Stopped by the Security Guard in Sainsbury's!!!
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Ok, so tonight, I nipped into my local Sainsburgs to pick up a few bits & pieces, including a Valentine's card, box o'Chocs and Marley & Me for Mrs Pilgrim (yup, last of the great romantics, me!!)and the ingredients for a slow cook beef madras, which I plan on doing tomorrow night.
With me so far? Good...
Get to the checkout, put all the stuf through, comes to about £20 - I even brought my own 'bag for life' to put it all in. Pay for said goods, exchange pleasantries with the lady on the till, then proceed to exit the shop.
At this point I heard the alarm that goes off if somebody tries to sneak a CD out the door, so pays little attention to it, only to the the security guard lumbering in my direction..
SG: Excuse me Sir....
Me: Hi, can I help?
SG: You haven't bought any MEAT this evening have you?
Me: (rather surprised) a matter of fact, I have
SG: Can I see your receipt?
Me: No problem - (it was only a £2.50 packet of basics stewing steak - you know, the stuff Jamie has been peddling on the tv)then shows him the receipt, showing alles ist firmly in ordnung!!!
SG: Hmm, ok (in that voice they do when they get pissed off 'cos I HAVEN'T stolen anything)
Me: You can go through the bag if you want - I've bought a DVD as well you know...
SG: No, that's OK...
Now, i don't have a problem with the poor old SG, after all, he was just doing his job. What appalled me is that Sainsbury's seem to be needing to electronically tag even Basic range meat!!!
I was giggling as I told the OH about this, but actually, I find it rather sad...
With me so far? Good...
Get to the checkout, put all the stuf through, comes to about £20 - I even brought my own 'bag for life' to put it all in. Pay for said goods, exchange pleasantries with the lady on the till, then proceed to exit the shop.
At this point I heard the alarm that goes off if somebody tries to sneak a CD out the door, so pays little attention to it, only to the the security guard lumbering in my direction..
SG: Excuse me Sir....
Me: Hi, can I help?
SG: You haven't bought any MEAT this evening have you?
Me: (rather surprised) a matter of fact, I have
SG: Can I see your receipt?
Me: No problem - (it was only a £2.50 packet of basics stewing steak - you know, the stuff Jamie has been peddling on the tv)then shows him the receipt, showing alles ist firmly in ordnung!!!
SG: Hmm, ok (in that voice they do when they get pissed off 'cos I HAVEN'T stolen anything)
Me: You can go through the bag if you want - I've bought a DVD as well you know...
SG: No, that's OK...
Now, i don't have a problem with the poor old SG, after all, he was just doing his job. What appalled me is that Sainsbury's seem to be needing to electronically tag even Basic range meat!!!
I was giggling as I told the OH about this, but actually, I find it rather sad...
celticpilgrim said:
Now, i don't have a problem with the poor old SG, after all, he was just doing his job. What appalled me is that Sainsbury's seem to be needing to electronically tag even Basic range meat!!!
I doubt they tag the Basic range as people don't even steal it. I suspect he might have thought you'd robbed some real meat.Happened to me a few times - I tend to buy electronic type stuff (PS3 games, computer accessories, etc), and take them through the self-scan checkouts. That means there's no checkout assistant to remove any tags that might be on them. If the tags are visible, I'll mention to someone to remove them.. but a lot of the time I'm walking out the door, expecting the alarm to go off.
The old chap that's part "greeter" and part security guard is always so polite and cheery. It's almost a pleasure to be suspected of shoplifting! Bit of banter, quick check of the receipt, and he'll go off and get any tags removed for me.
CharlieTwo said:
Probably an item with a high loss rate. From experience (as BiB) heroin addicts tend to shoplift red meat. Also a staple for our eastern european shoplifters.
Our Eastern Europeans prefer named spirits - Smirnoff, Jim bean, Jack Daniels. And salami and cheese. Always some cheese for some reason. Usually a bloody great lump of basics red cheese.gti tim said:
Meat is one of the most commonly stolen items - moreso than CDs, DVDs etc. It is easy to sell on, and has reaonable face value - think how small a £4 pack of bacon or a £8 beef joint is. As a PC i deal with more thefts of meat ( and cheese for some reason) than i do DVDs or CDs)
have you seen the price of cheese 
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