Theft or just a bit cheeky?

[LuckyLou7]

My colleague (Healthcare) brags about scamming the self scan machine at supermarkets and how she's taken plants/garden furniture/electrical goods/clothes - all without paying.
etc.

We care for the most vulnerable people. I have reported her. But now?I'm the bad guy.

Totally theft!

Theft

Theft. No question about it.

How is it anything OTHER than theft?

Theft! When you said scamming the self service I thought you meant the odd chocolate bar or something, which is still theft but not quite as blatant. Furniture!?

Agree it’s theft. I also thought you were saying your colleague was called Healthcare for a moment. I like it

A bit cheeky?! How on earth could it be 'just a bit cheeky'?

Reported her to whom?
Definitely theft and definitely something I wouldn't brag about!

Blatant theft. Who have you reported her to? The police or her work?

Who have you reported her to?

It's shop lifting. Definitely theft.

It's because of people like her that prices are high so the shops can 'recover' some value of stolen goods.

I’m confused. Firstly, how could anyone think this was ‘a bit cheeky’ and secondly what does her job have to do with? Who exactly have you reported her to and with what evidence?

If she is so open about stealing from a shop, who knows what she may be taking from the people she is looking after.
Well done OP for protecting these vulnerable people.

Who have you reported her to? And why are you now the bad guy? Does she know that you have reported her?

Course it’s theft. Did you report to the police or your professional body?

It is theft but I wouldn't have reported her to your employers, I'm assuming that's who you told. You had no proof.

How can you take electrical goods and garden furniture through the self scanner without paying? I've heard of people scanning through their avocados as carrots but not a garden table.

How on earth could this be ‘just a bit cheeky’?

The OP said they are in a caring profession, so yes, who knows if that person doesn’t steal just from Asda/Tesco’s/etc but also from the vulnerable people they care for?

OP, it’s theft. I thought you’d say about the new hobby of collecting broken piece of plants from garden centres and grow plants from them.

A bit cheeky?

Definitely theft

Theft. No question about it. Look up the legal definition if anyone says you're the bad guy.

Brazen shoplifting

Theft but what does her job have to do with anything, did you report her to her work?

Theft but what does her job have to do with anything, did you report her to her work?

If shes buying for clients, shoplifting and pocketing the cash then that makes it a work issue

To work in healthcare, you have to have a clean DBS.