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.

Just to clarify, it's the woman herself who describes her actions as ' a bit cheeky' - not me. Theft is theft. She doesn't scam the self-scanner with the larger items she takes, she reckons she just picks them up and walks out with them. Perhaps it's all bullshit and she's trying to impress younger colleagues. She says she deserves to have nice things and only ever steals from large companies. So that's okay then in her opinion.

For those posters who wouldn't have said anything, would you be happy knowing your vulnerable friend/relative was being cared for by someone with such a dodgy moral compass?

Did you talk to her about it before you reported her to her line manager and CQC? You really did go for the jugular. I think you also dont like her very much. I think that scamming the self check out and stealing from vulnerable people are quite different. I'm not condoning her behaviour but I think you might have also jumped the gun a bit with your response too. Perhaps there was a middle ground to talk with her first?

Just to reiterate. I am not condoning her behaviour. Are you comfortable with what you have done? If so why are you posting? Genuine curiosity.

Also you he e comedians like Micky Flanagan writing routines about this type of behaviour. You don't get them writing routines about stealing from the vulnerable. I think it a shades of grey issue. And you have no proof it's not bravado.

she's a theft, well done for reporting her.

she's looking after vulnerable people, maybe next time she will brag what she took from her patients..
shame on her

Of course it's theft!