[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's never worth it. You accidentally strain or break someone's arm or pop their shoulder trying to restrain them, and you're ****ed. Not to mention the risk that the type of people who are likely to be shoplifting may very well also be carrying a knife. Either way... you ask minimum wage, untrained retail staff to tackle criminals and someone is going to end up getting hurt. TBH more likely the poor staff member.

I agree that in most cases its not worth it but if it hadn't been for a big burly African woman jumping on my sisters attacker and holding him down until the police arrived, my sister wouldn't be alive now. She'd actually got the knife off him and was quite badly injured in the process and she was initially arrested because during the tussle she'd stabbed him in the leg but the judge had nothing but praise for her and she ended up getting a hero award.

I think there are occasions when people don't think and jump straight in but like you say, for a lowly paid shop assistant its not worth the hassle.