Please post your best tip for shoplifting.
I worked at target for a bit and if I suspected someone was trying to steal something, especially from the baby section I'd find something else to do in another section, that way I wouldn't get fired and they wouldn't get caught. It was especially fun when I got called to backup cashiering and then I would sometimes end up checking them out and I'd pull some "mistake" so I could discount stuff further, always felt good at the end of those days. Another one was I would accidentally forget to scan some items that wouldn't trigger the doors (or a lot of times the doors were broken) and especially if they were paying with SNAP or WIC I would pull random discounts up
At Target? pretty much anything that's not spider wrapped, in electronics, or just other general hot commodities. It's hard to be specific because it's always kinda changing but (depending on your target ofc) if you can play it cool and only have like one thing that's free you can usually just be like "oh my bad must've missed that" and then pay for it. Be careful if you do steal from Target though because they do have a forensics lab and they go through the security cameras and keep a binder full of frequent shoplifters and they will call the police if you walk in and are in the binder
so basically of all the places to shoplift target might not be the best, I wish they were dumber but they full on arrest people and have plainclothes security walking around
It looks like Target is one of the chains that tracks shoplifters until their cumulative
theftpraxis qualifies as a felony. Unbelievably scummy.https://losspreventionmedia.com/employees-claim-retailer-waits-to-arrest-shoplifters/
This is why the pigs call them in to teach them how to do it.
Also why that one target got torched lmao.
Fuck target.
I guess something happened recently that caused these articles to pop up again. I remember hearing about it a couple years ago but have no idea where.
I first heard about it when the one in Minneapolis got cremated back in may or whenever
:Care-Comrade: They told us to prioritize speed over everything while cashiering and so I just kinda ran with it. Not always but if you say that you think an item was <20% cheaper than the price that rings up they won't check they'll just go with your word but if the lines aren't like super long they'll probably walkie someone to check. Pretty much everyone got a discount of some kind unless they were a prick to me/obviously a chud (maga hats)
In Soviet Russia, citizens can barely make it to the end of the month without stealing food from stores.
MaxD's Tips For Successful Supermarket Skullduggery
It's much easier to shoplift when you go through the check out and make some purchases. Trying to walk around a store and then straight out again without a purchase is suspicious as fuck to the little piggies who work in loss prevention.
Dress nice or at least not like "the kind of person who shoplifts." Business casual is ideal since it's boring and not going to draw attention while projecting enough of an aura of affluence to avoid the attention of LP.
Obviously small and expensive is what you want to target: pay for things that are bulky and cheap while pocketing that tasty little bottle of sake or what have you. DO NOT be like my dumbass friend who tried to walk out with a giant loaf of sourdough under his jacket and got shook down for $200 by LP so they wouldn't call the cops.
If you are targeting something that is often shoplifted like deodorant or baby formula, put it in your basket or cart and only later transfer it when you are in an aisle that attracts less attention like cleaning supplies or something.
The most important bit of advice is this: stay loose and groovy. For the love of Marx, don't act all sketchy by looking around/checking over your shoulder, that's a sure way to attract unwanted attention. Work on your roleplaying: you are just like any other yuppie in there with no cares about the ever-increasing cost of food and personal hygiene items.
If at all possible be white or south east asian, the more one looks like the type of person LP is profiling for the more scrutiny you'll receive. Don't think however that this is only possible for those whose appearance is less likely to attract unwanted attention. The most gifted shoplifter I ever knew was a black guy who had a decent job and possessed an abundance of confidence, which is the most important thing for any rogue to possess. What you definitely do not want to have is the opposite of that: an aura of desperation. They can smell it.
something that is often shoplifted like baby formula
That's depressing.
it's expensive as hell. when i worked grocery, i often saw an employee scan only 2 cans when someone was buying four.
Super depressing. When I see baby formula under lock and key or in those little plexiglass displays that beep when you open them I remember how much these stores deserve to be robbed blind.
I have a trick I call The Straight Arrow. Here it goes.
Amongst a shopping trip where you are legitimately purchasing most of the items, you grab some ludicrously overpriced thing like toothbrush replacement heads or shaving blades. Don't put it in your jacket, which is too conspicuous. Put it in the cart.
At checkout, grab something cheap like a soda or candy. Do NOT buy it, just keep it in your cart in a visible place. Scan your items at the robot scanner, leaving the the small, expensive item somewhere at the bottom of the cart. At some point, subtly place a bag over the small but expensive item. After you pay, volunteer to go up to the nearest clerk and tell them you changed your mind about the soda/candy and you are handing it back. Put on your best face.
This disarms any employee who thinks that just maybe they saw you cover up those razor blades. "Look, they could have totally had a free Coke but they returned it. I didn't see what I thought. This person is a straight arrow!" If there is a nosy shopper behind you who'd love to tattle, they see you having a discussion with the clerk after paying and handing something back. To them, it looks like you are being honest and taking care of the thing they maybe thought you were trying to get away with.
This trick has never once failed me. Caveat, tho: I'm white.
if it works for you do it but tbh i think you just dont want attention of any kind. you dont want to be remembered, i would just do the fake scan and go
Buy something to throw off suspicion. Wear baggy clothes. Take stuff out of boxes if you can, either in the bathrooms or in clothes racks that aren't as parallel as the regular isles. Asking an employee a question also makes you seem less suspicious. Steal a little at a time from a lot of different stores. I've never stolen anything much bigger than my fist, so idk how hard it must be to steal food items. If you're in a target with a Starbucks close to the starbucks's closing time, it's worth asking them if they'd be willing to give you the sandwiches and pastries they're throwing away, or at least ask them to dump them in a trashcan that isn't behind the counter (they're wrapped individually). Bring a purse and slip stuff in there.
