because I want it

So I posted this earlier, but tumblr ate it. I made a felony! Took a whole roll of foil, folded it over and over to make a thicc sheet about the size of a piece of paper, formed it into a bag, and covered it in duct tape inside and out.

Possibly went a little overboard but idk how much foil you need so better to be safe than sorry. Tested it at p!nk and it worked. There was even a bra left in the fitting room (never seen that before), so I took its tag rather than the tags from what I brought in.

Also bought a hook, but it hasnt arrived yet. I figure I may as well since I encounter hook tags more than magnet tags and now I can take the tags with me.

But I'm logging in today bc I'm curious about duluth trading company. I didnt even know they had physical stores, but one is coming in near me soon and I wanna know the vibe and the tag type they use.

So according to my boss, all michaels will have security towers at the exit by summer of next year. Now some stores already do and the tag was one of those super sticky rfid stickers, but I dont know if some will be located inside packaging such as for carts or cricut machines. If your store is low shrink, take advantage of it while you dont have to worry about tags

This brings me to another topic, retroactively lifting. What I mean by this is for any item you dont think you can reasonably steal, buy instead and then come in again, get the same thing, and go up to the cashier and 'return' it. Now we do have something that triggers a flag if you return to much, but theres an easy work around.

Step 1: pay in cash. Cash purchases are returned as cash and it prevents the computer from knowing its you each time you do it

Step 2: use multiple reward accounts. If you sign up for the rewards program (it's just an email and a phone number. The number does not have to be working, you just need to know it) and use the number when you check out, you can use a phone number instead of a receipt to return things. This method does not require us to enter in your id/drivers license.

By using a different rewards account every so often, theres no way to know that all the returns are going to the same person

other than vs and pink, they’re like the only store in the mall to use the magnet tags, r21 and f21 use gators and i’m not strong enough for those. i really wanted to steal pants from ht, but i ended up having to buy them (on the plus side they were bogo at r21 for not too much)

Is it as simple as blind spot conceal and book it, or are there other factors to consider? My main concern is communication with the cashier saying I'm coming up with fabric and the fabric cutter seeing me without the fabric they gave me.

Well its a small haul but a small haul is better than getting risky and getting caught. 8.50 saved. Claire's would have been better if it were a little less busy. There was even an ear piercing going on and everything, but there were several families with multiple people each. So while employees weren't an issue, customers were.

The manager wasnt working at hot topic but it was so empty I didnt try anything. Same with bbw and i know they cs you to death if you're the only one there

I know its an easy store, but the more inside knowledge the better, right?

So my store had so much shrink (idr the amount) we are switching to the company's high risk program. Things like employee bags, purses, and vests being checked before and after their shift. We're also going to have our district's lp guy in once a month and he'll be helping employees to prevent lifting

Notice I say prevent. My manager said we cannot do anything to stop someone from stealing, even if we know they did it. All we can do is intimidate them into ditching with good customer service like greeting everyone in high risk aisles, offering people baskets or carts, and stuff like that. Managers can also go over the intercom to say stuff like "so and so to the loss prevention office immediately" (we don't have an lp office and if an employee actually needed to go to the office, they'd say it on the headset.)

So basically, while you shouldn't be sloppy or get caught (cause not everyone will follow the rules), there's really not a whole hell of a lot we can do about it other than intimidation and moving high risk item like cameras to the office so there's no way a customer would be able to take one.

I know I stole a camera, but there were apparently quite a few missing so I wonder if that was also internal or not... The lock up cage is hella loud when you open it

But I got some gossip I guess, idk if it will be of used to anyone, but I guess our mich@els has gotten worse with shrink so now we're having to do bag checks (for employees, not customers) after we clock off (but I always steal after work so...). Idk I'll play it by ear and lay off for a bit. Not too much tho, if shrink goes down a lot after this, they'll know its because of internal theft

Also if you ever see a little blue shield with an SH on it, we're suppose to check these aisles as we're going through the store bc they're high shrink aisles