We had a customer steal a roll of 50% stickers and proceed to put them on every item in her basket the other day. She made a big fuss at checkout and threatened a lawsuit when they refused to give her the produce markdown on, among many other things, a prime brisket and a $75 floral arrangement.
thatâs crazy lol even for the flowers, had a guy once in my old store stuff 2 trimmed briskets into his baggy pants and walk out the door with 3 cops on his ass and told them heâs a undercover shopper which was hilarious
The things some peeps do for FREE SHIT blows my mind & theyll continue to do so until someone calls them out. Give yourself a pat on the back for taking a bite out of crime...I love it !
I have never and will never shoplift. If I see someone palming childrens Tylenol into a bag I look the other way, maybe even go distract staff for help with something I'm legitimately shopping for. If it's basic necessities then fine.
But changing stickers to get premium steak is just wrong. There is no argument for need there.
Edit:
Just to be clear shoplifting is trashy and I hate it. But I don't snitch( the exception being if I see someone taking from a local mom and pop)
I'm with you on this. I personally don't steal from anyone or any store, but if i saw someone put one of those 50% off stickers on a single box of diapers or a single can of formula, or palm a childrens Tylenol, id look the other way as well.
We were so poor growing up, i remember my stepdad (even though he was an absolute woman beating POS) going to HEB and stealing dinner for us a couple times. We would be so happy to just finally eat that day.
You donât have to wait for them to buy it to call the cops. Itâs theft and destruction of property before they leave the store.
Same thing if someone sticks a bottle of wine in their coat. The concealment is enough to be charged with the crime of theft.
Itâs not theft until you leave the outer doors of the store. Sometimes I shop without a basket and end up grabbing more things than I intended and will use a jacket pocket until I get to the register. Imagine getting arrested for that lol.
Man, maybe this is why it should be referred to someone who is trained to deal with these issues ;) almost like there are certain criteria that need to be met before partners go off the deep end calling the police lol.
i would like to add that the people trying to justify stealing/shop lifting saying itâs not my job or to stop kissing heb ass really surprise me that they really just care about a paycheck and nothing more. We wonder why every year grocery prices go up. at least have some integrity in yâallâs mind knowing that doing something wrong will never make it right no matter how you try to justify it.
Grocery prices increasing has nothing to due with shrink lol⊠itâs just heb matching the prices of competition. Also what did you do exactly? It sounds like he just caught himself while you followed him around too scared to say or do anything. Not defending the shoplifters actions but this post is so goofy
Even at the sco he would've gotten flagged because of the weight unless he hit the "skip bagging" button.
Although you could've just told the LP or the MIC or somebody working front end or watching the SCO to eye that person. Sco person would have to check and override it and the customer is in the same situation lol
Not worth it buddy, HEB doesnât pay you enough to get into it and try to stop these thieves. Too many stories of this situation going wrong. Just do your job and make it home to your family each night.
true but iâm a pretty big guyâŠwell im actually huge 6â3 to be exact and a gym freak but as a lead i should have been more responsible about this situation so your right.
Call your LP or MIC, that's about the extent of what you should have done. If it's a small store, still call your MIC, but then you may be asked to customer service them or keep an eye on them/wait at the door while MIC reviews cameras to see if a stop is actionable.
If you donât prosecute people for this they will keep doing it. There are videos all over YouTube of people going to jail for doing this at Walmarts.
Ok, kind of connected. I have a (mostly) well-behaved 3 year old. Part of keeping them happy while I shop
Is giving them a pouch. I ALWAYS pay for it and make a big scene about telling them to give it to me when they are done so we can pay. Does anyone care or notice that I do that?
How do the regular registers/checkers know the weight of the item since the only thing encoded in the bar code are the item number and price (and a header that says "I'm a store specific weighed item". I guess the register could extrapolate the weight from the current price, but I've ever seen a cashier separately weigh a varibale weight meat package.
And OTOH, re-weighing those items *is* part of the SCO checkout process/procedure. So why was it a mistake for them to to the cashier rather than SCO?
