Failed Distraction

A few days ago, there was some fuss over someone trying to walk out of the store with some stuff. Things like this do (unfortunately) happen on occasion, so I didn't pay too much attention until I saw the basket of items.

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~ I was checking most of the day, so I missed the majority of what happened with the shoplifter. It was only once they pushed the basket full of what they tried to walk out with up to the service desk that it struck me as to how ballsy people are. From there, I found out that it was a joint effort between a man and a woman and that the two, main items that they were trying to steal were $400 vacuum cleaners. Everything else amounted to over $2,000 of housewares items. Pretty awesome, right? And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for one pesky store employee.

From what I was told, one of our employees (I'll call her Tabitha) was standing near the exit to the store when the thieves wanted to leave. Because of this, the woman hurried up to Tabitha and told her that she was having an emergency. The woman thief then proceeded to coax her away from the door for assistance in finding a phone to use. She really must not have been very convincing and the man thief must have been too impatient, because as he tried to slide by a not-completely-distracted Tabitha, he did not go unnoticed. They bolted out the door when they saw her lay eyes on the basket and asked to see a receipt. Because none of it was in bags, there's no way they could even try to pretend that they had bought it. Its a bummer that they got away, but the store still has security cameras. They'll be recognized next time.

Tabitha is also preggers, and because of that awesome catch, some of the women from the front-end of the store plan on throwing a mini baby shower for her. Its not every day someone catches something that outrageous and they understandably want to show their appreciation. Unfortunately I have no idea what to get her...