I was at the dollar store the other day picking up some household items.
I cruised past the freezer/cooler cases on my way to pick up some milk.

It occurred to me they no longer carry some of the frozen items they
used to. Like cryovac'd packages of raw frozen fish fillets, etc. (No,
I've never bought fish from the dollar store but I do notice what they
have in the freezer and cold cases.) At any rate, I mentioned to the
woman at the checkout stand they seem to not stock some types of frozen
foods anymore. She said that's because people were stealing it.

Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:

She said she went to the Food Lion (a grocery store in town) one night
around 11PM. She said they had absolutely no meat in the cold cases.
(We're talking fresh meat; pork chops and roasts, steaks, chicken, etc.,
not frozen stuff.) She further claimed when she asked about it she was
told at night they take ALL the meat out of the coolers and put it in
the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at night were
stealing it. She further said they told her they were understaffed so
no one could watch the customers.

Uh, what? I found this tale to be so unbelievable I actually asked at
Food Lion. I spoke with a man in the meat department. The first thing
he did was start laughing. He said no, we do not haul all the meat back
to the walk-in cooler at night. And if we're so understaffed, who is
hauling all that meat? BTW, we're only open until 10PM. LOLOL

Jill

On 2014-05-28 22:12:52 +0000, jmcquown said:

> I was at the dollar store the other day picking up some household
> items. I cruised past the freezer/cooler cases on my way to pick up
> some milk.
>
> It occurred to me they no longer carry some of the frozen items they
> used to. Like cryovac'd packages of raw frozen fish fillets, etc.
> (No, I've never bought fish from the dollar store but I do notice what
> they have in the freezer and cold cases.) At any rate, I mentioned to
> the woman at the checkout stand they seem to not stock some types of
> frozen foods anymore. She said that's because people were stealing it.
>
> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>
> She said she went to the Food Lion (a grocery store in town) one night
> around 11PM. She said they had absolutely no meat in the cold cases.
> (We're talking fresh meat; pork chops and roasts, steaks, chicken,
> etc., not frozen stuff.) She further claimed when she asked about it
> she was told at night they take ALL the meat out of the coolers and put
> it in the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at night
> were stealing it. She further said they told her they were
> understaffed so no one could watch the customers.
>
> Uh, what? I found this tale to be so unbelievable I actually asked at
> Food Lion. I spoke with a man in the meat department. The first thing
> he did was start laughing. He said no, we do not haul all the meat
> back to the walk-in cooler at night. And if we're so understaffed, who
> is hauling all that meat? BTW, we're only open until 10PM. LOLOL
>
> Jill

While this lady may have been full of it, meat theft is a huge issue at
many stores. It depends on the particular neighborhood of course.

On 2014-05-28, jmcquown > wrote:
> the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at night were
> stealing it. She further said they told her they were understaffed so

I don't know if that's the real reason, but I do know poor ppl can
steal a whole lotta stuff. When I got outta the service, I was living
in a fairly "basic" tenenment. It was a duplex and a four-plex facing
each other, all one bdrm. We all called it "the ghetto" even though
is was basically decent. All the tenents who lived there were young
and worked for the pool construction company next door, so all were
gainfully employed.

Anyway, at one point 2 girls moved into one unit. They were heroin
addicts. One was pregnant and you wouldn't believe all the stuff they
could steal! Entire hams, beef roasts, Whole turkeys, etc. All I
hadda do was put in an order. I never availed myself of this
questionable service, but it was quite the education.

nb

On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:

<snipped>

This one is true:

A nearby Safeway had a theft problem. When they reviewed the
surveillance tapes, it turned out the thief was their security guard.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

On 5/28/2014 6:22 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> On 2014-05-28 22:12:52 +0000, jmcquown said:
>
>> I was at the dollar store the other day picking up some household
>> items. I cruised past the freezer/cooler cases on my way to pick up
>> some milk.
>>
>> It occurred to me they no longer carry some of the frozen items they
>> used to. Like cryovac'd packages of raw frozen fish fillets, etc.
>> (No, I've never bought fish from the dollar store but I do notice what
>> they have in the freezer and cold cases.) At any rate, I mentioned to
>> the woman at the checkout stand they seem to not stock some types of
>> frozen foods anymore. She said that's because people were stealing it.
>>
>> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
>> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>>
>> She said she went to the Food Lion (a grocery store in town) one night
>> around 11PM. She said they had absolutely no meat in the cold cases.
>> (We're talking fresh meat; pork chops and roasts, steaks, chicken,
>> etc., not frozen stuff.) She further claimed when she asked about it
>> she was told at night they take ALL the meat out of the coolers and
>> put it in the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at
>> night were stealing it. She further said they told her they were
>> understaffed so no one could watch the customers.
>>
>> Uh, what? I found this tale to be so unbelievable I actually asked at
>> Food Lion. I spoke with a man in the meat department. The first
>> thing he did was start laughing. He said no, we do not haul all the
>> meat back to the walk-in cooler at night. And if we're so
>> understaffed, who is hauling all that meat? BTW, we're only open
>> until 10PM. LOLOL
>>
>> Jill
>
> While this lady may have been full of it, meat theft is a huge issue at
> many stores. It depends on the particular neighborhood of course.
>

