Business owner follows thief home on bus

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[u/MathewNatural]

I’m impressed with her raccoon goblin energy

[u/Gooncookies → u/MathewNatural]

Raccoon goblin. I can’t wait to call my 4 year old this…

[u/jeyrome → u/Gooncookies]

I read raccoon goblin energy and also found this fantastic lol - my four year old will also be receiving the same fate as yours #racoongoblinsquad

[u/Gooncookies → u/jeyrome]

Mine will wear it as a badge of honor 😂

[u/oan124 → u/Gooncookies]

a badger of honour

[u/doggpound7 → u/jeyrome]

My 4 year old is the sweetest little thing in the world… my 2 year old on the other hand is the Supreme High Chancellor of The Raccoon Goblin Nation.

[u/MallGeneral3754 → u/doggpound7]

We should set up a play date. Maybe they’ll cancel each other and chill tf out. 😂

[u/Crunchy_Leaves_Slap → u/Gooncookies]

Little Donnie Thornberrys scurrying around. "SkippiddaBAHDEEskiddlydOO"

[u/SmashPortal → u/MathewNatural]

How many raccoons can you gobble?

[u/IconCsr2]

I thought this was rage bait til i saw the cops lmaoo

[u/BidenTrumpR34 → u/IconCsr2]

I thought it was the intro to a porno when she pulled out the sex skirt. Pay at her house took a whole different meaning.

[u/Nekked-Kiwi64 → u/BidenTrumpR34]

Well, if it exists...

[u/ISO_8601 → u/Nekked-Kiwi64]

Just the idea...sigh.....unzips

[u/Mattyyflo → u/ISO_8601]

You raggedy bitch

[u/imronburgandy9 → u/IconCsr2]

The thief probably called them to arrest her. There's a crazy lady on the bus

[u/HelloAvram → u/IconCsr2]

Same

[u/pandorafoxxx → u/HelloAvram]

I totally thought it was staged too

[u/mjkjg2 → u/pandorafoxxx]

a dead giveaway that it’s most likely real was that they showed the thief’s face, you’ll find in rage bait that the victim points the camera down or at themselves so the can receive all the sympathy without backlash being directed at the “villain” who’s in on it

[u/arcmart]

Bus ride of shame. Shame! Shame! (Rings bell)

[u/Princess-Soprano → u/arcmart]

How the thief looked:

[u/Eddyzodiak → u/Princess-Soprano]

[u/alisterismyturtle → u/Eddyzodiak]

🔔🔔🔔

[u/IMNOTRANDYJACKSON → u/alisterismyturtle]

Good god you are fabulous. You've enbiggened that roll with your cromulent performance

[u/Master-S → u/IMNOTRANDYJACKSON]

em·big·gen

/imˈbiɡ(ə)n, emˈbiɡ(ə)n/

verb HUMOROUS

enlarge.

"A Noble Spririt Embiggens The Smallest Man."

[u/mardyhardy → u/IMNOTRANDYJACKSON]

How bizarre, I rewatched this episode only yesterday... Otherwise I would have no idea what you're on about 😅

[u/Pickle_Rick01 → u/mardyhardy]

It’s a perfectly cromulent episode.

[u/khaos_daemon → u/Pickle_Rick01]

People have put cromulent into scientific articles. It's a real word now. Absolutely cromulent

[u/Joe_comment → u/Eddyzodiak]

[u/twangman88 → u/Joe_comment]

Whenever I’m watching Lasso all I can think is… SHAME!

[u/Independent-Ad-1921 → u/Eddyzodiak]

Excuse me sir, but I still find GOT memes triggering. I,, like many, suffer from S8 PTSD and it would be nice if you could show greater sensitivity. Thank you.

[u/neil_anblowmi → u/Independent-Ad-1921]

I too feel your pain.

[u/thathaitianguy → u/Princess-Soprano]

But Doug is adorable and lovable

[u/10thDoctorHairGel → u/thathaitianguy]

Yes. He is.

