Current Events > Do shoplifters ever try dressing up as workers at the store?

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Showing up in red and khaki might work at target. A for effort?
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At Target, they also have name tags and walkies on the sales floor.

Also, real life pro tip (epic gamer secret): Employees aren't allowed to shop lift either.
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Gobstoppers12 posted...

At Target, they also have name tags and walkies on the sales floor.

Also, real life pro tip (epic gamer secret): Employees aren't allowed to shop lift either.

They use basic walkies and well, grab a name tag. The idea is you look less suspicious. When i worked retail i didnt bother others outside my area if they looked like they worked there. Plenty of new hires right now.
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Having worked at Target, it would be trivial to get into the back room and take something without anyone batting an eye. You just have to act like you belong there and not arouse that much suspicion. You're not getting any big ticket items like electronics though since they keep those in a locked cage.

ocelot51 posted...

Having worked at Target, it would be trivial to get into the back room and take something without anyone batting an eye. You just have to act like you belong there and not arouse that much suspicion. You're not getting any big ticket items like electronics though since they keep those in a locked cage.

Recently, made the news paper, a target employee stole 30k worth of electronics. Parents turned him in and handled court as well. So.....
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Yes. We caught one last week. Guy had a old Walmart smock. It was the lighter blue one and tried to walk out the store with a 58" Hisense tv. lol I mean, come on, man.
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the problem is that management distrusts employees as much as they distrust shoppers

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DirkDiggles posted...

Yes. We caught one last week. Guy had a old Walmart smock. It was the lighter blue one and tried to walk out the store with a 58" Hisense tv. lol I mean, come on, man.

On the other hand, we've had people literally walk into the back rooms of Walmarts in a smock and take away multiple TVs without getting stopped.

When i worked at walmart for a year, a guy walkes into the back room, got a jack, put a tv on jack, walked out the front door. Left the jack....
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He should of kept the jack. lol Those things can be more expensive than the tv.
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Lairen posted...

ocelot51 posted...

Having worked at Target, it would be trivial to get into the back room and take something without anyone batting an eye. You just have to act like you belong there and not arouse that much suspicion. You're not getting any big ticket items like electronics though since they keep those in a locked cage.

Recently, made the news paper, a target employee stole 30k worth of electronics. Parents turned him in and handled court as well. So.....

Would have gotten away with it, with a little more patience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmeVwYojB-s