Back in the 80s, in Pasadena CA, some of the local supermarkets stopped
selling meat after a certain hour in the evening. I think it was after
10:00 pm, but I don't exactly recall. The issue was that the butcher's
union's contract with the supermarkets said that meat could not be sold
without a union member on the premises, and some of the supermarkets did
not want to pay to have a butcher basically sit around doing nothing
until closing time.

They did not empty the meat cases, but they did cover them over with
freezer paper so that you couldn't even see the meat. Eventually the
issue was resolved somehow, and meat was again available late at night.
I was working late hours in those days, so it was a minor inconvenience
to me, as I liked to stop at the market on the way home to buy stuff for
dinner. I just had to change my shopping habits for the duration.

On 5/28/2014 6:26 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-05-28, jmcquown > wrote:
>> the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at night were
>> stealing it. She further said they told her they were understaffed so
>
> I don't know if that's the real reason, but I do know poor ppl can
> steal a whole lotta stuff.

Of course they can. Anyone can.

My point was she told me this ridiculous story as if it was the truth.
So I asked the guy at Food Lion about it. He said it was ridiculous.
They don't move all the meat from the coolers to the walk-in cooler at
night, for any reason. And they aren't open past 10PM. (We don't have
24/7 grocery stores around here.)

When I got outta the service, I was living
> in a fairly "basic" tenenment. It was a duplex and a four-plex facing
> each other, all one bdrm. We all called it "the ghetto" even though
> is was basically decent. All the tenents who lived there were young
> and worked for the pool construction company next door, so all were
> gainfully employed.
>
Good for them. Probably not paid well but heck, they were working.

> Anyway, at one point 2 girls moved into one unit. They were heroin
> addicts. One was pregnant and you wouldn't believe all the stuff they
> could steal! Entire hams, beef roasts, Whole turkeys, etc. All I
> hadda do was put in an order. I never availed myself of this
> questionable service, but it was quite the education.
>
> nb
>
I wouldn't have availed myself of that "service", either, nb. But hey,
it reminds me of the Bill Burr "rolling hams out the door" routine. I
don't work here!

Jill

On 2014-05-28, jmcquown > wrote:

> it reminds me of the Bill Burr "rolling hams out the door" routine. I
> don't work here!

LOL!....

Yep. "I musta forgot my apron. Didn't know I was scheduled to work
tonight!"

I NEVER avail myself to those self-help things. I'd rather chat with
the lovely clerks, that work so hard, and keep them employed.

nb

On 5/28/2014 6:56 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-05-28, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> it reminds me of the Bill Burr "rolling hams out the door" routine. I
>> don't work here!
>
> LOL!....
>
> Yep. "I musta forgot my apron. Didn't know I was scheduled to work
> tonight!"
>
> I NEVER avail myself to those self-help things. I'd rather chat with
> the lovely clerks, that work so hard, and keep them employed.
>
> nb
>
Well gee, I don't see the clerks as lovely (LOL) but I would rather see
them employed than deal with a completely do-it-yourself automated
check-out at the grocery store. They bug me.

Jill

notbob > wrote in :

> On 2014-05-28, jmcquown > wrote:
>> the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at night were
>> stealing it. She further said they told her they were understaffed so
>
> I don't know if that's the real reason, but I do know poor ppl can
> steal a whole lotta stuff. When I got outta the service, I was living
> in a fairly "basic" tenenment. It was a duplex and a four-plex facing
> each other, all one bdrm. We all called it "the ghetto" even though
> is was basically decent. All the tenents who lived there were young
> and worked for the pool construction company next door, so all were
> gainfully employed.
>
> Anyway, at one point 2 girls moved into one unit. They were heroin
> addicts. One was pregnant and you wouldn't believe all the stuff they
> could steal! Entire hams, beef roasts, Whole turkeys, etc. All I
> hadda do was put in an order. I never availed myself of this
> questionable service, but it was quite the education.
>
The only thing that I ever bought that I knew to be stolen merchandize was
booze. That was when I was around 13, 14 years old. I wasn't buying it
stolen to get it cheaper, but because I was not allowed to buy it legally,
so I felt justified. I really would have rather paid more to buy it
honestly. **** drinking age laws.