[u/clearlight → u/arcmart]

A video of her neighbour can be found here https://youtube.com/shorts/GEZamzWWoqs

[u/laurel_laureate → u/clearlight]

Lol what's the context of that?

[u/SummonWurm → u/laurel_laureate]

It's a video financial planners show to prospective retirement account holders.

[u/Fritzo2162 → u/laurel_laureate]

Shame?

[u/disimcity → u/arcmart]

You kept making all the stops?

Well, people kept ringing the bell!

[u/cinnrollfuckinhead → u/disimcity]

You're Batman!

[u/mattoelite → u/cinnrollfuckinhead]

That’s right I am Batman

[u/LaCoffeeNostra → u/disimcity]

it's a valuable appendage

[u/Dyskord01 → u/arcmart]

[u/Boris9397 → u/arcmart]

(throws poop)

[u/WittleMisschief]

The fact she is looking at her crazy IS CRAZY

[u/NoeYRN → u/WittleMisschief]

Probably cause she got followed home and didn't get away with it. Love every facial expression that lady had lol.

[u/SuperFLEB → u/NoeYRN]

And the excruciating "Well, what do I do now?" being trapped on the bus for the duration.

It's understandable, I'd say, that someone will act weird in a case like that. It's a weird situation, not really one life gives someone much at all.

[u/SmallLetter → u/SuperFLEB]

Sometimes you end up in a weird situation because life is weird. Sometimes you end up in a weird situation because you're an idiot who thought stealing from an erotic shop was a good idea.

[u/throwawaylovesCAKE → u/SmallLetter]

Sometimes you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And sometimes you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

[u/NocturnalToxin → u/throwawaylovesCAKE]

and the days go by…

[u/The_Crusades → u/NocturnalToxin]

water flowing underground

[u/Pandy_45 → u/The_Crusades]

Into the blue again

[u/Ang13snD3vi1s → u/The_Crusades]

Same as it ever was

[u/Toonces311 → u/NocturnalToxin]

And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?"

[u/ClitCommander13 → u/NocturnalToxin]

and still I think of you Days when I couldn't live my life without you Days go by and still I think of you Days when I couldn't live my life without you Without you Without you

[u/CocaineHammer → u/ClitCommander13]

Unexpected Dirty Vegas.

[u/trogloherb → u/SmallLetter]

About fifteen years ago, I worked in a county position where we had access to police reports and I stumbled upon one in which the perpetrator went into a sex shop about 20 mins before closing, per the report “an apparently intoxicated Hispanic male,” grabbed a sex doll off the shelf and took it into a changing room and “proceeded to use it so that it could not be sold, then fled from the establishment.” It was honestly the funniest thing I had read in a while. Sometimes, the tone of a police report will clearly indicate they’re not going to do anything about it. Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to think of downloading and saving a copy and lost access to that one…

[u/whyyoudeletemereddit → u/trogloherb]

Don’t you use police reports in civil lawsuits as well? Even if the police aren’t gonna do anything the business can still try to get there money back.

[u/ymOx → u/NoeYRN]

I don't mean to support stealing from small businesses but what fucking genius steals, gets caught, gets told "I will follow you home to find out where you live", and then actually goes home? She's a few fries short of a happymeal, that one...

[u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 → u/NoeYRN]

It’s a real “how dare I need to live with the consequence of my own actions” vibe.

[u/handlebartender → u/NoeYRN]

It's the faux indignation wrapped in a layer of entitlement that did it for me.

[u/paperandlace → u/WittleMisschief]

When I worked retail (for a corporation) we weren’t allowed to follow a thief out of the store or confront them. I’m guessing this isn’t the first time the girl stole, but it’s the first time she got this small business energy!

[u/Disastrous-Panda5530 → u/WittleMisschief]

Lol ikr! The look on the thief’s I mean raggedy bitches face is hilarious

[u/Nozzeh06 → u/WittleMisschief]

[u/HotHamBoy → u/WittleMisschief]

That’s the look of someone who’s mind is reeling in panic at their situation

[u/Maximum-Row-4143]

I need the clip of her saying “you raggedy bitch” on an infinite loop.

