Alright, fess up

When I worked for Express back in the day, they did a stint of having their own line of lingerie. I sensored EVERYTHING but my District Manager said it didn't look nice and to remove them. I said if I did, the whole table would disappear. He and a coworker went and unsensored the whole table while I went to lunch.

Came back, they said someone had swiped a good 50 pairs off the table when they weren't looking. TOLD YOU!!!!

When I worked retail, I saw the craziest things for shoplifting. Booster bags (where a shopping bag is lined with duct tape and aluminum foil so sensors wouldn't sound the alarm when leaving the store), broken sensors covered with lipstick (seriously people would break those babies off with their TEETH!), fake baby carriages, boxes that had a bottom that if you pout the box on the table you could scoop up anything underneath... my favorite were these men who would dress in really trashy women's clothing with garish makeup over their facial hair, chest hair peeking out. They weren't cross dressers, they did it to scare people (most people avoid that which they don't know/like) and would clean out a store. Man I used to give them the BEST customer service, put my arm around them, offer to come in a fitting room to help them get into a dress... got to the point that they would see me and just turn around and walk away (I used to travel stores all over the area so I confused them). ;D

I have never shoplifted because I know that it ends up raising prices and screwing everyone int he long run. Then after a decade in retail world I just couldn't because I know it really screws over the poor underpaid store manager who has to work Christmas Eve and her birthday year after year after year. To think he or she may not get a bonus to be able to pay rent because you stole a pair of undies... man that MUST be bad karma weighing down on you!

^ back acha!