Anyone disagree?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-
jyVBurD1eu4/UXSVhsMorII/AAAAAAAAKwQ/DbZPhvRuO4I/w900/FEM%2BOkusana.jpg
>
> nb
>



--
--Bryan
You can cover up your guts, but when you cover up your nuts
You're admitting that there must be something wrong.
-The Who https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSZhCKbQZc

On 2014-05-28, jmcquown > wrote:

> them employed than deal with a completely do-it-yourself automated
> check-out at the grocery store. They bug me.

OTOH, it's those DIY card zippers with the discount-card-first, then
the choose-payment-method, then the answer yes/no, then sign digital
blah blah...... and they're all different, so you gotta learn half a
dozen versions. They should give it all to the clerk and let her do
it right for everyone. Most clerks I've talked to agree.

nb

"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/28/2014 6:22 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>> On 2014-05-28 22:12:52 +0000, jmcquown said:
>>
>>> I was at the dollar store the other day picking up some household
>>> items. I cruised past the freezer/cooler cases on my way to pick up
>>> some milk.
>>>
>>> It occurred to me they no longer carry some of the frozen items they
>>> used to. Like cryovac'd packages of raw frozen fish fillets, etc.
>>> (No, I've never bought fish from the dollar store but I do notice what
>>> they have in the freezer and cold cases.) At any rate, I mentioned to
>>> the woman at the checkout stand they seem to not stock some types of
>>> frozen foods anymore. She said that's because people were stealing it.
>>>
>>> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
>>> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>>>
>>> She said she went to the Food Lion (a grocery store in town) one night
>>> around 11PM. She said they had absolutely no meat in the cold cases.
>>> (We're talking fresh meat; pork chops and roasts, steaks, chicken,
>>> etc., not frozen stuff.) She further claimed when she asked about it
>>> she was told at night they take ALL the meat out of the coolers and
>>> put it in the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at
>>> night were stealing it. She further said they told her they were
>>> understaffed so no one could watch the customers.
>>>
>>> Uh, what? I found this tale to be so unbelievable I actually asked at
>>> Food Lion. I spoke with a man in the meat department. The first
>>> thing he did was start laughing. He said no, we do not haul all the
>>> meat back to the walk-in cooler at night. And if we're so
>>> understaffed, who is hauling all that meat? BTW, we're only open
>>> until 10PM. LOLOL
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> While this lady may have been full of it, meat theft is a huge issue at
>> many stores. It depends on the particular neighborhood of course.
>>
>
> Back in the 80s, in Pasadena CA, some of the local supermarkets stopped
> selling meat after a certain hour in the evening. I think it was after
> 10:00 pm, but I don't exactly recall. The issue was that the butcher's
> union's contract with the supermarkets said that meat could not be sold
> without a union member on the premises, and some of the supermarkets did
> not want to pay to have a butcher basically sit around doing nothing until
> closing time.
>
> They did not empty the meat cases, but they did cover them over with
> freezer paper so that you couldn't even see the meat. Eventually the issue
> was resolved somehow, and meat was again available late at night. I was
> working late hours in those days, so it was a minor inconvenience to me,
> as I liked to stop at the market on the way home to buy stuff for dinner.
> I just had to change my shopping habits for the duration.

That was done here in WA when we first move to WA. At least on Sundays.
Had to do with the butchers.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Uh, what? I found this tale to be so unbelievable I actually asked at
>> Food Lion. I spoke with a man in the meat department. The first thing
>> he did was start laughing. He said no, we do not haul all the meat back
>> to the walk-in cooler at night. And if we're so understaffed, who is
>> hauling all that meat? BTW, we're only open until 10PM. LOLOL
>
> The H-E-B grocery/drug chain here in Austin gates off and closes the
> makeup aisle at 8:00pm due to theft. Lots of little, somewhat
> expensive items that are very susceptible to slight of hand that the
> cameras may not catch. A lot easier than sticking a brisket down your
> pants. Plus women LOVE to open packages of makeup and try it out,
> smell it, taste it, look at the color - whatever, and then not buy it.
> Which is basically the same as theft. Not sure if the store goes
> after the rampant package openers or not.
>
> They close that aisle at all the stores - even in the upper class
> sections of town so as not to discriminate against any certain area.
> I'd bet that makeup theft doesn't have any demographic boundaries.

