On 2015-03-23 1:24 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> with the cart.
>
> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> My coupon book!
>
> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> Thief on the loose.
>
There are lots of honest, law abiding citizens who may not be aware that
there are a lot of thieves around. People are warned not to leave
valuables unattended in carts.

A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
than by the pound. She would grab two bundles of asparagus and then
very deftly remove about 1/3 of the spears from one bundle and slip them
into the other and then return the small one to the bunker. She did that
with a number of them. I dropped a dime on her on the way out, telling
the cashier what I had seen and leaving a description of the woman...
the only Phillippino in the store.