A top revenue earner shopping in Morrisons? Away with you, pretender.
Could have stopped a shoplifting? WWGDD?
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It may have been me lol
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Though of course Ocuk forums are the best
If you were in a position to trip him up then that would seem to be relatively low risk... I mean it is one thing to pounce one someone and start exchanging punches or grappling/rolling around on the floor but rather another to just passively stick a leg out and send them flying... especially if there were shop workers, security staff around nearby too.
I guess it depends on a quick assessment of the person - like at the extreme end you'd probably avoid some 6ft 6, built like a rugby forward type, complete with a boxers nose etc.. whereas a skinny little smack head type, **** it, kick them to the floor.
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I would empty out boxes of Smarties on the floor... resulting in hilarious consequences and hijinks.
Or instead of wasting good sugar, could use vitamin supplements instead. Would be the first scientifically verifiable use for themI like this idea of scattering sweets on the floor to trip them up but it's gonna have to be something more substantial...toffee poppets!
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Ha ha good one.
My mates all own shops.
They say the police are useless unless you manage to catch the guy there and then and hand everything including the cctv and the guy on a silver platter.
I've also had to hand cctv footage over and the guy was never caught. Even though he is friends with someone across the road and stayed the night at his home. The guy said he was a random and didn't know him and the police let it go.
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I would have alerted the security guard or a member of staff at the least. So they could chase after him even if he got outside.
Being in Glasgow as well. My brother in law parked his car and got out. The guy next to him had parked too close and couldn't get in. He said wasn't his problem as he was in the bay and the guy had parked on the line. So he was about to walk away and the guy pulled a knife on him.
So he went into the shops and called the police.
The guy had driven off but because of number plate was easy to catch.
People will say they would have tackled him, etc. But they would be stupid to do so. Especially in Glasgow.
In reality, like many others have said I would likely do nothing, except perhaps raise an eyebrow quizzically.
Same as the thread about helping a police officer arrest the (built) scooter rider. It's a scary world and some people are not only trained to do this, but have agreed to assume the risk inherent in these kinds of situations. That isn't us. And unless you're Spiderman, the shoplifter isn't going to progress from shoplifting to murdering your family in the space of one evening. Probably.
Same as the thread about helping a police officer arrest the (built) scooter rider. It's a scary world and some people are not only trained to do this, but have agreed to assume the risk inherent in these kinds of situations. That isn't us. And unless you're Spiderman, the shoplifter isn't going to progress from shoplifting to murdering your family in the space of one evening. Probably.
A while back I clocked a guy who'd tried to steal a charity tin from a counter. I grabbed him without really thinking and he threw the charity box on the floor. I realised what I was doing, let go of him and he ran away. I'm not sure who crapped themselves more, me or him!
No point in getting involved, for your safety.
Nearby Sainsbury's opted to don't use security during afternoon/nights and expects the staff to challenge shoplifters. More than once, some stoner flashed a knife.
The police, well, can't/won't do anything.
Not about the area anymore, I'm afraid.
Nearby Sainsbury's opted to don't use security during afternoon/nights and expects the staff to challenge shoplifters. More than once, some stoner flashed a knife.
The police, well, can't/won't do anything.
Not about the area anymore, I'm afraid.
Had you tripped him he probably would have moaned for 30mins until an Ambulance took him out in a neck brace. Next up is you in Court for causing injury.
Just think how easy it would be to fall and fake, And how much hassle you would be in with lawyers, Courts and ofc the money money money. Plenty of people have made the mistake personally i would just watch it play out.
A drama of social inequality, Man versus Morrisons.
Just think how easy it would be to fall and fake, And how much hassle you would be in with lawyers, Courts and ofc the money money money. Plenty of people have made the mistake personally i would just watch it play out.
A drama of social inequality, Man versus Morrisons.
Or drunk drivers crashing into your parked car and locking themselves in their house...
CCTV showing her hit my car, fall out of her car, drop a bottle of smirnoff on the ground, and stumble through her door, photographs, matching damage on each car.
Crime reference number and heard nothing since. This was a good 2 years ago.
She's now locked up for an unrelated incident where she apparently shot someone, so perhaps it's for the best that she didn't respond to me angrily rapping on her door.
As for what I would have done in OP's situation, nothing at all. Probably would have stepped out of the way to make his departure easier.
My brother is a security guard for a shopping mall. He's licensed and insured. The stores are insured against theft. Sure you can be a have a go hero, but as @G-MAN2004 says, it's not worth it these days. Especially if you end up injured or inflicting injury on someone else in the process. Brother barely makes minimum wage protecting tax avoiding companies and their owners from theft, not sure why anyone would want to do it for free?
But what if he was stealing frozen sausages and custard? Oh but wait, if he was too poor to buy them and had to steal them - or, worse still, PCP them - then to hell with him amirite?
But realistically that. I'm not kicking over some hungry and desperate unfortunate who'd run out of options for food, or worse still failing to return home to my wife and kids because some crackhead wanted to flog half a dozen bottles of Smirnoff to buy his next bag.
I was walking around in a small Sainsbury's recently when I clocked a very obvious junkie standing all suspicious in a corner with a punnet of strawberries in one hand and one of those little £5 phones in the other. It was blatantly obvious he was trying to nick stuff so I walked over to a store attendant who walked in the opposite direction. This of course engaged my MI:5 mode and I made it my mission to get hold of the store man to make him aware of the blatant injustice that was occurring in his store. The junkie had in the midst of this clocked what I was doing and was focussed on me. I managed to grab him, he addressed the junkie who ran away yelling that I was a grass.
I did my shopping, went to my car, and this guy was hiding around the corner waiting for me. He'd removed his beanie so as to make it less obvious it was him in what I can only assume was a clever attempt to hide his identity and blend in with all the other junky-looking folk in Streatham. He started walking towards me, I got in my car and he carried on, and as he was about to grab my door handle I pulled off. I then got stuck behind a woman at the junction I was trying to pull out of (which means it's a long term commitment, women can't drive for poopoo), giving him time to chase me. Again he almost got my door handle as I pulled off. It was so surreal, not a word was spoken, not a sound was made, he was just trying it on. We've had a fair few stabbings lately so I wasn't going to hang around to find out what his intentions were but suffice to say he was unlikely to offer me a strawberry.
Weird.
I did my shopping, went to my car, and this guy was hiding around the corner waiting for me. He'd removed his beanie so as to make it less obvious it was him in what I can only assume was a clever attempt to hide his identity and blend in with all the other junky-looking folk in Streatham. He started walking towards me, I got in my car and he carried on, and as he was about to grab my door handle I pulled off. I then got stuck behind a woman at the junction I was trying to pull out of (which means it's a long term commitment, women can't drive for poopoo), giving him time to chase me. Again he almost got my door handle as I pulled off. It was so surreal, not a word was spoken, not a sound was made, he was just trying it on. We've had a fair few stabbings lately so I wasn't going to hang around to find out what his intentions were but suffice to say he was unlikely to offer me a strawberry.
Weird.