I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in front of
me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of polish to
each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I glared
at her.

On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>I was at the dollar store the other day picking up some household items.
> I cruised past the freezer/cooler cases on my way to pick up some milk.
>
>It occurred to me they no longer carry some of the frozen items they
>used to. Like cryovac'd packages of raw frozen fish fillets, etc. (No,
>I've never bought fish from the dollar store but I do notice what they
>have in the freezer and cold cases.) At any rate, I mentioned to the
>woman at the checkout stand they seem to not stock some types of frozen
>foods anymore. She said that's because people were stealing it.
>
>Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
>sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>
>She said she went to the Food Lion (a grocery store in town) one night
>around 11PM. She said they had absolutely no meat in the cold cases.
>(We're talking fresh meat; pork chops and roasts, steaks, chicken, etc.,
>not frozen stuff.) She further claimed when she asked about it she was
>told at night they take ALL the meat out of the coolers and put it in
>the walk-ins in the back. Reason: people who shop late at night were
>stealing it. She further said they told her they were understaffed so
>no one could watch the customers.
>
>Uh, what? I found this tale to be so unbelievable I actually asked at
>Food Lion. I spoke with a man in the meat department. The first thing
>he did was start laughing. He said no, we do not haul all the meat back
>to the walk-in cooler at night. And if we're so understaffed, who is
>hauling all that meat? BTW, we're only open until 10PM. LOLOL

Strange yes? I know in Launceston (nearest city to me), there are
those who steal meat from the supermarkets and then sell it, usually
for drugs - but not always. It makes sense in a way (from their POV),
as plenty of people are quite willing to buy high quality meat for a
fraction of the real cost.

On Wed, 28 May 2014 15:22:40 -0700, Oregonian Haruspex
> wrote:
>
>While this lady may have been full of it, meat theft is a huge issue at
>many stores.

It is. Even here in Australia.

On 29 May 2014 00:52:34 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2014-05-28, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> them employed than deal with a completely do-it-yourself automated
>> check-out at the grocery store. They bug me.
>
>OTOH, it's those DIY card zippers with the discount-card-first, then
>the choose-payment-method, then the answer yes/no, then sign digital
>blah blah...... and they're all different, so you gotta learn half a
>dozen versions. They should give it all to the clerk and let her do
>it right for everyone. Most clerks I've talked to agree.

GOD I hate all that shit when I go to the supermarket! "Do you have
frequent flyers, collect this... or that... or do you want to donate
to..." NO. I just want to buy this stuff in my basket... with either
my card or cash. And then let me out of there...

On 5/29/2014 1:18 AM, Jeßus wrote:

> GOD I hate all that shit when I go to the supermarket! "Do you have
> frequent flyers, collect this... or that... or do you want to donate
> to..." NO. I just want to buy this stuff in my basket... with either
> my card or cash. And then let me out of there...

Made me laugh. We were at some department store and Ron was
buying a shirt or something, and the questions started. Finally
he said What I would like is to pay for this shirt. We know it's
not the cashier's fault but, really, management needs to know
people don't want to play 20 questions.

nancy

On 5/28/2014 6:35 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
>> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>
> <snipped>
>
> This one is true:
>
> A nearby Safeway had a theft problem. When they reviewed the
> surveillance tapes, it turned out the thief was their security guard.
>
>
LOL! You'd think the security guard would realize there are cameras in
the store.

Jill

On 5/28/2014 5:35 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
>> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>
> <snipped>
>
> This one is true:
>
> A nearby Safeway had a theft problem. When they reviewed the
> surveillance tapes, it turned out the thief was their security guard.
>

In my youth, working at Target (stores T1 and T23, that's how long ago
this was), they nailed the head of security at T23 for theft. She'd
been doing it for years and they'd never noticed. Her m.o. was to play
the role of a shopper. She'd take a cart, walk the store and the
grocery store connected to it, and fill the cart with merchandise. At
the end of the day, she'd just push the cart out to her car and load
it. Since she was head of security everyone always assumed she'd paid
for it. Finally, one cashier who'd been on duty all day spotted her
leaving and *knew* she hadn't paid. Reported it to the manager, who
surveilled the security woman the next day and boom - busted.

I also remember a day when a big store rolled through and knocked out
the power. Suddenly, the store went dark and silent - and then,
moments later, a mob of shoppers just grabbed stuff and charged
towards the exit. All we could do was watch all that merch flying out
the door.

