In which i caught the bad guys...

[iloveasunflower13]

so apparently the Anthracite's two cities over got burglarized. someone stole 3000 dollars worth of sheets. Specifically purple sheets. Then they tried to return them at my store without a receipt. all 3000 bucks worth. Easiest 20 dollar LP reward i've ever collected. heh.
also had a couple of SC's Yesterday. I was put on the cash register (happens once in a blue moon.)

SC "Will you price match (Insert competitors store name)
Me: "Yes maam, if you have their most current ad showing the exact item."
SC: (to the rest of my line) " You guys have to leave! i'm gonna be awhile. I have to look this up on my phone."

well, she keeps showing me ads for OTHER items. NOT the one she's buying. each time i turn her down, of course she gets madder and madder. finally She finds the item and I adjust the price. Then she shows me one of those websites where you can upload and share coupon codes for all kinds of stores.
SC" you have to honor this too."
Me: "Actually we do not accept those. the current coupon is a scratch off percentage that you can only use with your store card. Thats the only special we have right now."
SC: "WHAT?! )(*@)#$#$# Well. I figured you Fu*$*rs would get me somehow. Fine. But i'm never shopping here again."
Me: Have a most excellant day madam.

Then i had a lady who wanted to know if she gets free shipping with her in store purchase. not that she was shipping her purchase, just, wanted...free...shipping... I don't get it at all.


The final one was this old man who apparently never heard of women's lib. He tossed his stuff on the counter. pulls out his store card and literally threw it at me. then proceeded to make several sexist remarks that basically dumb down to "your just a stupid little woman so i don't have to respect you or treat you decently. because you are just a woman. " nice guy. managed to find fault with EVERYTHING i did. I didn't hit buttons fast enough. I didn't bag well enough. I creased his precious pants while bagging them. I didn't offer him cash back. (we don't HAVE cash back.) yeah. really fun guy. some people should not be allowed out in public.

[An Haddock]

As soon as the old idiot threw his card at you you should have said "I'm sorry, we don't serve customers who act like children" and went on break.

Or throw it back at him.

[Raveni]

First of all, you caught someone who stole $3,000, and it got a $20 reward?

I wish it was acceptable for you to just walk away and go find a manager after having something thrown at you.

[Argabarga]

They stole $3,000 worth of what?

Oh, sheets?

I thought you said sumthin' else!

[Brojekk]

I think you should cut that old man some slack. After all he's probably been locked away in a dark closet for the past 60 years or so and doesn't know how the modern world works nowadays.

[Draper Mel]

Then i had a lady who wanted to know if she gets free shipping with her in store purchase. not that she was shipping her purchase, just, wanted...free...shipping... I don't get it at all.

Why yes, ma'am, it's totally free to put your purchases in your cart and take them out...to...your....huh???

Also, that last guy. It has nothing to do with women's liberation and everything to do with being polite. We women might have been second class citizens once upon a time, but you were always supposed to be polite to us. Sheesh!!

[Merriweather]

I think you should cut that old man some slack. After all he's probably been locked away in a dark closet for the past 60 years or so and doesn't know how the modern world works nowadays.

Nope, no slack, even if he was abducted by aliens & held for the past few decades. Or in a coma since the 50's. Cause even though it would explain the sexist attitude, he'd have been taught manners back then, and even back then such behavior would have been considered rude & unacceptable, even to a woman.

[pzychobitch]

all 3000 dollars, at your store, without receipts, on the SAME day?! WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK?!

[Chromatix]

Well, here's how the criminal logic probably works:

First, they need to unload the goods in order to turn them into money, which is what they really want. The easiest place to find that is guaranteed to have these (unusually coloured) sheets as a product... is the *same* chain of stores.

Second, they want to unload it as quickly as possible, to minimise the chance that messages will have been circulated about the theft and cashiers (and police) thus put on their guard, and also to minimise the time in which they are in possession of goods matching the description of the stolen articles. So they probably drove straight from the store(s) that they stole from to yours.

Unfortunately for them, the messages got circulated pretty quickly - and the sheets are distinctive enough (and in large enough quantity) to raise suspicions even without such messages.

[Gaki]

When men throw things at me I throw them right back in the exact manner that they did. If they find it offensive and look at me funny I look at them with that "diner lady" stare. You know the hand on your hip and your eyes over your glasses? Haha.

Sexist and rude jerks get what's coming to them when they provoke me.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

First of all, you caught someone who stole $3,000, and it got a $20 reward?

Yeah, the "Store of compressed carbon" is a bit of a tight git.

so apparently the Anthracite's two cities over got burglarized. someone stole 3000 dollars worth of sheets.

Just how many sheets do you need to scarper to make up three grand? Just looked on the website and the most expensive ones that were purple and not "online only" were $95-$114 a set. Assuming they would pick the most expensive for the greatest return per unit that's still 26-30 sets of the gorram things.

Got to wonder how the "Compressed Carbon" store two towns over missed someone(s) schlepping all those out.

[Jay 2K Winger]

so apparently the Anthracite's two cities over got burglarized. someone stole 3000 dollars worth of sheets.

Holy sheet that's a lot of bedding!

[PandaHat]

...that's still 26-30 sets of the gorram things.

Got to wonder how the "Compressed Carbon" store two towns over missed someone(s) schlepping all those out.

I'm assuming that most people would assume that anyone blatantly carrying out 26-30 beddings has a legit reason to. It may in fact look less suspicious than just carrying out one, although, clearly more difficult to pass off as "an honest mistake guv".

[iloveasunflower13]

actually they were stolen from the truck. at 4 in the morning when nobody was at the store. and yes there were about 30 packages of sheets.

[South Texan]

Also, that last guy. It has nothing to do with women's liberation and everything to do with being polite.

Actually, it has everything to do with being a BULLY.

He knew he could pick on and be nasty to a cashier who was not in a position to respond in kind. The guy probably is bitter and mean whenever possible - but only when he thinks he can get away with it.

I am willing to bet he sees himself as weak and without control of much in his life, so he exerts whatever little "power" he can over those he knows will not fight back because their jobs prevent them from doing so.