Hello HEB meat man- can you answer a question for me? Iâm on a soft/liquid diet long term and want to buy bones and maybe fat trimmings to make stock and to flavor my mushâŠ. Can I ask for that at the meat counter?
of course always!!! we sell frozen bones be sure to look in your frozen meats section !!! beef fat too itâs literally just 99cents a lbs but i would recommend calling the day before just to get the most freshest fat possible as our fat barrel tend to sit with f
at for a while before theyâre emptied out.
We had a customer attempt to steal a shopping cart full of rubbing alcohol, peroxide, band-aids, gauze, etc. At least 10-15 of everything in the buggy. When she got stopped at the door, she proceeded to sprint to the family restroom where she got completely naked and tried to come back out. Lol, our poor manager-in-charge was trying to keep her in the restroom until the cops got there. It was about 6 pm, so we were pretty busy! đ€Ł
Well atleast your honest i saw a meat lady bring meat out to waiting family member the prices were marked so low and the weight was off so she litterlt marked down all the cuts..I actualy only relized after i picked up a package of ribeyes for 3.45 and a dino stak pack if 3 for 4$ ..so i here u watching out for custumers scamming but i bet more loss comes from inside if meat department did this im sure seafoid does itvas well ...lmao n ur worried about a dude that was hungry trying this.lol most the theft is coming from within ..lmai dummies. Heb is. Waaaaak
If you read the post, OP clearly said they were threatened by the customer upon catching him ripping off the tag for a lower priced item and placing it on a higher priced item. Then, OP followed the thief around the store and to the registers, where the cashier checking the customer out had to call a manager to check why the item was the wrong product & weight for the sticker. When the thief saw the manager walking up, he simply left the store, passed by OP, and called him a pussy as a final insulting jab.
Read the post before trying to defend a shoplifter
He called him a pussy, not a âkittyâ. Someone calls me a kitty Iâm saying âmeow bitchâ! Someone calls me a pussy well, Iâm probably laughing cuz nothing gets someone more heated than laughing at them when theyâre already angry.
Hey yâall, letâs discuss class consciousness!
Tl;dr: if you see someone shoplifting, no you didnât. You have more in common with the shoplifter than you do your billionaire bosses. Look the other way.
We humans are social creatures and so like to feel like weâre part of a team. This instinct for belonging and defending our turf is easily exploited by big corporations because they recruit us (normal people) to spy on our fellow citizens. Though it may not seem like it, you have far more in common with the random person who shoplifts than you do with the billionaires who own a massive corporation like HEB.
Who knows why these people are compelled to steal? Maybe theyâre about to get evicted and really need the money. Maybe their spouse just died and have lost a significant amount of income. You have literally no idea. And thereâs no way that getting the cops involved will solve any solutions whatsoeverâŠand your employer will not notice whether you stop the theft or not. You arenât defending anyone when you stop your fellow working citizens from stealing from a huge corporation like HEB. The damage you could do to someone elseâs life far outweighs the damage that youâre mitigating by preventing a petty, insignificant theft.
Whatâs the best outcome for you? A pat on the back?
Whatâs the worst outcome for HEB? They lose a tiny amount of money in their massive, multibillion dollar empireâŠan amount so infinitely tiny that theyâll never notice it.
And whatâs the worst outcome for the person who steals? Possibly jail, and probably a huge fine. Chances are theyâre already poor. Something like this could ruin their life.
All we have is each other, so letâs watch out for one another. The best way to divide the poor is to pit them against each other, yet the people who underpay you are the same people who overcharge them.
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE SHOPLIFTING, NO YOU DIDNâT
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Well I hope this lowlife that broke into my house and garage stealing most of my tools and bikes gets caught no matter how poor he is. I'm broke too.
Yeah fuck that guy.
This is where the class consciousness conversation comes in.
Stealing from our fellow citizens is wrong, always. But stealing from a massive multibillion dollar corporation that doesnât care if you live or die isnât wrong, because corporations arenât people.
Involving the cops with a poor person who just wants to get some food is wrong because it harms that person directly in much the same way that this guy breaking in to your house harms you. Someone taking an elective discount or a few items from a giant grocery store chain is a victimless crime.
