$79.99 Felco hand pruners!
Beotch, Please! Someone that’s stealing a pruner of that quality is most likely a member of my clientele that’s GOT the money to KNOW the quality...and steals it because she’s got nothing to do and all day to do it.
Grrrrrrrr!
The most ardent shoplifters? WEALTHY, middle-aged women with nothing to do all day, who HAVE the money to pay for whatever it was that caught their eye in the first place!
Seriously. I could tell you stories that would make your hair stand on end. And my boss had been in high-end retail for two decades before taking this job. You wouldn’t believe the things people steal. And you know who’s the very worst? Yep. Employees!
A few stats on what we’re up against:
http://www.shopliftingprevention.org/WhatNASPOffers/NRC.htm
And then we have the dopers that steal expensive full-spectrum light bulbs (we no longer display them; we keep them locked up) and bags of bat guano for their closet/basement pot farms. *Rolleyes*
Yep. It’s a whole ‘nother world out there, LOL!
There are 6 or 8 large grower wholesalers catering to the local pot growers, indoor and out plus there are mainstream suppliers selling soil amendments 10 and 20 cubic yards at a time and at times more then that. The population of Humboldt County is about 140,000...
Yes, and my wife wonders why I am more and more reluctant to leave my garden to visit that world...what the hell is wrong with people?
Interesting link. The more you can understand their thinking, the better you are able to recognize those people. Men do it too, at least in my industry.
It seems they do it to feel a rush. There was some actress that was caught repeatedly a few years back.
Sad, eh?
In any event, you have not lived, if you have never worked retail. ;-)