• Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Man, when I worked retail in the 90s, we were TOLD to follow known shoplifters and would-be shoplifters, deter them, and even stop them before leaving.

    Yeah but did you work in a country that has sensible gun laws? It sounds like the person you reply to is from the US, and I sure as hell would not try to stop a thief if I have to assume they might as well have a shotgun in their trousers’ leg or an assault rifle in their car.

    In the US I’d probably help them carry the product out anyways, fuck labor “laws” in the US.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 months ago

      It’s been a good while, but as I recall working the late 90s at a Target in the Midwest, I believe we were told to follow them as far as the parking lot and get the license plates if they went to a vehicle.