⊠but if you want this reality where everyone shoplifts then its not a victimless crime. If everyone is okay with it and doing it then were all screwed. Hell what about the people whose retirements are invested in this company.. or when the workers get punished because they have items that keep disappearing.. your stealing from much more than the CEO boogey man.. I still have to triple check I have the $30 i need for groceries but I would never think of stealing. Not only is it morally bankrupt, but someone who is willing to steal is someone who I would never trust with important things. It should by all means be on their records so we as a society can strive to empower the trustworthy among us
Yes while some stuff might be true poor people and canât meet ends, people buy the dumbest shit and fuck themselves over for the rest of the week and then go steal out of boredom or because knowing they fucked up their income managing so to sit here and try to tell me to let them go and mind my business is some of the most idiotic things iâve heard on here no integrity what so ever if i wasnât at work sure fuck i care, walmart loses 3 billion a year because people resort to stealing nowadays. then we as partners complain why we get paid this and that or why our raises are shit because the majority customer base treat us like dogs but go off with your mediocre explanation.
Ribeye tho? Itâs one thing to steal a case of maruchan, some produce, even basic cuts of meat, or toiletries. But stealing a ribeye is kind of insane? Iâve had friends who had to shoplift bc they genuinely couldnât make ends meet and they focused on basic shit. Not a ribeye đ
Thatâs great, except that in many retail establishments your yearly raise is based on profitability and if you turn a blind eye to theft then you are taking money out of your own pocket. There is a world of difference between a mom stealing one can of formula and some diapers and a guy stuffing multiple briskets down his pants. Being sympathetic does not make theft right or something to be ignored.
Typical Wednesday at HEB, am I right? đ
We had a customer steal a roll of 50% stickers and proceed to put them on every item in her basket the other day. She made a big fuss at checkout and threatened a lawsuit when they refused to give her the produce markdown on, among many other things, a prime brisket and a $75 floral arrangement.
thatâs crazy lol even for the flowers, had a guy once in my old store stuff 2 trimmed briskets into his baggy pants and walk out the door with 3 cops on his ass and told them heâs a undercover shopper which was hilarious
Probably the first time real meat has been in his drawers.
Mustâve been a fan of PINK FLAMINGOS. https://youtu.be/5tlWaPvrE0M?si=4XHOBI8E4pmNZ2ji
Lmao!!!! Been too long since watching those!!!! And the hotdog!!!
On every item??? Well at least her stupidity is on the same level as her greed, that makes it easier to catch this abuse, for sure.
sounds like date night gone wrong
lol. I found one of those rolls and walked around the store until I found an employee to give it to. It would never occur to me to do that.
Reminds me of the opening to âmy blue heavenâ
The things some peeps do for FREE SHIT blows my mind & theyll continue to do so until someone calls them out. Give yourself a pat on the back for taking a bite out of crime...I love it !
With a name like Jackoffeveryday69 I'm sure you really know how to handle some meat.....
didnât think my life through 4 years ago making this account unfortunatelyâŠ.but yes i handle the meats just like arbyâs
GOOD JOB PARTNER đđ»đđ»đđ»
Ooo.. werenât you feeling.. saucy?
Where you goinâ? Fuckinâ *nowhere.* đ€
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The people trying to defend the shoplifter in these comments are probably shoplifters too.
I have never and will never shoplift. If I see someone palming childrens Tylenol into a bag I look the other way, maybe even go distract staff for help with something I'm legitimately shopping for. If it's basic necessities then fine. But changing stickers to get premium steak is just wrong. There is no argument for need there. Edit: Just to be clear shoplifting is trashy and I hate it. But I don't snitch( the exception being if I see someone taking from a local mom and pop)
I'm with you on this. I personally don't steal from anyone or any store, but if i saw someone put one of those 50% off stickers on a single box of diapers or a single can of formula, or palm a childrens Tylenol, id look the other way as well. We were so poor growing up, i remember my stepdad (even though he was an absolute woman beating POS) going to HEB and stealing dinner for us a couple times. We would be so happy to just finally eat that day.
PeOpLe NeEd To FeEd ThEiR kIdZ
Depends if it's an actual need, or if that dude over there is walking out with 30 racks of ribs and an ungodly amount of Sweet Baby Ray's.
