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we had TERRIBLE store security. by that I mean, I think as a cost savings measure they were only there about 4 days a week, and even then they never seemed as good as I was at spotting shoplifters (but that's probably because i shoplifted A LOT and was very successful as a teen).
so, I took it upon myself, sometimes even when they were there, to stop shoplifters. i found it fun and challenging. as such, i commonly stopped people in the act and instead of making a huge deal out of it (letting them get the product out of the store then having to stop them and have the cops come) i'd tell them to hand the shit over to me then i'd kick them out of the store and tell them to never come back.
sooooooooooooooo...there was this guy that used to come in all the time. he wasn't a theif, but he never bought anything and he'd always be looking for promo shit that we'd give out, which is fine. but one day, we had just got some promo CDs and stickers and he came and basically just scooped them all up and put them in his bag. i already didn't like this dude because he just had air of douchebaggery. so, after i saw him put all this promo shit in his bag, i approached him and asked him, nicely at first, to put ost of that shit back...that it wasn't for him to just take it all just because it was free but it was so many people had the opportunity to enjoy it. he argued back at me and eventually i kicked him out of the store.
next day i come to work i get called into the managers office and my manager, who was super cool and my homie, told me dude complained to corporate. of course he lied and said i swore at him (i didn't) and put my hands on him (i didn't, there were witnesses) and he asked for 100 dollar gift card for his troubles. i told my manager what really happened and he tried to ride for me but corporate decided to fire me (after workin there for 4 years and being the best employee especially when it came to helping customers either with finding music they wanted OR recommending new stuff - of course corporate didn't know that or care) because I KICKED HIM OUT OF THE STORE. that was a violation of policy because only managers or security staff can kick patrons out.
fuck i was salty because it was common practice and i saved the company 10's of thousands of dollars over my time there stopping shoplifters...my manager even knew and was happy i did it.
in hindsight, it set in motion the rest of my professional life and for that i'm grateful in hindsight, but man, i loved that job.
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