[u/j0j0b0y → u/Maximum-Row-4143]

here you go

Edit: thanks for the gold!

[u/SparkyBoomer23 → u/j0j0b0y]

Not the hero we wanted, but needed.

[u/strong_as_the_grass → u/SparkyBoomer23]

JoJo is ALWAYS the hero we want!

[u/pen_jaro → u/SparkyBoomer23]

Together with the uno reverse cafe manager

[u/Mustysailboat → u/j0j0b0y]

Gawddamm, that bus has free Wifi?

[u/ISO_8601 → u/j0j0b0y]

Saved and sent to my loved ones, lovingly.

[u/worthless-humanoid → u/ISO_8601]

You raggedy bitch!

[u/approvedmessage → u/Maximum-Row-4143]

Make it a ringtone.

[u/Sol-Blackguy → u/Maximum-Row-4143]

Seriously. That was as satisfying as the first draw of a freshly lit cigarette after a good meal.

[u/AdAcrobatic7236]

🔥I’m so relieved to discover this wasn’t 100% staged…

[u/Pandataraxia → u/AdAcrobatic7236]

Insanely reckless from the shop owner, people could have thought she was harassing a random person or the thief could have attacked her. I love the balls of the move and going ahead to pull it through.

[u/iidxtricoro → u/AdAcrobatic7236]

Its rare to find an unscripted videos nowadays, and this has become one of my favorite video

[u/RocketDick5000]

I remember when I was working in a bicycle shop some scummy kid stole a bmx from out the back room of the shop. Luckily for me I just caught a glimpse of him as he went out the back door so I grabbed the closest bike, which happened to be a 10k road bike, and gave chase. He was pumping as hard as he could to get away and here's me just cruising along beside him giving him a heckle "is that as fast as you can go? Come one mate I can do this all day! Pick up the pace!". He ended up stopping after a couple miles and handing me the bike. Didn't call the cops, I needed to take the roadie our for a test ride after its service anyway lmao.

[u/SuperFLEB → u/RocketDick5000]

I suppose it's easy enough to overlook, but it's got to feel pretty silly in hindsight to realize you just stole from a place that sells the way to chase you. Kind of like trying to stick up a gun store.

[u/handlebartender → u/SuperFLEB]

Like bringing an abacus to a programming competition.

[u/JaunJaun → u/RocketDick5000]

That’s badass😂😂😂 he must’ve been really embarrassed.

[u/Ok_Tip4561]

She stole from the wrong business owner. Must be regretting big time.

[u/TeeBek → u/Ok_Tip4561]

Rule of thumb, never steal from someone who looks crazy. She's gotta be crazy if she thinks her eyes look good.

[u/MentlPopcorn → u/TeeBek]

Also just never steal from small businesses.

For one, it's a piece of shit thing to do. And secondly, if the owner/relative is there (which is very likely) they will care more about theft. The chance of running into someone who cares about you stealing in Walmart is pretty low. Just steal from big box stores.

[u/AstroWorldSecurity → u/MentlPopcorn]

Or just don't steal shit.

[u/Low-Whereas8182]

"Let's play a game called 'Look in the thief's purse'"

This lady is unhinged and I like it.

[u/Mysterious_Status_11 → u/Low-Whereas8182]

She out-crazied the crazy bitch.

[u/archwin → u/Mysterious_Status_11]

Thief: brings the crazy (why steal erotic books?)

Business lady: uno reverso, bitch

[u/KrustenStewart → u/archwin]

It wasn’t erotic books, pretty sure it was some sort of dress up a lingerie type of outfit. I have some experience with friends who did similar things, they needed to go make some money that night but needed an outfit first, so they would steal club wear from the local sex shop.

[u/Pop_Tart_Eater → u/KrustenStewart]

Were your friends prostitutes?

[u/Endketsu → u/Pop_Tart_Eater]

They were nuns obviously, who else would steal club wear at sex shop

[u/Donut_Police → u/Endketsu]

Oh, I thought they'd be a kindergarten teacher.