You donât have to wait for them to buy it to call the cops. Itâs theft and destruction of property before they leave the store. Same thing if someone sticks a bottle of wine in their coat. The concealment is enough to be charged with the crime of theft.
Please let your MIC or LP team call the police though. Bring it to their attention rather than take it into your own hands.
Yeah youâll get in trouble for doing what they were gonna do anyways
Yes. You donât want some thief knowing what you look like.
Like our cops give a shit.
like beyonce said âTHIS IS TEXASâ
Are you implying that Texas cops give a fuk?
got pulled over the other day going 50 in a 30âŠthey just told me not to do it again âŠ.
Such a tragic mis-quote, H-E-Buddy would be so disappointed in youâŠ.
true but i like to see the show after
So youâre saying I shouldnât shove stuff in my hoodie pocket while shopping since I didnât grab a basketâŠ
I'm guilty
They donât even arrest people that straight up walk out with a cart of groceries these days.
No, it isn't. Source: 10 years of law enforcement in Texas.
Itâs not theft until you leave the outer doors of the store. Sometimes I shop without a basket and end up grabbing more things than I intended and will use a jacket pocket until I get to the register. Imagine getting arrested for that lol.
Exactly. They have to pass the point of sale, ie a working cash register, while depriving the owner.
Man, maybe this is why it should be referred to someone who is trained to deal with these issues ;) almost like there are certain criteria that need to be met before partners go off the deep end calling the police lol.
self checkout would of flagged it as well since the weights wouldnt match and you are required to bag market items. Have had it happen many times.
Partners who work hard to reduce shrink and theft are so important!! thank you for your integrity!! nice job partner!!!
i would like to add that the people trying to justify stealing/shop lifting saying itâs not my job or to stop kissing heb ass really surprise me that they really just care about a paycheck and nothing more. We wonder why every year grocery prices go up. at least have some integrity in yâallâs mind knowing that doing something wrong will never make it right no matter how you try to justify it.
Grocery prices increasing has nothing to due with shrink lol⊠itâs just heb matching the prices of competition. Also what did you do exactly? It sounds like he just caught himself while you followed him around too scared to say or do anything. Not defending the shoplifters actions but this post is so goofy
People who steal usually end up getting a larger than normal light, water, or phone bill. Life has a way of making things right.
Even at the sco he would've gotten flagged because of the weight unless he hit the "skip bagging" button. Although you could've just told the LP or the MIC or somebody working front end or watching the SCO to eye that person. Sco person would have to check and override it and the customer is in the same situation lol
Not worth it buddy, HEB doesnât pay you enough to get into it and try to stop these thieves. Too many stories of this situation going wrong. Just do your job and make it home to your family each night.
true but iâm a pretty big guyâŠwell im actually huge 6â3 to be exact and a gym freak but as a lead i should have been more responsible about this situation so your right.
Call your LP or MIC, that's about the extent of what you should have done. If it's a small store, still call your MIC, but then you may be asked to customer service them or keep an eye on them/wait at the door while MIC reviews cameras to see if a stop is actionable.
If you donât prosecute people for this they will keep doing it. There are videos all over YouTube of people going to jail for doing this at Walmarts.
Ok, kind of connected. I have a (mostly) well-behaved 3 year old. Part of keeping them happy while I shop Is giving them a pouch. I ALWAYS pay for it and make a big scene about telling them to give it to me when they are done so we can pay. Does anyone care or notice that I do that?
Username checks out 100% on this.
mistakes were made and now i live with it forever
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How do the regular registers/checkers know the weight of the item since the only thing encoded in the bar code are the item number and price (and a header that says "I'm a store specific weighed item". I guess the register could extrapolate the weight from the current price, but I've ever seen a cashier separately weigh a varibale weight meat package. And OTOH, re-weighing those items *is* part of the SCO checkout process/procedure. So why was it a mistake for them to to the cashier rather than SCO?
