We've got a code 70 on isle 6.
I just witnessed an attempted shoplifting!
I was in Walgreens. Just a regular day at Walgreens, right? I was checking out at the pharmacy department, picking up a prescription and some gum. Classic Walgreens purchase, right? RIGHT?
Then, all of the sudden, the employee that was checking me out calmly but fast like lightening picks up the telephone receiver and says over the loudspeaker "We've got a code 70 on isle 6. I repeat, code 70 on isle 6." I spin around to see 4 blue-vested employees speed-walking toward isle 6 from all angles of the store.
My vision is blocked, but I hear a slight scuffle. Next thing I know, an armload of goods is slammed down on the counter next to me. One of the vested speed-walkers brushes the bangs from her face and says "he had quite the night planned, didn't he?"
I looked over to see what the man had attempted to shove inside his coat: Not, one, not two, but EIGHT two-packs of single-shot energy drinks, and what else? You guessed it. A bottle of lube.
I was in Walgreens. Just a regular day at Walgreens, right? I was checking out at the pharmacy department, picking up a prescription and some gum. Classic Walgreens purchase, right? RIGHT?
Then, all of the sudden, the employee that was checking me out calmly but fast like lightening picks up the telephone receiver and says over the loudspeaker "We've got a code 70 on isle 6. I repeat, code 70 on isle 6." I spin around to see 4 blue-vested employees speed-walking toward isle 6 from all angles of the store.
My vision is blocked, but I hear a slight scuffle. Next thing I know, an armload of goods is slammed down on the counter next to me. One of the vested speed-walkers brushes the bangs from her face and says "he had quite the night planned, didn't he?"
I looked over to see what the man had attempted to shove inside his coat: Not, one, not two, but EIGHT two-packs of single-shot energy drinks, and what else? You guessed it. A bottle of lube.
Labels: shoplifting
posted by Anna W. at
Monday, December 07, 2009
2 Comments:
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Anna - this is the best-written, witnessed slice of life I've enjoyed in a while.
Like, massive good!
Perhaps he'll volunteer more and put his idle hands to other use. (Cause? his hungry heart or court order).
This could be an urban legend, but I have heard that the most-shoplifted items are condoms, because people are too embarrassed to pay for them, and razor blades, since they're really expensive and easy to slip into a pocket.
I didn't realize energy tricks were so in-demand by shoplifters. The convenience store near my apartment has a handwritten sign that says "Notice! All Energy Drinks Cannot Be Purchased With Food Stamps!"
...and those two statements are largely unrelated.
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