[u/No_Week2825 → u/Donut_Police]

They're a cop you idiot!

[u/mobius_sp → u/Donut_Police]

With the pay scales that teachers earn it wouldn’t be surprising. Have to pay the electric bill somehow.

[u/Extaupin → u/mobius_sp]

That would make such a good distopia character: "local teacher forced to become a prostitue as school isn't able to pay her more than her rent". Like, you know, the sidekick that finally convince the main character to burn down the system.

[u/jackioff → u/Pop_Tart_Eater]

The context of the story very strongly implies they were sex workers

[u/KrustenStewart → u/jackioff]

Strippers/sex workers yes. We lived together I was the only one with a car so I became the designated driver who drove them to and from the clubs lol.

[u/sanityjanity → u/Pop_Tart_Eater]

Or strippers

[u/d_marvin → u/Pop_Tart_Eater]

Did they look like one of those rap guy’s girlfriends?

[u/StrangerCurrencies → u/d_marvin]

She looks like a total prostitute, okay?

[u/clemkaddidlehopper → u/Mysterious_Status_11]

This is the best way to deal with crazy people as long as you don’t think they are a physician threat, IMO.

Edit: out of all my Reddit typos, this is my favorite!

[u/ruckustata → u/clemkaddidlehopper]

Physician threat? She coming at people with a stethoscope? Lol

[u/Beneficial-Tailor-70 → u/ruckustata]

A gloved index finger with a dollop of k-y on the tip.

[u/Nuggzey420 → u/Beneficial-Tailor-70]

Don’t threaten me with a good time

[u/MasterClown → u/ruckustata]

Patient: Why should I stop eating deep fried cheese, or drinking soda, or no more smoking because you heard something in your horoscope?

Doctor: Once again, the word is "stethoscope."

[u/Vivalyrian → u/ruckustata]

I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR BLOOD... PRESSURE!!!

[u/Chilipepah → u/Low-Whereas8182]

Last shot: 🙂🥺

[u/mitch8128 → u/Chilipepah]

Hahah

[u/peter-doubt → u/Chilipepah]

After the bus, she gets to ride free!

[u/greeneggsandstuff → u/Low-Whereas8182]

It’s incredible. I fully approve of the unhingedness.

[u/djaun3004 → u/Low-Whereas8182]

Thats the "I don't know if I'll make a profit this quarter " nothing to lose attitude

[u/Guilhaum → u/Low-Whereas8182]

Shes had fkin enough and I live.

[u/Progress-Competitive → u/Low-Whereas8182]

That is so funny

[u/itsalongwalkhome → u/Low-Whereas8182]

Chaotic good

[u/Yawzheek → u/Low-Whereas8182]

"You're looking at me like I'm crazy."

I mean... little bit, yeah?

[u/Fjordhexa → u/Yawzheek]

She's probably barely scraping by with her small business and then snapped when she saw someone steal. Probably wasn't the first time either.

[u/Gear_Tricky → u/Yawzheek]

Lmao, in a good way but YUP

[u/Rickyy111 → u/Low-Whereas8182]

She’s protecting her livelihood and teaching this raggedy bitch a valuable lesson that she surely will never forget!

[u/ilikeyourgetup → u/Low-Whereas8182]

It’s fun being chaotic good.

[u/HelloAvram → u/Low-Whereas8182]

I know right. I love it.

[u/DowNeedles]

Ahahaha that's the way to do this , shame them and get them arrested

[u/brockwallace → u/DowNeedles]

Honestly If I ever stole something, got caught, and then this happened - I'd never steel again. Ever.

Even skip the arresting part. Its just a whole ass 20 minute buss ride with everyone like "yeee you fucked up".

This is like grind your teeth, face palm embarrassing, while lying in bed trying to sleep 25 years later kinda shit. And you can totally see it in her face too.