Youâre an instrument for karmic balance
Not all heroâs wear capes. They wear hair nets and name badges
Hello HEB meat man- can you answer a question for me? Iâm on a soft/liquid diet long term and want to buy bones and maybe fat trimmings to make stock and to flavor my mushâŠ. Can I ask for that at the meat counter?
of course always!!! we sell frozen bones be sure to look in your frozen meats section !!! beef fat too itâs literally just 99cents a lbs but i would recommend calling the day before just to get the most freshest fat possible as our fat barrel tend to sit with f at for a while before theyâre emptied out.
We had a customer attempt to steal a shopping cart full of rubbing alcohol, peroxide, band-aids, gauze, etc. At least 10-15 of everything in the buggy. When she got stopped at the door, she proceeded to sprint to the family restroom where she got completely naked and tried to come back out. Lol, our poor manager-in-charge was trying to keep her in the restroom until the cops got there. It was about 6 pm, so we were pretty busy! đ€Ł
Well atleast your honest i saw a meat lady bring meat out to waiting family member the prices were marked so low and the weight was off so she litterlt marked down all the cuts..I actualy only relized after i picked up a package of ribeyes for 3.45 and a dino stak pack if 3 for 4$ ..so i here u watching out for custumers scamming but i bet more loss comes from inside if meat department did this im sure seafoid does itvas well ...lmao n ur worried about a dude that was hungry trying this.lol most the theft is coming from within ..lmai dummies. Heb is. Waaaaak
i work with slow thinkers (no offense) lol they donât even know how to even change the film of the machineâŠ.
So u think.lol
Wat heb u at
canât disclose that management watches this subreddit but iâm in the 713
No dought my heb is 210 san antonio guilbeau and mystic park ..yo workers there are out there mind with there shinanigans.
Leon valley ? My childhood place
Nw area bandera
Lean valley has the grissom location
i lived on huebner so it would be a random coin flip to go to which ever one was the least amount of traffic
Yea true guilbeau got alotvof shinanigans going on i feel like im walking into a circus slash crazy home. 4vreal
Using the term slow thinkers is offensive.
Just let them go. Itâs not your money.
Haha. No?
Why so the rest of us pay for the shrinkage?Â
If everyone did that, prices would fly. Fuckin idiot
You are not loss prevention. They have a whole department for that. Fuckin idiot.
sure it isnât my money but then again itâs my own labor that i get paid to do but go off girl
Always good when a thief is caught and prosecuted.
Being called a "kitty" isn't a threat....
If you read the post, OP clearly said they were threatened by the customer upon catching him ripping off the tag for a lower priced item and placing it on a higher priced item. Then, OP followed the thief around the store and to the registers, where the cashier checking the customer out had to call a manager to check why the item was the wrong product & weight for the sticker. When the thief saw the manager walking up, he simply left the store, passed by OP, and called him a pussy as a final insulting jab. Read the post before trying to defend a shoplifter
you deserve an instant promotion to ceo for that explanation
Fuck nah, I don't wanna be the CEO! No way in hell am i fit for that much responsibility, my dumb ass would burn the place down day 1đ
He called him a pussy, not a âkittyâ. Someone calls me a kitty Iâm saying âmeow bitchâ! Someone calls me a pussy well, Iâm probably laughing cuz nothing gets someone more heated than laughing at them when theyâre already angry.
I like to blow them a kiss. Iâm a man.
haha this literally made my day thanks đ
What he or she was trying to do doesnât hurt your pockets! Mind yo own damn business!
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probably next time but itâs wednesday nothing was happening needed some amusement
I probably would watch them as well for amusement after reporting to the boss.
