Just that really. In the supermarket today the theft alarm sounded as I pushed my shopping trolley through the door. I had bought an iron and assumed that was the culprit so I turned back, spoke to the security guy who checked my receipt then I left the store.
The aibu part is that the alarm didn’t sound as I left for the second time. The security guy had said to not mind the alarm again as I left. When it didn’t sound, it sort of came to me immediately what had happened…
On my first exit attempt a couple with a child were standing right by the doorway, almost blocking it. I vaguely thought it was a bit odd to block the doors like that and I suppose there was something about them/the scene that seemed off, but I was just in my own world doing my shopping. The woman was wearing a really large hoody with a massive hood totally flopping over the sides of her face and was the one pushing the trolley. Child in shopping trolley sitting on the items inside.
The whole receipt check took seconds, but they had disappeared when I left and weren’t visible in the smallish car park. For people who were massively lingering, they ended up disappearing very quickly.
Any supermarket workers familiar with this kind of con? I thought it was interesting in that I reacted exactly as they anticipated and their timing must be spot on. I also thought it interesting that my mind suddenly knew exactly what had happened even though I wasn’t paying attention. Those peripheral things had subconsciously niggled and as soon as I walked back through the doors I could see it all.
Has anyone else inadvertently abetted a con?