Home Depot is really bad about this, and it’s one of the few times I’m actually on the store’s side. Went to buy a drill and driver set a few months ago, and had to get an associate to unlock the cage, cool, annoying but they actually had someone working nearby. Went to take it from him, and he pulled back and goes, “Are you finished shopping? If not, I can either leave it with the cashier at the registers, or you’ll have to come back and get me so I can walk it to the register for you.”
Apparently power tool theft has gotten so bad, new HD stores are being designed so there’s only one entry/exit into and out of the tool section. And it sucks, because I’ve been there and had employees tell me a guy just walked out with 15 different power tools, without paying, and bolted in their car before police could arrive.
I used to work at a grocery store. We weren’t allowed to chase shoplifters out of the store because someone got shot one time at one of the many stores in the chain.
I also worked as a to-go person packaging and delivering to-go orders at a popular restaurant chain. Anyone bringing food to cars had to wear a necklace under their shirt with a panic button in case we got kidnapped. It would call the police immediately.
A few people are assholes, and they ruin it for all the decent people.
Home Depot is really bad about this, and it’s one of the few times I’m actually on the store’s side. Went to buy a drill and driver set a few months ago, and had to get an associate to unlock the cage, cool, annoying but they actually had someone working nearby. Went to take it from him, and he pulled back and goes, “Are you finished shopping? If not, I can either leave it with the cashier at the registers, or you’ll have to come back and get me so I can walk it to the register for you.”
Apparently power tool theft has gotten so bad, new HD stores are being designed so there’s only one entry/exit into and out of the tool section. And it sucks, because I’ve been there and had employees tell me a guy just walked out with 15 different power tools, without paying, and bolted in their car before police could arrive.
I used to work at a grocery store. We weren’t allowed to chase shoplifters out of the store because someone got shot one time at one of the many stores in the chain.
I also worked as a to-go person packaging and delivering to-go orders at a popular restaurant chain. Anyone bringing food to cars had to wear a necklace under their shirt with a panic button in case we got kidnapped. It would call the police immediately.
A few people are assholes, and they ruin it for all the decent people.