On 2014-05-29 7:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:

>> A nearby Safeway had a theft problem. When they reviewed the
>> surveillance tapes, it turned out the thief was their security guard.
>>
>>
> LOL! You'd think the security guard would realize there are cameras in
> the store.
>

One might expect that. Then again, there could be some basis to the
stereotype of security guards not being the brightest bulbs on the tree.
In a lot of places the main reason for security cameras was to monitor
staff more than the customers.

FWIW, when I worked in a department store we hated the security staff.
The head of the security was always spying on us. There input was used
in newspaper article about the nature of shop lifters, and they said
they were mostly kids. That was because the kids were the only ones they
were bright enough to catch.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...

> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in front
> of me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of polish
> to each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I
> glared at her.

I think those people that get all those free glucose strips through
insurance and sell them on Ebay are the worst kind of thieves.

Cheri

On Thu, 29 May 2014 07:59:01 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 5/28/2014 6:35 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
> >> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
> >
> > <snipped>
> >
> > This one is true:
> >
> > A nearby Safeway had a theft problem. When they reviewed the
> > surveillance tapes, it turned out the thief was their security guard.
> >
> >
> LOL! You'd think the security guard would realize there are cameras in
> the store.
>
Years ago a local DJ had a little segment on his show that he called
"Too Dumb to be a Thief" and it's true. Anyone can steal, it's the
not getting caught part that they screw up.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

On 5/28/2014 9:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Uh, what? I found this tale to be so unbelievable I actually asked at
>> Food Lion. I spoke with a man in the meat department. The first thing
>> he did was start laughing. He said no, we do not haul all the meat back
>> to the walk-in cooler at night. And if we're so understaffed, who is
>> hauling all that meat? BTW, we're only open until 10PM. LOLOL
>
> The H-E-B grocery/drug chain here in Austin gates off and closes the
> makeup aisle at 8:00pm due to theft. Lots of little, somewhat
> expensive items that are very susceptible to slight of hand that the
> cameras may not catch. A lot easier than sticking a brisket down your
> pants. Plus women LOVE to open packages of makeup and try it out,
> smell it, taste it, look at the color - whatever, and then not buy it.
> Which is basically the same as theft. Not sure if the store goes
> after the rampant package openers or not.
>
They should go after them. If they can catch them. One thing I'll say
about Publix (supermarket), there are *always* plenty of employees
around stocking shelves or whatever. If the cameras don't catch them,
an employee probably would.

> They close that aisle at all the stores - even in the upper class
> sections of town so as not to discriminate against any certain area.
> I'd bet that makeup theft doesn't have any demographic boundaries.
>
> -sw
>
I'm sure it doesn't have demographic boundaries. I don't know why I
think of 'All in the Family' yet again, but do you remember when Edith
thought she was a "klepper"? She ran outside the store to correct
something she'd told an old lady that was wrong and was arrested for
shoplifting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iov35LE2WkM

Jill

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:59:07 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in front of
> me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of polish to
> each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I glared
> at her.
>
>
I'm sure you glaring at her made her quake in her shoes.

But, I have opened nail polish bottles when there is no plastic band around the top to see how a shade looks on my nails. I've seen many, many other women do this as well and it's common practice around here at those Oriental beauty businesses.

On 5/29/2014 12:59 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in
> front of me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of
> polish to each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing
> it. I glared at her.

Why didn't you find a store employee and point out what the woman was
doing? Me, I'm not shy. I'd have said point blank WTH do you think
you're doing?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/29/2014 12:59 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in
>> front of me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of
>> polish to each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing
>> it. I glared at her.
>
> Why didn't you find a store employee and point out what the woman was
> doing? Me, I'm not shy. I'd have said point blank WTH do you think
> you're doing?
>
> Jill

I would probably say something too.

Cheri

On 5/29/2014 2:24 PM, wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:59:07 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in front of
>> me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of polish to
>> each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I glared
>> at her.
>>
>>
> I'm sure you glaring at her made her quake in her shoes.
>
LOL The woman was too busy trying out nail polish to notice Julie
glaring at her.

> But, I have opened nail polish bottles when there is no plastic band around
> the top to see how a shade looks on my nails. > I've seen many, many other women
> do this as well and it's common practice around here at those Oriental beauty businesses.

I've never seen anyone do that in a drug store. It's been at least 20
years since I had my nails done at an "oriental" salon. The reason they
have opened bottles is specifically to let you select what shade you
want *them* to paint your nails.

Jill

One dude was seen with blood running down from under his golf hat - large roast was found thereunder. ( Is there such a woid?)

