It’s getting worse out here. Everyone is getting desperate. I’ve been in some sort of retail for 30 years now, everything from worker, to owner and back down to worker again, and I’ve never seen people so aggressive about theft.
The other day, a group of three men, all much larger than I am, filled their shopping carts with expensive items and then pushed them out to their cars. I sell $200 bags of specialty dog food, so this was a huge hit.
Later we were asked “How did you try to stop them?”
We did not. We will never die for dog food on the wages you pay us. But the thieves are becoming scarier, and I’m getting out of retail. I’m too small and old for this now. A 5’4” middle aged woman who weighs less than some of the dogs that come in is no deterrent. 🫡