[LeatherTrumpet]

If you want a bottle, at the checkout ask the lady and she goes into the storeroom and gets one

mess

[bitontheslide]

they are making it more difficult for you to purchase and that can only be a good thing

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they are making it more difficult for you to purchase and that can only be a good thing

[Cherie]

serves you right for nicking booze

in some areas in London I think I read they had locked away the steak so you had to ask someone to get you one which is even more of a mess

[LeatherTrumpet]

I think its not becuase of the shoplifting it the fact that staff are not permitted to stop shoplifters and they have cottoned on to this

[LeatherTrumpet]

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I think its not becuase of the shoplifting it the fact that staff are not permitted to stop shoplifters and they have cottoned on to this

If the solitary gap-year student staff member on duty at Aldi tried to stop a shoplifter there'd be no one left to run frantically between manning the till and stacking the shevles.

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I think its not becuase of the shoplifting it the fact that staff are not permitted to stop shoplifters and they have cottoned on to this

"Not permitted to stop them"

Also possibly cottoning onto the fact that it's not worth getting AIDS from a needle-stick stabbing from a junkie to save a faceless company a few £, whilst being paid minimum wage.

Why would anyone who isn't employed specifically as security staff ever tackle a thief? It's not your money! Putting yourself in harm's way is ridiculous.

The above actually happened to a mate of mine btw not just hypothetical - he worked for TK Maxx, chased down and fought with a junkie stealing sunglasses, got pricked with a needle.

He didn't actually catch anything but he sure did have a fun time getting pumped full of precautionary drugs/waiting/testing to make sure.

Simply not worth it. If these companies want security guards, they need to pay for security guards, not expect their front line staff to do that as well.

[Soldier Boy]

That said - Tesco DOES have paid security guards and I swear I've never seen one of them get off their arse or even so much as look up from their wee desk when the alarm at the door beeps . I've set it off before with unnoticed tags going through sef checkout... door beeps, I stand around waiting with my wee receipt dutifully in hand... no one ever actually turns up to check.

[arista]

Yes LT
Co Op stores are getting gangs
going in, a great deal

Was also on today

BBC1AM

and on GMBHD itv

Both had debates.

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes LT
Co Op stores are getting gangs
going in, a great deal

Was also on BBC1AM

and on GBnewsHD

Both had debates.

The problem is if a large number of people go in (say 5+) with hoods up/hats on etc. then realistically even if there is security, they can't tackle them... and if they're only doing petty theft (small items off the shelves) it's going to be a low priority for police. Unless there are police already nearby, theyre not coming with lights & sirens for that sort of low-level crime.

Only two scenarios after that. In small towns, they usually take one look at CCTV and know exactly who it was . In bigger cities frankly the chances of even figuring out who it was let alone catching them with stolen goods in hand is pretty much zero. If you don't catch a shoplifter red handed WITH the stolen goods on them, the ability to charge them with anything is basically zero.