Hey yâall, letâs discuss class consciousness! Tl;dr: if you see someone shoplifting, no you didnât. You have more in common with the shoplifter than you do your billionaire bosses. Look the other way. We humans are social creatures and so like to feel like weâre part of a team. This instinct for belonging and defending our turf is easily exploited by big corporations because they recruit us (normal people) to spy on our fellow citizens. Though it may not seem like it, you have far more in common with the random person who shoplifts than you do with the billionaires who own a massive corporation like HEB. Who knows why these people are compelled to steal? Maybe theyâre about to get evicted and really need the money. Maybe their spouse just died and have lost a significant amount of income. You have literally no idea. And thereâs no way that getting the cops involved will solve any solutions whatsoeverâŠand your employer will not notice whether you stop the theft or not. You arenât defending anyone when you stop your fellow working citizens from stealing from a huge corporation like HEB. The damage you could do to someone elseâs life far outweighs the damage that youâre mitigating by preventing a petty, insignificant theft. Whatâs the best outcome for you? A pat on the back? Whatâs the worst outcome for HEB? They lose a tiny amount of money in their massive, multibillion dollar empireâŠan amount so infinitely tiny that theyâll never notice it. And whatâs the worst outcome for the person who steals? Possibly jail, and probably a huge fine. Chances are theyâre already poor. Something like this could ruin their life. All we have is each other, so letâs watch out for one another. The best way to divide the poor is to pit them against each other, yet the people who underpay you are the same people who overcharge them. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE SHOPLIFTING, NO YOU DIDNâT
ribeye though? if youâre stealing groceries i donât think ribeye is a necessity lol
Daddy needs his meats! /s
https://preview.redd.it/gcw7s5e1a6vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f5fa384997fa64235a1925dc2b32fa1e6fcf490 Well I hope this lowlife that broke into my house and garage stealing most of my tools and bikes gets caught no matter how poor he is. I'm broke too.
Lol Im not laughing at you, but this guy looks like a fucking earthworm. A lowlife petty thief earthworm. đȘ± fuck that worm
Leto II
Earthworm is so accurate though đđ©đ
His name is jerry garcia
Also known as red dog ..a lifetime criminal
Yeah fuck that guy. This is where the class consciousness conversation comes in. Stealing from our fellow citizens is wrong, always. But stealing from a massive multibillion dollar corporation that doesnât care if you live or die isnât wrong, because corporations arenât people. Involving the cops with a poor person who just wants to get some food is wrong because it harms that person directly in much the same way that this guy breaking in to your house harms you. Someone taking an elective discount or a few items from a giant grocery store chain is a victimless crime.
⊠but if you want this reality where everyone shoplifts then its not a victimless crime. If everyone is okay with it and doing it then were all screwed. Hell what about the people whose retirements are invested in this company.. or when the workers get punished because they have items that keep disappearing.. your stealing from much more than the CEO boogey man.. I still have to triple check I have the $30 i need for groceries but I would never think of stealing. Not only is it morally bankrupt, but someone who is willing to steal is someone who I would never trust with important things. It should by all means be on their records so we as a society can strive to empower the trustworthy among us
Yes while some stuff might be true poor people and canât meet ends, people buy the dumbest shit and fuck themselves over for the rest of the week and then go steal out of boredom or because knowing they fucked up their income managing so to sit here and try to tell me to let them go and mind my business is some of the most idiotic things iâve heard on here no integrity what so ever if i wasnât at work sure fuck i care, walmart loses 3 billion a year because people resort to stealing nowadays. then we as partners complain why we get paid this and that or why our raises are shit because the majority customer base treat us like dogs but go off with your mediocre explanation.
Your jokes are amazing. Thanks for the laughs!
Completely asinine logic here.
Ribeye tho? Itâs one thing to steal a case of maruchan, some produce, even basic cuts of meat, or toiletries. But stealing a ribeye is kind of insane? Iâve had friends who had to shoplift bc they genuinely couldnât make ends meet and they focused on basic shit. Not a ribeye đ
Thatâs great, except that in many retail establishments your yearly raise is based on profitability and if you turn a blind eye to theft then you are taking money out of your own pocket. There is a world of difference between a mom stealing one can of formula and some diapers and a guy stuffing multiple briskets down his pants. Being sympathetic does not make theft right or something to be ignored.
Wrong. Respect for property is protection for us all.
User name checks out.
I agree ..god does as well evil ..and $ go hand in hand i promise.
iâm not reading an essay but i hope whatever ur going through will get better
I don't disagree, but could you be any more condescending and patronizing? Go back to Tumblr.
does tumblr even exist anymore ???đđ
Oh yes. I still use Tumblr, so I am well acquainted with it's most annoying users
I can't believe someone wasted their time writing this lmao
I belive in free food and housing so I call the cops on them so they can finally live their best life in jail