golden goddess

Maybe I’m just not following the right blogs, but I never see these stores in posts!

1. Office Depot: you can’t buy a 4.0, but you can buy the most wonderful school supplies ever! Specifically this store, though, because a) there are only cameras in the desk/chair/computer sections, b) few customers and SAs, c) the high walls are good shelter, d )no LP? It’s like 2 cashiers and some tech people who don’t care. 

2. Nordstrom: don’t let the big name scare you! BP. is my favorite brand to shop from there because a) too cute! b) dressing rooms are monitored but they don’t count your items, c) nothing is tagged d) I believe they only prosecute if you get greedy and take a LOT.

3. Old Navy: seriously, one of the easiest places! I recommend it for beginners or seasoned shoplifters that want something simple. They definitely don’t always have the most trendy pieces, but they’re bomb for basics (jeans, plaid/flannel, t-shirts) and athletic wear, and a) only some things are tagged b) dressing rooms aren’t monitored c) they don’t really care if you beep on the way out d) shoes are the easiest fucking thing here! Take em into the dressing room (detag if necessary) and slip them in your bag or literally just wear them out e) no annoying SAs.

4. Gap: again, it’s fancy but don’t freak out! I like them because they have really nice basics and athletic wear and a) fitting rooms aren’t monitored b) only some things are tagged c) one time, I walked out of there with something tagged (literally not even trying to shoplift, I totally just forgot a had it), the alarm went off, the cashier smiled/winked/waved at me??

5. Starbucks: an untapped gold mine! a) baristas are waaaay too busy to care/told not to worry, b) nothing’s tagged c) hella helped me work on my concealing skills. I might make a whole post about this later. 

“…Engines on the Other Railway aren’t safe now. Their controllers are cruel. They don’t like engines any more. They put them on cold damp sidings, and then,” Percy nearly sobbed, “they…they c-c-cut them up.” -”The Bluebells of England.”  Stepney the Bluebell Engine.  Rev. Awdry, Wilbert.  London: Egmont Publishing, 1963.

“Smudger,” said Duke. “Was a show-off. He rode roughly and often came off the rails. I warned him to be careful, but he took no notice.” “Listen, Dukie” he snared. “Who worries about a few spills?” “We do here! I said, but Smudger just laughed.” “Hahaha!” “Until one day, Manager said he was going to make him useful at last. Smudger stopped laughing then!” “W-w-why? What did he do?!” “He turned him into a generator. He’s still there behind our shed. He’ll never move again.”

Okay, so we see Railway Management doing all this shit, right, but supposedly it’s so much worse in the Other Railways? I mean, sure, you might get turned into a generator or bricked into a tunnel for not doing as you’re told, but at least you’re not cut up and sold for parts, right? It’s not so bad on the island of Sodor, right?

Or maybe that’s just what Railway Management wants the engines to think.

Maybe the island of Sodor is the real totalitarian regime, and the engine citizens (slaves) are fed propaganda, illustrated in hellish grays and sulfuric yellows, about how bad it is everywhere else, at all the Other Railways.

You are lucky to be an engine of Sodor.

Railway Management cares about you.

Trust Railway Management.

Stay on Your Track.

1. Rich spoiled kid: (for the high end mall/store ) Crop top + nice pleated skirt + plaid shirt/denim shirt (leave open and flowy) + not shitty looking shoes

2. The Professional: (perfect for sleight of hand) Collared shirt+ blazer + black jeans/ dress pants + nice black boots or flats/pumps. In the summer swap out pants for a pencil skirt or dress.

3. Stylish but still pretty comfy: Denim/plaid shirt (tucked in) + high waisted shorts/ skirt + converse/vans/Nike or Adidas shiz

4. Winter Nice coat + nice shirt (blouse or collared are great)+ thin scarf + skinny jeans + heeled boots (or equivalent)

5. The beginner (if you haven’t lifted any of these to start 😂) Plain t-shirt + skinny jeans/high waisted shorts + sneakers or converse work, always. Simple and plain to blend in and not too shabby

6. The I just increased my chances of getting caught everywhere except Hot topic and Spencer’s. (Meant as a joke, pls don’t be offended.)

This was written by an LP, i merely copied and pasted it. REBLOG AND INFORM

Despite what you may have heard, there is no perfect shoplifting method. You can be caught NO MATTER how you try to steal. A lot of it is the luck of the draw. Is LP in the store? Are they busy with another shoplifter? Are they watching you? There is no way you can be sure. You can be sure however, that you significantly increase your chances of getting yourself caught when:

10)You carry a flat purse or back-pack: Fairly obvious, right? Not only is this an attention grabber, but it also makes the LP Agent’s job much easier. Your bag was flat, and then magically became full right after all the merchandise you were carrying disappeared. Did the LP Agent watch you fill your bag? That does not really matter. The LP Agent did not need to see concealment (See my article: The 6 Steps of Loss Prevention) to confidently make a stop on you. It is fairly obvious. Most LP Agents will make that stop. On top of being obvious, entering a store with an empty bag can also bump your charge from petty theft to burglary.

