Robbing from Tesco with impunity *edited by MNHQ*

That's not normal

Which Tesco's please?

You want to check out what is happening in California. ( and Oxford Street 😳) Horrific.
I'm really glad I am old and will be dead soon, I don’t want to live in the New Barbarism.

Because large swathes are entitled wasters who think they have a right to do as the please. As the police have been cut and as supermarkets invariably don't employ trained security guards anymore you have a perfect storm when it comes to shoplifting. Can't blame the staff for not intervening, their just above min wage jobs aren't worth risking their lives for (sounds dramatic but let's be honest plenty of aforementioned wasters who do nothing but drain society rather than add to it are likely carrying knives); but it is indeed sad that we don't have a large enough police force anymore to actually address crime and stop it.

This will be in the newspaper in a few days 🤣

3 bottles of spirits would be like £50? Peanuts to Tesco’s. I wouldn’t be challenging them either from how you have described them!

Interesting to read this post in juxtaposition with the autostic teenager arrested by 6 officers for saying that one of them looked like a lesbian like her Nan.

Do you expect staff to risk their own well-being to stop a theft from a multinational conglomerate?

Sadly, the police don’t often have the resources to pursue shop theft under £200 and so these people are therefore left to it with all of us paying the higher prices to cover the loss.

It’s a sad state of affairs really.

Ah that’s right. Peanuts to Tescos. Price rices for all the suckers that actually pay for their shopping. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

The police seem to have the resources to police language though. Welcome to 1984.

Perhaps you should have 'challenged' the shoplifters instead of the staff? Or didn't you think it worth risking your safety? The staff at Tesco probably think the same about protecting themselves.

This happens regularly in our local Boots (otherwise pleasant, very community-minded outer London suburb).

I was listening to this on the radio the other day apparently shops are now only tackling theft over £200 and repeat offenders due to violence and lack of action

Thieves basically have free rein now.

This country doesn't have a single service that works any more.

And we still pay the price.

Yes, because a 100% true story that someone posted on a forum means the whole world is heading towards barbarism.

But how much would Tesco have to pay if a staff member went off sick after being attacked by these 3 guys?

@Allthegoodnamesarechosen

Have you any links. I'd be interested to read about it.

We are not allowed to approach shop lifters for our own safety. Always been tesco policy. We had 2 men fill bags with 1.2k worth of alcohol this week and just run out the store. We have 1 security guard, but thieves know he does late shift so come bright and early.

What happens when the security tags on the stolen bottles set off the alarms?

I find it hard to believe that Tesco can't be more pro-active.

If these yobs are coming in 'every morning' then why not keep spirits in a secure locked area or keep the shelves unstocked until they've been in.

The manager needs to be speaking to Head Office about this. He needs to ask for an increase in his budget to employ security staff. That would pay for itself.

Your OP is ridiculous. Nobody thinks it's a human right to steal 🙄Rather Tesco quite rightly do not expect their staff to risk their lives over a couple bottles of booze.

Is there a high rate of crime in the area? Police forces have had to deal with massive cuts under this government. It does seem crazy they won't take care of this but perhaps they have a lot more serious cases to deal with.

Nothing.

It's not worth the risk of having a staff member attacked or hurt just to save £50 worth of vodka from being taken.

I saw this happen at co op too. A group of teenagers were stealing sandwiches and sweets from the front of the store, I told the staff on checkouts and they told me there was nothing anyone could do. It’s fair enough as the staff shouldn’t be expected to tackle thieves, but is a bit crazy!