I saw two shop lifters today.

[Swede]

As I entered the store,two young women well dressed,with too much make up were leaving,they set off the security alarm. They kept going,a clerk followed,but they ran off into the parking lot. I looked at the clerk and said "Now what?", "I tell my boss." I didn't know it was that easy.

[Floogeldy]

1. What store?

?

[Swede]

3. It was a Sears

I was amazed that they just let them get away.

[Radio_Lady]

10. Same thing happened at a Goodwill Store in SE Portland, OR --

Security alarm went off. However, the cashier said they had no people available to chase them. It was a weekday.

Sad folks out there.

I had a yard sale a year ago on June 12th, as I recall. Went inside to get a drink -- next thing I noticed was that a small "Strawberry Shortcake" ceramic figurine with a working music box -- just disappeared. I was really angry at first, then resigned that someone wanted it and I was out several bucks.

[Yupster]

2. It is

Really, society is held together by a pretty thin thread.

It depends on people doing right, because there are lots of wrong things people can do and have little risk of being caught. Shoplifting, especially in smaller stores is relatively risk free. So why don't people just walk in and take stuff?

Because we grew up to be good people.

Civil society depends on us.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. And we all pay a little higher price for the merchandise

as a result of these young women's activities...and because of the actions of all shoplifters. It's part of the overhead. And this doesn't even touch the morality of what they did.. or should I say the immorality of it?

[Floogeldy]

5. There should have been security cameras everywhere . . .

. . . including in the parking lot.

Maybe they will catch them after all.

B-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. You're right, Floogeldy....

If there were cameras, then the chances of catching those women go way up...Let's hope there were!

[Seabiscuit]

8. Maybe security cameras will help them get caught eventually, but

meanwhile, most clerks in stores are told not to do anything but to notify their mangagers, who call the police.

All the heroic tales are from "Mom & Pop" stores.

[Seabiscuit]

6. That's right, CA Peggy - we all pay the price, because there's not much we

can do.

I worked at a Radio Shack once. I witnessed two robberies. They both got away. There's always a getaway car outside. We were only instructed to notify the manager of the store, who called the police. We were also instructed not to get personally involved, because Radio Shack might be civilly liable if one of us got killed.

It's a price we all pay, unfortunately.

[Skip Intro]

9. Shoplifters make it much easier

to clean under the shop.

I had to do that, you understand.