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I was in my favorite grocery store spending WAY too much (don’t shop hungry…REALLY don’t shop hungry during buy one get one free sale). The dude in front of me had about 2 bags worth of stuff on the belt when I pulled up and unleashed hell on the belt. I finished unloading my heaping cart when he was about to pay, so I had a front row seat. He pulled out a gift card for his $50 worth of stuff. It was rejected as un-activated. What was strange to me was that he was cool about it. If I had a card in my possession that was un-activated I am going to bust someone’s ass for giving me a bunk present. Not this guy, he calmly reached into his pocket and pulled out another card and said “Try this one”. Declined.
Just after the fourth one was declined I begun to notice the swarm around me. 3 guys approached the end of the aisle, and 1 approached the end of the aisle I was on. The guy was a little dense because all 4 just stood there while he pulled a fifth card out and handed it to the cashier. Then he suddenly became aware of his surroundings.
He looked wide eyed at the 3 guys and started to back away when he turned around to see the guy behind him. In a true Johnny Cochran moment he said “but I didn’t steal anything yet, I never got to steal, you can’t do this!”
He went quietly.
After he was gone the cashier started to ring me up. We had a good laugh when the cashier pointed at the row of 4 racks of gift cards and one completely empty peg. She saw him eying her nervously. She looked down and he made a sudden move and the rack was empty. She called the security office and said “I need a rack of change down here on my lane” which got them to watch her on camera.
Just after the fourth one was declined I begun to notice the swarm around me. 3 guys approached the end of the aisle, and 1 approached the end of the aisle I was on. The guy was a little dense because all 4 just stood there while he pulled a fifth card out and handed it to the cashier. Then he suddenly became aware of his surroundings.
He looked wide eyed at the 3 guys and started to back away when he turned around to see the guy behind him. In a true Johnny Cochran moment he said “but I didn’t steal anything yet, I never got to steal, you can’t do this!”
He went quietly.
After he was gone the cashier started to ring me up. We had a good laugh when the cashier pointed at the row of 4 racks of gift cards and one completely empty peg. She saw him eying her nervously. She looked down and he made a sudden move and the rack was empty. She called the security office and said “I need a rack of change down here on my lane” which got them to watch her on camera.
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