Shoplifting

[Norman Verona]

Just seen the item on shoplifting on the news.

I know how to stop this heinous crime.

Have a Policeman at the dorrway to supermarkets who will give prizes for the person who manages to nick most.

No punishment but at least the shop owner will know how much has been nicked.

[pistonbroke]

Make all shoppers strip b*****k naked before entering the shops so they wont have to many places to hide the swag  

Fun too      

[Rob Navin]

Beating up shop lifters that were "resisting arrest" used to be one of my favorite past times when I worked in retail.

Once ended up with one that "fell" in to a canal.  

Happy days

[Norman Verona]

Over here a shoplifter would be given a "frappe en tete" as he was thrown into the Gendarmes van.

Why, oh why do we put up with it in the UK. For a Govt. thats obsessed with costs and knows the price of everything and the value of nothing will someone explain what crime costs ordinary people.

[pistonbroke]

Its all part of the "new" economy and government diversionary tactics  

[Norman Verona]

Ah, got it now. So that's OK then.

[chazpowerslide]

Slight thread drift.

When I was working in Dartford as a Restaurant Manager we had a bloke who thought he'd do a runner after running up a £50 bill (most of which was booze)

We were pretty sure he'd go for it (the ammount of booze on the bill was a dead give away but the waitress was new and hadn't worked it out untill I'd clocked the empty Stella bottles on the table) so we watched and waited for the inevitable chase to start.

When he did go for it he ran straight out of the main restaurant door but didn't quiet make it accross the road as he was run over by a taxi "En Route"

By the time I got to him he was writhing in pain in the road begging us to call an ambulance as he'd obviously broken his arm quiet badly and was bleeding heavily from his mouth and nose.

My Assistant Manager (a rather officious and efficiant sort of chap, who I'd tasked with bringing the number customers who ran off without paying down) stood on the guys broken arm and told him he'd only call an ambulance when he'd payed his bill.

I've never heard screams like it before, the guy fumbled into his jacket and got out his wallet and handed over his credit card which the waitress then took back into the restaurant, debited for £100 and asked him to sign for which duely (but painfully) he did.

One the transaction had cleared I called his ambulance for him.

We later found out from the Police that he'd got quiet a lot of previous for making off without paying and they asked us if he'd paid his bill before leaving the restaurant.

My Assistant Manager assured the Police that the bill had been paid in full and said that the guy was a good tipper to boot    

Chaz.

[spence]

This is how they should be treated. None of the nambie pambie policing we do here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....search=

[Bryan C]

Not condoning any thieving but on the radio this week was a story of a young boy in Hampshire who stole 49p worth of sweets and the BIB arrested him, fingerprinted and DNA swabbed him, gave him a verbal boll@@king and sent him home with a criminal record for the rest of his life.

Think about that when you pick up 3 points on your licence or go over the limit on your next blat.

Regards

Bryan C

[spence]

But it got their 'solved crimes' rate up and thats what counts innit.