^{Edit, i didn't even realise it was a sex toy shop, like this is worse case senario stuff lmao.}

[u/a7iiiShooter → u/brockwallace]

Even when these don’t go viral on a national level, many go viral on a local level. All it takes is 1 person that knows her to see it and it’ll spread to her entire circle. Eventually she’ll have several people she knows her ask about it. Anyone she has problems with (I bet she has many) will probably bring it up to talk shit. That’s where the true embarrassment comes from.

[u/dunkinfunky → u/a7iiiShooter]

Oh I’m sure the arrest and court day will be embarrassing as well

[u/No_Today406 → u/a7iiiShooter]

oof i have secondhand embarrassment just reading that tbh

[u/ldunord → u/a7iiiShooter]

“Oh, there goes Raggedy bitch Anne again”

[u/belyy_Volk6 → u/brockwallace]

The sex shop near me has a wall of shame.

Apperantly lots of people steal from those places because there to nervous to go up to the counter. Im sure having your face in hd on a board next to what you stole helps some people navigate that dilemma

[u/Shelvis → u/brockwallace]

When I was 14 I was caught stealing stuff from Walmart with some friends. Stupid stuff like sharpies and nail polish. As we waited in the back for our parents the security guard showed us the video and told us how our behavior gave us away and it was obvious we did something wrong. When our parents got there they dug into us about how disappointed they were and how we were raised better. My mom gave me the silent treatment the whole way home. I felt like shit. That was the last time I stole anything.

[u/merryjoanna → u/brockwallace]

When I was 19 years old I was dating an absolute lunatic. He was fun at the time. We went to an adult toy store one day in Bangor, Maine. Apparently he decided to steal a glass dildo in the only few minutes I wasn't standing right next to him. As we walked out of the store, the cashier said "hand it over now and I won't call the cops!" I was so confused as he pulled this rainbow colored glass dildo out of his pocket and handed it to the guy. I don't know if I've ever been so embarrassed. We just ran out of the store after that. I guess he wanted to get something for me but didn't have any cash. We didn't last long after that.

It's been almost 20 years since that day and I still think of it once in a while. That guy was a genius when it came to science, especially chemistry. But holy crap was he dumb in so many other ways.

[u/Megneous → u/merryjoanna]

That guy was a genius when it came to science, especially chemistry.

A regular Heisenberg.

[u/merryjoanna → u/Megneous]

He didn't do or cook meth. At least he didn't while I knew him. We just drank and smoked pot. We didn't get into any other drugs.

When I say he was a genius with chemistry, I say that because we would have discussions about it. He could explain it so much better than the teacher I had in high school. He understood it well enough to explain it in laymen's terms to me. Granted that was almost two decades ago, so I don't remember much of it. I just remember being amazed at his intelligence. And other times, I was amazed at his stupidity.

[u/Bozocow → u/brockwallace]

You may occasionally iron, though.

[u/WolfKingofRuss → u/Bozocow]

Nah, then he'd have a copper on his tin

[u/BecGeoMom → u/brockwallace]

Yeah, you can’t even give the woman the benefit of the doubt, like, an Oh, she really needed that for her kids/she was hungry & had no money/she was desperate situation. She stole sex toys and lingerie! Come on now!

[u/exomyth → u/DowNeedles]

Embarrassment is definitely a bigger deterrent than a fine or prison

[u/nottherealneal]

I wouldn't be brave enough to do this, thieves in my country will stab me and steal my phone too

Fuck that ragdy bitch

[u/grchelp2018 → u/nottherealneal]

I wouldn't do this in the US either. Never know when a crazy might have a gun and shoot me.

[u/JohnHazardWandering → u/grchelp2018]

Some employee at a CVS or Walgreens recorded a video of a shoplifter going out to their car in the parking lot.

So, this being the US, the shoplifter sprayed him with bear spray (pepper spray).

So, this being the US, he pulled out a gun and shot her.

[u/Comprehensive-Fun47 → u/JohnHazardWandering]

It is so not worth it to chase a shoplifter, especially if you work for CVS! That’s not your shit they’re stealing! Don’t risk your life for a company who does not care about you.

I’m unclear from your anecdote though if the employee shot the shoplifter or got shot after getting bear sprayed.

