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Sleight-of-hand artist Apollo Robbins is so stealthy that he once started a conversation with Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service agents and had everything out of their pockets within minutes. They were completely unaware that he’d acquired their badges, watches, Carter’s itinerary, and the keys to his motorcade. Source

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Via The New Yorker:

“In more than a decade as a full-time entertainer, Robbins has taken (and returned) a lot of stuff, including items from well-known figures in the worlds of entertainment (Jennifer Garner, actress: engagement ring); sports (Charles Barkley, former N.B.A. star: wad of cash); and business (Ace Greenberg, former chairman of Bear Stearns: Patek Philippe watch).

He is probably best known for an encounter with Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service detail in 2001. While Carter was at dinner, Robbins struck up a conversation with several of his Secret Service men. Within a few minutes, he had emptied the agents’ pockets of pretty much everything but their guns.

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Robbins brandished a copy of Carter’s itinerary, and when an agent snatched it back he said, “You don’t have the authorization to see that!” When the agent felt for his badge, Robbins produced it and handed it back. Then he turned to the head of the detail and handed him his watch, his badge, and the keys to the Carter motorcade.”

Hi! So I got a few questions about more detail concerning my Lush tips post. Here are four photos of a layout that most lushes will follow. Even small lushes have the deep shelves of the top left picture. While it might seem like little to work with, these are my typical concealing areas.

So if you want to conceal at Lush, the first thing you need is obviously your purse and and a large jacket. The jacket shouldn’t look big and bulky because that’s suspicious if it isn’t cold or wintery, preferably it should be those baggy sweaters from Forever 21 that are really thin material, so it looks normal that you have it. Sling the sweater on your arm first, and then put your purse in front of it. If someone was looking at you from behind, it should look like your sweater is blocking their view of your bag. This is what you want.

When you go into a setting like one of these above, you need to wait until very few people are close to your left or right. You should be standing directly in front of the display. For the top left picture, gather the items you want into an area you can easily reach to. Wait until there are people in your general area so that you blend into a crowd if an SA looks over, but make sure they are turned to something else (preferably when an SA is talking to a group of people about an object away from you. Lean into the shelf to look at something at the back, and with your hand not with the bag on it slip the objects into your bag. The sweater on your arm should cover the view of the product going into your bag, and you should be leaning in so that your hand holding the objects is pressed against the display and concealed by your torso for the split second. Basically in a matter of seconds you lean in, slipping your concealing hand over to your bag, and then reaching out to grab something from the back. Don’t spend more than a few seconds leaning in, when you have the product you were fake reaching for lean back out and spend a good amount of time ogling it before putting it bag. Angle your bag carrying arm and your torso to create a type of triangle up against the display that hides what your hands are doing. Because this looks awkward and obvious, if you do it for more than three or two seconds SAs will notice. It has to be one quick movement. Do this is an area with crowded product so you aren’t holding many objects at a time and you can do this many times. Preferably do this in a corner of a store with your bag arm to the wall so you can tilt your torso towards the wall and you only have to hide your movements from one side. This will work for the middle picture as well if there isn’t anyone at your immediate back.

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I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

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I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

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IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

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- The resentment that begins to build up and damage your relationship with your parents because your missing out on being a kid.

- The self destructive tendencies that develop when you get your freedom.

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- A constant sadness that your never going to live life enough. 

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Alright here goes. First a key of all the lingo

SA- Sales associateLP/AP- Loss preventionCS- Customer serviceSus- suspiciousBlindspot- a location out of view of cams/sa/and other customersHaul-all your lifted goodiesLift/lifted/lifting- steal/stolen/stealingliftblr- shoplifting tumblrconceal- hide merchandise on your body or with your own belongings with the intent of stealing itRFID- radio frequency identification tags (they make the alarms go off and tell the sa exactly what you stole)

Alright now onto the basics:

START SMALL. I cannot stress this enough honestly. Do not think you have to start out lifting MK purses, NAKED palettes, and other really expensive things. If you feel comfortable starting out with drug store products you go right ahead boo. It’s not a race to see who can get what in the shortest amount of time since starting lifting. I’ve been lifting for 8 or 9 years and I still haven’t gotten an MK purse.

STAY A LITTLE NERVOUS. I’m not saying look mad sus because you look like you’re stealing and checking around every two seconds to make sure no one is even looking your way. Just be nervous enough to pay attention to what’s going on around you.

DO NOT LOOK LIKE YOU’RE AVOIDING SAS. Alright? They can see if you’re TRYING to avoid them and they’ll know what’s up. You don’t want that. So if you see an SA or even LP coming your way smile politely and almost shyly and if they ask if you need any help say “No I’m fine thank you so much though :)))” Politely dismissing them like this will help them to believe you know what you’re looking for.

DON’T LOOK SUS. Don’t wear baggy clothing. Don’t wear clothes that draw attention to you. Don’t have your hair dyed some insane color. Just try to blend in with the people that shop at that store and be FORGETTABLE. You don’t want them to recognize you next time right?

DON’T GO TO A STORE MORE THAN TWICE EVERY TWO WEEKS. Now I’m guilty of not listening to this one heh. Only with stores I know I won’t be really noticed going to more than once or if I go with different people who are buying things.

DO NOT GET GREEDY. I can’t stress this one enough either. Don’t go in with a seemingly empty purse and leave with it about to burst at the seams alright? That’s stupid and just trying to get you caught.

DO NO BE SLOPPY. No concealing on cams, no concealing in front of ANYONE (unless you have a lifting partner, they are the only exception to this. Other than that? NO ONE)

CHECK FOR TAGS ON EVERYTHING. I mean EVERYTHING. Look all over the packaging, open it and check inside it if you can. I’ve done this before. If you do this and an SA asks what you’re doing just say “oh i bought one of these before and the shade in he box was a completely different one than on the outside so I was double-checking it :))” Remember to be polite and smile.

DO NOT GET ANGRY BECAUSE SAS WANT TO HELP YOU. Remember that is their JOB.

KEEP TRACK OF HOW LONG YOU ARE IN A STORE. Try hard to not spend more than 20 minutes in a store. (There are exceptions to this like very large stores where you may or may not see the same SA more than once.)

Alright now for tagsThere’s a post on my blog somewhere covered in info about tags. I’ll link it I just don’t have the link as I write this out.

WHERE TO CONCEALDressing rooms are my favorite place to conceal, but when those are unavailable I’ll shop my way into a blindspot and shop my way back out, concealing while in that blindspot. If someone is in that spot I’ll usually seem to be looking for something until they leave, if they’re there for more than five minutes though seem like you gave up on finding that item and shop your way back out. You can also make your own blind spot with your body by crouching. This doesn’t seem sus if there are things on a bottom shelf or on the floor even. Though if there is a camera at both ends of the aisle make sure you have a partner or display to block one of the cameras and use yourself to block the other one. I will also only conceal on cam using the phone method, place a small product you want in your and put your phone over that and put your phone in your bag and leave it and the product behind in your bag.

NOW ON TO IF YOU SET OFF THE TOWERS WHICH CAN HAPPEN NO MATTER HOW CAREFUL YOU ARE.If you set off the towers, seem busy and keep walking. Nine times out of ten you’ll be okay. I have stepped back and looked like a dear in headlights at the sa and they all just shrugged and waved me out of the door but I would not recommend doing that because it was honestly the most terrifying ten seconds in my entire fucking life I thought I was going to jail right then and there.

Keep walking I’m so serious. It can keep you out of jail. I would have a record for stealing like three things worth $70 from Barnes and Noble.