9)You over-act: You pick up the item you plan on stealing. You begin tapping on it, wiggling it, playing with it, and looking around like everything is cool. Yes, people actually think this works. When you take this approach you are basically telling LP Agents “Hey, I am not going to steal this! Look, I’m playing with it out in the open. I wouldn’t be doing that if I were going to steal it.” Then you steal it. Happens all the time.

8)You under-act: You pick up the item you are going to steal and immediately palm the item, or hold it behind something. You then quickly walk off to the most deserted part of the store. The race is on. The LP Agent knows he needs to get a view of you, either on camera or on the floor to witness the concealment.

7)You are overly friendly: You come in and immediately start chatting with store employees. You’re such a nice person! You would never steal. This will work when trying to deceive regular workers but LP is not falling for it. I have even had employees try to stop me from making an apprehension because they thought I was going to make a bad stop on that “nice” person. When I see someone being overly friendly with cashiers, managers or anybody with a name tag, I immediately become suspicious. They could be a genuinely nice person but nice people steal too.

6)You fail the “scare test”: When I suspect somebody is a shoplifter I will often give them the scare test. This means I will have several people walk past the area where my suspect is looking at items. A normal shopper will pay little to no attention to who is around them. A nervous shoplifter will turn their head at everyone that passes by. Often times they will look them up and down evaluating whether or not they seem like an undercover. When this happens it is a good indicator that I should set up on this person and wait for them to “go”.

5)You are bringing non-clothing items into the fitting room: Some people actually think that if they conceal merchandise in the fitting room that they can not be arrested by Loss Prevention Agents. This is because it eliminates the possibility of the LP Agent’s step # 3. This might work on some LP Agents, but certainly not the one’s that are good at what they do. If I see someone bringing something into the fitting room that is not supposed to be tried on such as DVDs, Jewelry, makeup, etc., they have my full attention until I see them exit the fitting room carrying that merchandise. Believe me, bringing stuff into the fitting room is a false sense of security and it will get you caught.

4)You are leaving an evidence trail: You select the item you want to steal. You are not sure if the item will make the door beep or not so you decide to remove the item from the package. Or maybe you want to pretend the item was already your’s so you rip the tags off. Now you can conceal the item. However, you also need to rid yourself of the package. So you discard it on the shelf, or you hide it behind something. You just made the LP Agents job 95% easier. Maybe they did not see you conceal the item, but they did see you toss something down or hide something. They find the package. Now LP knows what the item is, they know you removed it from the package (this is vandalism and is illegal), and they know you are up to no good. When you walk out of the store, all the LP Agent needs to do is approach you with the empty package and demand that you return the item. They will likely tell you that you are on video opening it (you may or may not be). They will tell you that if you do not return the item you will be charged with vandalism (this trick is likely against their LP policy but it is completely legal). Once you produce the item you are under arrest for theft. It is a lose-lose situation that you created by leaving a trail of packages and tags.

3)You have “shifty” eyes: Everyone knows that you are not supposed to blatantly look for cameras or look around for people when you are going to steal. However, it seems that the majority overcompensates. When you look up to the ceiling and then side to side without moving your head, you have “shifty eyes”. Shifty eyes get shoplifters caught every day. In fact, if I am about to give up on a perspective shoplifter and they shift their eyes, I will watch them until they leave the store, no exceptions.

2)You use two hands: As an LP Agent, nothing catches my eye more than somebody with both hands on the sales shelf. When an honest shopper looks at a product of interest on the sales shelf, they typically take the item in one hand and remove it from the shelf to look at it in the open. When a shoplifter puts both hands on a product and does not remove the object from the shelf it is a DEAD GIVE AWAY that they are opening something. I have caught shoplifters that I otherwise would not have even noticed simply because they used two hands!

1)You just plain look like a shoplifter: You know who you are! This is by far the most common reason people get caught. If you fit the stereotypical profile of someone who would likely shoplift you are likely being watched as an “easy stat”. So if you have 10 facial piercings, and a bright green mohawk, or if you’re just a shady looking character, don’t do it.

Listen up, folks. Keeping in mind that your goal is to blend in while still looking like you have money… You can do one outfit. For literally any store. Even super high end or as low end as Wal-Mart.

Your nicest well fitting plain blue skinny jeans Those brown riding boots that everyone seems to have Fitted black t-shirt. A nice, preferably expensive looking, watch.