I didn't tell you guys about my excitement at work the other day.....I got my first "shoplifter" since becoming a part of "management." A guy walked out with an entire cart of beer without paying for it. So I went out after him and stood behind the car while he was loading it in the back seat. There was a driver in the car but I didn't feel like he knew what was going on. I confronted the guy and asked him for his receipt and he said he must not have gotten one. I asked him which cashier he went through and he said one of the ones in the middle. I said, "well, none of my cashier's sold any beer so we have a problem!" Just then, my store manager and my assistant manager came out. Whew = send in the calvary!

I left them with the thief and went in the store to call the police. Well, after I got inside the one that had taken the beer bolted. The manager chased him but lost him. We got the other guy into the store and detained him. The police showed up and we got the thief's name and enough info that I was able to go get a warrant for him the next day. When I went to get the warrant I was told that the guy already had court dates sent for other charges....including hit and run AND carrying a concealed weapon!!

Maybe next time I'm not going to be so quick to follow someone out!
Anyway, yesterday morning they got the guy. He was the passenger in a vehicle that was stopped!