In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> > wrote

> > Some time later the store management types decided to also have
> > the greeters check receipts of people on the way out.

> I'm not thrilled Costco does it, either. I don't even know how I'm
> supposed to steal anything betweent the cashier and the door anyway.


It's not too complicated. Let's say that your name is Nancy Ripoff, and
you have a friend named Brenda Ripoff, who is a cashier. You go to the
store, and pick out stuff. You get in Brenda's line. She "forgets" to
record most of your purchases. You meet up with Brenda later, and give
her money or a share of the goods.

This happens very often. My wife worked in retail for a short while.
They were continually firing people for this. The owner would monitor
the beer sales. When the beer kept leaving, and the money didn't come
in, then he would make a surprise visit and fire the employee when they
let the friend take the case of beer without charging them.