We used to have a great buffet in town, but it was driven out of business by the ziplockbaggers who'd load up for the next few days and hide it in a large tote.

On 2014-05-29 5:51 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/29/2014 2:24 PM, wrote:
>> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:59:07 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in
>>> front of
>>> me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of
>>> polish to
>>> each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I
>>> glared
>>> at her.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm sure you glaring at her made her quake in her shoes.
>>
> LOL The woman was too busy trying out nail polish to notice Julie
> glaring at her.
>


Oh no Jill. The whole world is supposed to take note of Julie.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/29/2014 1:18 AM, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> GOD I hate all that shit when I go to the supermarket! "Do you have
>> frequent flyers, collect this... or that... or do you want to donate
>> to..." NO. I just want to buy this stuff in my basket... with either
>> my card or cash. And then let me out of there...
>
> Made me laugh. We were at some department store and Ron was
> buying a shirt or something, and the questions started. Finally
> he said What I would like is to pay for this shirt. We know it's
> not the cashier's fault but, really, management needs to know
> people don't want to play 20 questions.

Kohls is the worst! They managed to talk me into getting their rewards card
and their credit card so I could get a 20% discount. I didn't really want
it as I don't care for most of their clothes or really most of what they
sell and I didn't think I would go back. But I think discovered that
online, they sell a lot more bras than they do in the store and I could get
some good clearance deals.

And then the bad thing happened. I tried to pay the total of my bill online
and I didn't check it out well enough. It only took $20 out of my account
instead of the full amount. Then the next month, I apparently didn't notice
that I had a payment due so didn't go pay it. By then, my account was in
arrears so they charged me a $20 late fee. There went my discount and then
some! Worse still, the account would not let me log in. It had required me
to pick either a user name or password (can't remember which) that was
atypical for me. I couldn't remember it and worse still, it wouldn't send
whatever it was to my e-mail because... I must have input the answer wrong
to the city where I was born. I know where I was born but I must have
somehow made a typo. I finally had to call them on the phone and pay the
guy over the phone. He couldn't take my debit card to pay so I had to fish
out my checkbook to give him an echeck. And then he couldn't close my
account out until the check cleared. I had to wait two weeks, call back and
then close the account. Never again.

I rarely ever go into department stores to shop. Mainly for that very
reason. They just want to get you to get some kind of account. I got a
debit card at Nordstrom because I do get some sort of discount for using it.
They sent me a $20 gift card for opening the account. I wound up using that
for a wallet at the Rack and it has been one of my favorite wallets. But
most of the time, I have no need to shop at Nordstom.

Mostly if I do need something from a department store, I prefer to do it
online. I only go in if it is something that *has* to be tried on.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/28/2014 6:35 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
>>> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>>
>> <snipped>
>>
>> This one is true:
>>
>> A nearby Safeway had a theft problem. When they reviewed the
>> surveillance tapes, it turned out the thief was their security guard.
>>
>>
> LOL! You'd think the security guard would realize there are cameras in
> the store.
>
But the security guard would likely have access to the surveillance cameras.
When I worked at K Mart, we did have some bad seed security guards. It was
fairly easy for them to steal because they could easily cover their tracks.

It was also fairly easy for other people to steal. We had one guy who was
always offering to do customer carry outs. The problem? Those customers
were usually friends of friends or relatives of friends and they hadn't paid
for their bikes or BBQs or whatever it was.

Then we had the under-ringers. They might either fail to ring some of the
items up or over-ride the system and sell a $20 item for 20 cents. When
they did override the system, we would catch them the following morning when
the override report printed. But some acted hinky enough at the time of the
sale that we were already watching them. The ones who merely did not ring
some things up were harder to catch as you really did need to see them doing
it.

On Thu, 29 May 2014 07:30:29 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 5/29/2014 1:18 AM, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> GOD I hate all that shit when I go to the supermarket! "Do you have
>> frequent flyers, collect this... or that... or do you want to donate
>> to..." NO. I just want to buy this stuff in my basket... with either
>> my card or cash. And then let me out of there...
>
>Made me laugh. We were at some department store and Ron was
>buying a shirt or something, and the questions started. Finally
>he said What I would like is to pay for this shirt. We know it's
>not the cashier's fault but, really, management needs to know
>people don't want to play 20 questions.

You would think so. Then again, I've noticed many times that some
customers in front of me seem to love all that stuff <shrug>.