Is it better to buy some stuff normally while lifting a few things, or just walk about? I'm concerned that if cameras catch you lifting something, if you pay with a card you could get caught.
Literally snatch and grab. Know what you're looking for, go in and beeline for it, get out of camerasight before hiding it, then beeline right out.
Amateurs are obvs when they spend like 10 minutes loafing around one area, or spending a lot of browsing without grabbing anything. That and they meerkat like crazy.
Thats a good point. In my experience I don't believe AP has a lot of access to cashier records, maybe at the end of the night after the store has closed, but at a big box retailer there are thousands of transactions a day, and AP won't have your name unless you've already been caught. I worked at Target, I doubt the registers even take note of names. But buying even just one thing (perhaps with cash to be on the safe side) to go through the check out section of the store, gives you more credibility than just walking about and then walking out.
I did that at a Target once, scanned a regular razor and instead of a beard trimmer. Didn't set off the "unexpected item" thing so I just paid for the razor and walked out. It set off the alarm, but it was also super busy and I walked out with like 5 other people and didn't stop to be frisked.
In case you didn't see flirty_fawn's comment, apparently it's very possible to get caught using your name on your card.
They have to know you stole it first, you can also use a burner card. Or pay cash.
I'm not 100% sure, but the handicap accessible self checkout line seems to not have the "unexpected item" scale.
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Not sure if it's just the feeling of knowing I might be being watched or if I'm just scatterbrained but I feel like my natural behavior in stores looks pretty suspicious so hopefully I'm occasionally distracting some LP people while others scoop up goods
Yeah, I walk around paranoid as hell so I probably do the same thing. Joys of schizophrenia.
Behind every front-line supersoldier is a dozen workers supporting them :chavez-salute:
Remember if you work in a grocery store, it's your duty to ignore what you might see. I'd say try to steal what you can, but in my experience LP watches employees more than customers. I knew a guy who worked in the bakery who was literally about to retire, he had 1 week left of work and 4 left of vacation. They fucking fired him for eating a stale donut that was going to be thrown out. I think he still got his pension and whatnot, but they robbed him of 4 weeks of pay over an 89 cent donut.
your story made me think about my own: i worked with a guy that got arrested on the job for stealing a 200 dollar beef loin (different company). he got hired even with this record lol cause grocery stores can be suprisingly desperate for skilled help. he had a pretty bad drug habit and stole meat to trade to his dealer. it sucks because he was being waaay too greedy, and lighting the rest of us up with our casual ganking and made me paranoid since he was going outside with pockets full like 4 or 5 times a day. surprisingly he kept it up for like 7 years, no LP or anything. a week ago he gets fired for stealing a 1 dollar bag of rice, caught by the store manager. not sure if there's a lesson here besides be careful cause your luck can run out.
c/rimes (old form of rhymes). Discuss shoplifting/pirating in iambic pentameter. Plausible deniability!
I think this has already been discussed and is just not a good look
Oh, so now the dirtbag left cares about optics??!?! Antifa bleibt dreckig!
Yeah what's the point of leaving reddit if you can't have any fun
Really though? Even reddit still has a ton of piracy subreddits, and as long as they don't post links they seem to be fine.
Reddit makes capitalists more money than we do and, legally speaking, is less of a soft target. Hard to know what amount or kind of illegal shit would become enough to draw unwanted attention or even action, so caution seems wise to me.
On top of saving people money, you're helping to save those books from being destroyed because they weren't sold. Two birds, one stone through a police cruiser's window.
I don't much do it these days (only sometimes), but i had a phase in college when i would steal all the time, ESPECIALLY from the university. overpriced bullshit. after my first year I never bought anything from the school bookstore after they screwed me my first semester, and then actively worked to take as much as i could. text books, regular books, supplies, etc.
my best tip, like others have said, just be casual, and if you can, buy something. self checkouts are harder now cuz they weigh shit, but if you 'forget' things in your cart, that's chill. very small goes right in the pocket. I have a parka that has a wonderful big pocket on the inside for goggles or gloves (like a snowboarding jacket basically) and that was so clutch to slide even relatively big things in without being noticed.
for other stores, especially if i have bought there before, i use their bags. I've stolen so many book from B-rns and Nobel because I will buy a book, peruse for more (treat that shit like a read-in library anyways) and then just put shit in my bag once I'm sure that there is no security sticker. I still pretty consistently would steal from them because i hate digital, amazon sucks, and I sometimes want to keep things forever rather than return to a library.
for electronics, I've def brought stuff to the bathroom and removed security stuff there, but that was very sketchy and not worth it and just don't care about that shit any more cuz i can pirate stuff easier. I just really wanted some dvd box sets from Hal mart.
harder sometimes, but just straight up leaving through the garden center at big box stores. usually less fuss, and no security really. after hours they will close it and make you go through main doors which sucks.
i try not to take from the same place too often, but especially if you're in a small town that's sometimes the only place to grab from. without being obvious, you can get a feel for where the cameras are or where are blind spots. works good if you're by other people.
my one hack was always to try to leave the store when a group was passing through. harder to pinpoint who is the theft if the alarm goes off on like 4 people, and then i just keep walking because it couldn't possibly be old me?!
removing packaging is a good idea but can be hard depending on what it is. the smaller and easier to hide the better. and while it's maybe counterintuitive, i try to go when there are the most people because while the store may be understaffed in off hours, there is less cover. crowds may have snitches, but they also provide more cover.
Local groceries have begun posting security at the door to pry the baby formula from mothers' hands. No compassion no excuses for class traitors.
loss prevention researchers
like they're in fucking lab coats or some shit, shut the fuck up
okay but that's forensics, I'm just recoiling from the idea of "loss prevention" being an actual science
