Tip for stealiing from grocery stores: you can legit just walk out of the store with anything under $25 and they won't bother to stop you, and in most stores their employees aren't even allowed to follow you out the door unless they're legit loss prevention guys. Bring a plastic bag and a receipt, and if anyone says anything as you leave, just flash the receipt and say you're in a hurry.

I mean, don't steal, but no minimum wage employee cares if you walk out with stuff to feed yourself.

Tip for stealiing from grocery stores: you can legit just walk out of the store with anything under $25 and they won't bother to stop you, and in most stores their employees aren't even allowed to follow you out the door unless they're legit loss prevention guys. Bring a plastic bag and a receipt, and if anyone says anything as you leave, just flash the receipt and say you're in a hurry.

I mean, don't steal, but no minimum wage employee cares if you walk out with stuff to feed yourself.

Not sure how they do things in burgerland but that's just categorically untrue. I've worked in retail for 4 years now and I can tell you that security treats stealing a chocolate bar the same as stealing a TV. Theft is theft, no matter how much mental gymnastics you want to engage in.

Quote from: Mordo on May 18, 2016, 12:08:07 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on May 18, 2016, 12:03:50 PM

Tip for stealiing from grocery stores: you can legit just walk out of the store with anything under $25 and they won't bother to stop you, and in most stores their employees aren't even allowed to follow you out the door unless they're legit loss prevention guys. Bring a plastic bag and a receipt, and if anyone says anything as you leave, just flash the receipt and say you're in a hurry.

I mean, don't steal, but no minimum wage employee cares if you walk out with stuff to feed yourself.

Not sure how they do things in burgerland but that's just categorically untrue. I've worked in retail for 4 years now and I can tell you that security treats stealing a chocolate bar the same as stealing a TV.

My example is true for any major retail chain in America. Jesus, do your grocers also wear  jackboots and brown shirts?

No, they just do their job by ensuring theft is prevented as much as possible?

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on May 18, 2016, 12:09:41 PM

Quote from: Mordo on May 18, 2016, 12:08:07 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on May 18, 2016, 12:03:50 PM

Tip for stealiing from grocery stores: you can legit just walk out of the store with anything under $25 and they won't bother to stop you, and in most stores their employees aren't even allowed to follow you out the door unless they're legit loss prevention guys. Bring a plastic bag and a receipt, and if anyone says anything as you leave, just flash the receipt and say you're in a hurry.

I mean, don't steal, but no minimum wage employee cares if you walk out with stuff to feed yourself.

Not sure how they do things in burgerland but that's just categorically untrue. I've worked in retail for 4 years now and I can tell you that security treats stealing a chocolate bar the same as stealing a TV.

My example is true for any major retail chain in America. Jesus, do your grocers also wear  jackboots and brown shirts?

No, they just do their job by ensuring theft is prevented as much as possible?

Preventing theft to that degree actually results in more loss than it saves, hence the policy here.

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on May 18, 2016, 12:03:50 PM

unless they're legit loss prevention guys.

Which they will be, because you'd have to be the cheapest dimestore piece of shit scrub-ass store not to have surveillance installed.

There are no grocery store chains in America that actively monitor their cameras; they exist for deterrence, recording evidence for thieves, and ensuring employees are working.

Loss prevention employees are either the guys at the entrance checking receipts, or plain-clothed people walking around watching shoppers.

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on May 18, 2016, 12:12:34 PM

Quote from: Mordo on May 18, 2016, 12:10:41 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on May 18, 2016, 12:09:41 PM

Quote from: Mordo on May 18, 2016, 12:08:07 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on May 18, 2016, 12:03:50 PM

Tip for stealiing from grocery stores: you can legit just walk out of the store with anything under $25 and they won't bother to stop you, and in most stores their employees aren't even allowed to follow you out the door unless they're legit loss prevention guys. Bring a plastic bag and a receipt, and if anyone says anything as you leave, just flash the receipt and say you're in a hurry.

I mean, don't steal, but no minimum wage employee cares if you walk out with stuff to feed yourself.

Not sure how they do things in burgerland but that's just categorically untrue. I've worked in retail for 4 years now and I can tell you that security treats stealing a chocolate bar the same as stealing a TV.

My example is true for any major retail chain in America. Jesus, do your grocers also wear  jackboots and brown shirts?

No, they just do their job by ensuring theft is prevented as much as possible?

Preventing theft to that degree actually results in more loss than it saves, hence the policy here.

Not sure what methods of theft prevention you have in mind but I was just generally thinking a security guard that monitors how people shop in the store. I can't imagine how that would be particularly exorbitant for a retail company.

A lot of stores sacked their greeters because they aren't effective at stopping theft to the level that would justify the salary.

I'm not arguing in favor of theft. I'm just relaying stuff I was taught during 6 years of grocery work.

I'm not saying you are. I just think that the argument of "you can get away with theft under $25 and they won't bother stopping you" is a bit tenuous. Obviously it's virtually impossible to curtail every incidence of theft, but I think it's a bit ridiculous to suggest that they let theft slide at a certain price threshold if caught. The security staff that I've known throughout my career would be fired johnny-on-the-spot if they did that.

Oh, well I can tell you for certain that no Kroger store will call the police on a non-liquor theft of under $25 unless the manager's feeling pissy, employees aren't allowed to follow a suspected thief out the door because of safety concerns, and I also know that every other chain has a similar policy. Most stores just can't afford security; Walmart has greeters because they can make more profit than the rest, but even greeters are basically useless at loss prevention. The only employees generally allowed to act as security are managers.

Was it scary?

See anything happen?

Did you ever think of sep7agon while you were in there?

A couple of guys got in fights a few times.

I stayed in good graces because I got drugs from medical that I gave out in exchange for stuff like cake and soda.

There were a lot of drugs, mostly pills but also meth and cigarettes.

I wasn't scared, I just kept my head down and didn't piss anyone off.

And yes, I often thought about getting back to the forums.

Even in jail you think do drug shit

jfc

How are you on here so much if you don't have a house or money for food?

He stole his phone. He reloads with prepaid cards that he also steals.

Quote from: Thunder on May 18, 2016, 01:07:23 PM

Quote from: James Lancaster on May 18, 2016, 10:45:10 AM

How are you on here so much if you don't have a house or money for food?

He stole his phone. He reloads with prepaid cards that he also steals.

You can't steal prepaid cards because they're activated by the cashier when you buy them.

oh right

Yay, another "bitch at Sol for shit that doesn't affect me" thread

It's attention whoring done right.

Quote from: SecondClass on May 18, 2016, 02:03:27 PM

Yay, another "bitch at Sol for shit that doesn't affect me" thread

It's attention whoring done right.

some people just can't mind their own business

OT did you make any toilet bowl wine?

Quote from: SecondClass on May 18, 2016, 02:07:57 PM

Quote from: Sunshine on May 18, 2016, 02:06:55 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on May 18, 2016, 02:03:27 PM

Yay, another "bitch at Sol for shit that doesn't affect me" thread

It's attention whoring done right.

some people just can't mind their own business

OT did you make any toilet bowl wine?

Nah, that's prison shit.

I did make some hooch with an orange peel and some toothpaste though.

Sold it for five pieces of cake.

Gonna down some pure dxm tonight, I've been clean for a month and sobriety is killing me.

are you going to continue being a degenerate

i guess that answers that

though at this point, i think he's psychologically incapable of not being a degenerate/being a good person

so i guess that means i can't judge the little scumfuck