Worst thing of all, is when there's a problem not knowing the price of
an item at the checkout. When I see the checkout operator reaching for
the phone... I cringe

"Moe DeLoughan" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/28/2014 5:35 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:12:52 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, I know people steal. The dollar store not stocking some items
>>> sort of made sense. But then she told me this bizarre story:
>>
>> <snipped>
>>
>> This one is true:
>>
>> A nearby Safeway had a theft problem. When they reviewed the
>> surveillance tapes, it turned out the thief was their security guard.
>>
>
> In my youth, working at Target (stores T1 and T23, that's how long ago
> this was), they nailed the head of security at T23 for theft. She'd been
> doing it for years and they'd never noticed. Her m.o. was to play the role
> of a shopper. She'd take a cart, walk the store and the grocery store
> connected to it, and fill the cart with merchandise. At the end of the
> day, she'd just push the cart out to her car and load it. Since she was
> head of security everyone always assumed she'd paid for it. Finally, one
> cashier who'd been on duty all day spotted her leaving and *knew* she
> hadn't paid. Reported it to the manager, who surveilled the security woman
> the next day and boom - busted.
>
> I also remember a day when a big store rolled through and knocked out the
> power. Suddenly, the store went dark and silent - and then, moments later,
> a mob of shoppers just grabbed stuff and charged towards the exit. All we
> could do was watch all that merch flying out the door.

When I worked at K Mart, the first thing we did during a power outage was
lock all the doors. Including the stockroom doors. Then we went around and
found all of the customers and herded them to the front. They were asked to
either check out and leave or come back after the power came on. It is
possible that some might have stolen small items but no way could they go
out with a TV or stereo without being noticed.

We would get customers who would approach the store during the outage. We
would allow them to buy perhaps 1-3 items if they could tell us exactly what
they wanted and were willing to pay cash. They had to stand outside the
store, and we would bring them their items.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in front
>> of me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of polish
>> to each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I
>> glared at her.
>
> I think those people that get all those free glucose strips through
> insurance and sell them on Ebay are the worst kind of thieves.

That's bad but... I have seen shows on TV that indicate that many health
and beauty type items sold on Ebay are actually stolen. I have actually
bought a few of those things myself for cheap prices and wondered how they
could be sold for so cheap. Some were cold pills from Canada that came
recommended from one of the former ASD posters. They actually didn't do a
thing for us but they were very cheap at something like $1 a box and they
were not expired. So it would seem that Ebay is teeming with thieves.

On Thu, 29 May 2014 07:03:45 -0500, Moe DeLoughan >
wrote:

>I also remember a day when a big store rolled through and knocked out
>the power. Suddenly, the store went dark and silent - and then,
>moments later, a mob of shoppers just grabbed stuff and charged
>towards the exit. All we could do was watch all that merch flying out
>the door.

Which was precisely why the mob did it - next to no chance of getting
caught.

> wrote in message
...
> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:59:07 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in front
>> of
>> me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of polish to
>> each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I
>> glared
>> at her.
>>
>>
> I'm sure you glaring at her made her quake in her shoes.
>
> But, I have opened nail polish bottles when there is no plastic band
> around the top to see how a shade looks on my nails. I've seen many, many
> other women do this as well and it's common practice around here at those
> Oriental beauty businesses.

I should hope that it's not a common practice. That's nasty and that's
stealing. You could be arrested for that if there is no tester and if you
don't buy it. And I have no clue what Oriental beauty businesses are.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/29/2014 2:24 PM, wrote:
>> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:59:07 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in
>>> front of
>>> me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of polish
>>> to
>>> each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing it. I
>>> glared
>>> at her.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm sure you glaring at her made her quake in her shoes.
>>
> LOL The woman was too busy trying out nail polish to notice Julie glaring
> at her.
>
>> But, I have opened nail polish bottles when there is no plastic band
>> around
>> the top to see how a shade looks on my nails. > I've seen many, many
>> other women
>> do this as well and it's common practice around here at those Oriental
>> beauty businesses.
>
> I've never seen anyone do that in a drug store. It's been at least 20
> years since I had my nails done at an "oriental" salon. The reason they
> have opened bottles is specifically to let you select what shade you want
> *them* to paint your nails.

If she is talking about a nail salon, that is different. And she did see me
glaring at her. I continued to do it until she did notice and then she
hurried off.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/29/2014 12:59 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in
>> front of me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of
>> polish to each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing
>> it. I glared at her.
>
> Why didn't you find a store employee and point out what the woman was
> doing? Me, I'm not shy. I'd have said point blank WTH do you think
> you're doing?
>
Had their been someone around, I would have. But there wasn't. And it's
really not up to me to keep pointing out shoplifters. That particular
location seems to be a perfect spot for them. Years ago it was a Pay and
Save. I was in high school at the time and a guy in one of my classes
worked there. I can't remember how many kids told me they had stolen the
little 45 records from that place. I mentioned this to him and he began
watching them. Sure enough! He said he figured none were being sold and
all were being stolen. Of course in those days I doubt they had even
invented surveillance cams.

