On 5/30/2014 7:58 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> At no point did I suggest you hang out in stores looking for
>> shoplifters. You were right there, yet you said *nothing* to the clerk
>> when you were checking out. That "drop in the bucket" is one of the
>> reasons prices have to be high enough to cover shrinkage. Get enough
>> drops in that bucket it will eventually overflow and trickle right
>> down to your wallet.
>
> This was years ago and I don't remember any other particulars. But I do
> know that most of the time when I am in there, there is an elderly clerk
> who is clueless. There would be no point whatever in telling her.

She managed to ring up whatever it was you were buying, didn't she? I'm
sure they don't employ her because of her sparkling wit or vivacious
beauty. She wouldn't have a job if she was incapable of telling a
manager about this woman.

You worked in retail yet you don't understand the long-term consequences
of people doing things like this? Apparently you'd rather justify
blowing it off. Pass the buck and let everyone else pay the price.
Utterly amazing.

I mentioned in another reply, I'd have spoken up and asked the woman
what the heck she thought she was doing. Then again, my parents didn't
raise me to turn a blind eye.

Jill