Shoplifting Aibu

[Evaandme]

I was in Home Bargains this morning and witnessed someone put a bottle of wine down his jacket and walk out. The staff happened to walk round the corner and see as he put it in there but they didn’t say anything and let him leave. They were discussing it after around other customers and saying a man with a pram with no child came in with a blanket over the pram was doing it and that It’s happening all the time at the minute.

I thought staff challenge people when they’ve witnessed them shoplifting? Surely discussing it and letting people walk away will just encourage more shoplifting

And you want untrained people on minimum wage to do this?

They probably didn’t confront them for the same reason you didn’t… like like having teeth in their mouth.

Staff are encouraged not to challenge people, they are not security they are shop assistants. The amount of cases I’ve seen that have gone to court because shop assistants have been assaulted and seriously hurt after challenging the shoplifters. It’s just not worth it. I do agree they probably shouldn’t be talking about it in front of other customers but it’s probably a bit of excitement for them haha