But these days? Most of the time, the only employee I can find, annoys me
so much that I want to avoid her. I hate it when she is the only cashier
there is. She is an elderly woman who gets confused easily. Once there was
some kind of problem with the woman ahead of me. Not sure what it was but
she left and didn't pay for her things. Didn't take her things either. The
woman rang up my two items which should have totaled around $3 then told me
that I owed $80something. Did not even notice that this couldn't be right.
So I pointed it out to her.

She finally figured out that she hadn't voided the previous sale. So rather
than voiding the whole sale and starting over, she just took off the
individual items and rang up my stuff. So I said, "You need to put my card
in (loyalty card)." To which she replied, "No. It's okay. Her (the other
customer) card is still in there." And I said, "Yeah. So SHE will get my
points!" She just gave me a dumb look and shrugged and didn't correct the
problem. Wasn't such a big deal as I wasn't buying much but this is the
sort of thing that happens each and every time the woman waits on me.

If she had been the one working that day (and she probably was), she likely
wouldn't have done a thing about it. She would have just told me that she
couldn't go over there or some such thing. She has also claimed that she
doesn't know how to call for assistance. It continues to amaze me that she
is still employed.

Once, she continued to scan something over and over and over again with the
register just beeping at her, telling her something was wrong. She must be
deaf as a post. She claimed she could not hear the beeping and had no clue
what was wrong. I had to explain it to her. And the problem was that she
had scanned the wrong card from my keychain and it was beeping to tell her
that she needed to rescan the card. But when you try to tell her from the
git go what the problem is, she just waves her hands at you and gets all
flustered. She won't bother to listen until she has worked through whatever
it all is and her brain has finally processed that something is in fact
wrong. Only then will she ask for help. And yes, she asks the customer for
help. Because she doesn't know how to call anyone.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 5/29/2014 12:59 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in
>>> front of me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different color of
>>> polish to each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening bottles and doing
>>> it. I glared at her.
>>
>> Why didn't you find a store employee and point out what the woman was
>> doing? Me, I'm not shy. I'd have said point blank WTH do you think
>> you're doing?
>>
>> Jill
>
> I would probably say something too.
>
Heh. I didn't need to. I can do a really good dirty look!

"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Cheri" > wrote in message ...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message >
>> ...
>>
>>> I was in a Rite Aid when I smelled nail polish. And there right in
>>> front >> of me was an elderly woman, brazenly applying a different
>>> color of polish >> to each nail. Just seemingly randomly opening
>>> bottles and doing it. I >> glared at her.
>>
>> I think those people that get all those free glucose strips through >
>> insurance and sell them on Ebay are the worst kind of thieves.
>
> That's bad but... I have seen shows on TV that indicate that many health
> and beauty type items sold on Ebay are actually stolen. I have actually
> bought a few of those things myself for cheap prices and wondered how
> they could be sold for so cheap. Some were cold pills from Canada that
> came recommended from one of the former ASD posters. They actually
> didn't do a thing for us but they were very cheap at something like $1 a
> box and they were not expired. So it would seem that Ebay is teeming with thieves.

It's also quite possible they weren't stolen but were counterfeit. A
significant percentage of beauty products sold on eBay and Amazon are
fakes.

--
jinx the minx

On 5/29/2014 8:15 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> Kohls is the worst! They managed to talk me into getting their rewards
> card and their credit card so I could get a 20% discount. I didn't
> really want it as I don't care for most of their clothes
(snipped TMI)

> And then the bad thing happened. I tried to pay the total of my bill
> online and I didn't check it out well enough. It only took $20 out of
> my account instead of the full amount. Then the next month, I
> apparently didn't notice that I had a payment due so didn't go pay it.
> By then, my account was in arrears so they charged me a $20 late fee.

(*major snippage*)

No wonder people think you're an idiot. You bought clothes at Kohl's
even though you don't like the clothes and didn't want their credit
card. Yet they apparently coerced you into both.

You tried to pay your bill but didn't notice you only paid $20. Then
you got another bill but didn't notice so didn't pay it. So they
charged you a late fee. This is somehow Kohl's fault? ROFL

BTW, Marty, no, I don't believe this is real. But it's sure fun to see
where the story goes.

Jill