It was my first official day as a cashier and there were a nice handful of customers there waiting to get their stuff checked out. The day cashier switched places with me so she could go home and I could begin my day. Everything was going fine and things started to calm down as it hit about midnight. Soon a guy came up wanting to buy a cable charger of some kind and one other item. He paid for his stuff, but the entire time this guy was there, he was tweaking out or something. I was pretty sure this guy was on crack or something. His fingers were constantly tapping the plastic little tray surface next to the card reader.
Trying to go as fast as I could, it felt like his mind was on something else. He thanked me when everything was done and walked away in a very quick fast pace. Ten minutes later the guy comes back with everything out of the package.
"Excuse me, I just noticed as I was leaving, this is a cable for a phone and I was looking for a cable for my computer. Is it all right if I leave this one here to return, while I go get the other one?"
"Of course," I said.
"Thank you! I'll be right back!" he said while he tweaked and walked away really fast.
Ten minutes later, we started getting more customers, so my mind was obviously on customers. I did keep my eyes open for the guy in case he finally came back, but when he did, he came through the aisle really fast and something seemed off about him now.
"I'm going to go make a quick phone call, I'll be right back!" he said rapidly.
I said okay and he started walking quickly down the action-Alley of registers and headed towards the front doors. I then realized he had his jacket zipped like he was cold. I automatically thought to myself, those security bars are going to go off. Sure enough, they did. Then the guy who was watching electronics that night, had chased after him.
"What the f@#$?" I heard the thief say, "You can't accuse me of stealing!"
Obviously this guy doesn't understand that if someone physically sees you stealing something, they can say something. He obviously also doesn't understand if you have an oddly shaped tumor on your chest (not to mention tweaking beyond belief) and walking quickly out of the stare and acting as if you're trying not to get caught... I think we have enough evidence to believe you're stealing something. Oh, and you can't forget the security alarm going off!
If you're going to play stupid in an activity that may require you to be smart, just give up now. There's a 100% chance you will not succeed. So please, save you and your local Walmart the trouble and be a decent respectful human being. But anyways, that was my first encounter with someone stealing something.
