go like that.

Wait.

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

If the security guards did that, what would the three policemen that seem to be there at all hours have left to do?