[u/mybossthinksimworkng]

This could have been completely south but I love that it turned out great for everyone involved...and by that I mean those who fucked around found out, so yeah.

[u/programmed-climate → u/mybossthinksimworkng]

Yeah the whole time I was just thinking dumb ways to die. Just because someone is wrong doesn’t mean they won’t murder your for pointing it out. If anything it’s more likely

[u/Chuckobochuck323]

That raggedy ass bitch

[u/Eddyzodiak]

I’d just call the cops on myself at that point. 😂

[u/thedutchrep → u/Eddyzodiak]

Anything to get away from the shame 😂 Then again, I don’t tend to steal. Even easier.

[u/Specialist_Alarm_831 → u/Eddyzodiak]

Me too, that crazy lady following me home, whatever the police had in store for me would be far better.

[u/GratefulPhish42024-7]

I was actually enjoying the video and the consequences for the women's action and then that wretched tik toc voice popped up out of nowhere and ruined the whole thing for me.

[u/Snaccbacc → u/GratefulPhish42024-7]

“Don’t steal from smmmall businesses! Okey?”

[u/trupoogles → u/Snaccbacc]

[u/CharlieTheDuck420 → u/trupoogles]

Stealing from small businesses is is bad m'kaay?

[u/TheBawalUmihiDito → u/Snaccbacc]

*Oakee?

[u/horvath-lorant → u/Snaccbacc]

😊

[u/ResponsibleBother230 → u/GratefulPhish42024-7]

Yeah. I don't get why it was used.

[u/RusticRootbeer → u/ResponsibleBother230]

This vid was around before tiktok, its a reupload

[u/Successful-Extension → u/GratefulPhish42024-7]

Lmao and they usually start the video with that cringe voice so when you didn't hear it you thought you were safe and then bam

[u/Swimming__Bird → u/GratefulPhish42024-7]

I beyond hate that voice. I got rid of Tiktoc because of it.

[u/primeministerchaos → u/GratefulPhish42024-7]

I know. Total boner killer

[u/LouieAvalonMac]

You raggedy bitch 😅

[u/Scroto_Saggin]

She's a small business owner, she's not Target or Walmart, and she's not a millionnaire... you steal merchandise in her store? It's like stealing her purse, taking her money and using her credit cards. (Like many small business owners, she'll most likely prefer to take the loss than file an insurance claim.)

Fuck thieves! And please, never tell me it's a victimless crime because "insurances"

[u/LumpyCapital]

Lol, I remember when this happened here in H-Town 🤣🤣. It was on the news and everything, lol. Enjoy!

[u/SheddingCorporate → u/LumpyCapital]

Ooh, is there a news article that tells this story? Please do share!

[u/crimson_mokara → u/SheddingCorporate]

https://www.khou.com/amp/article/news/crime/houston-shoplifting-suspect-tiktok-caught-by-owner/285-5acbc0a6-6f85-4557-b131-065b1899fbb0

EDIT: Wait, there's more!

https://abc13.com/amp/erotic-cabaret-boutique-owner-kandy-alarcon-sophia-romos-recorded-confrontation/12169603/

[u/onmyknees4anyone → u/crimson_mokara]

https://haystx.mugshots.zone/alarcon-kandy-mugshot-05-16-2021/

According to that second story, she has a string of arrests.

[u/Zealousideal_Tale266 → u/onmyknees4anyone]

And says she even had the tool with her to take anti-theft sensors off, and local businesses started filing their own charges against her when they saw the video.

[u/onmyknees4anyone → u/Zealousideal_Tale266]

I Googled her name. Plot twist: She "owns" a "jewelry store" (I bet that means she sells plastic earrings from her house) and works for a legal firm.

[u/crimson_mokara → u/onmyknees4anyone]

I feel personally attacked 😢😂 😭

(I used to sell plastic and glass jewelry from my house)

[u/rayrockray → u/crimson_mokara]

The thief’s name is Kandy. 😂

[u/GingerSnapBiscuit]

This happened to me ~20 years ago working in an electronics store in the UK. It was one of those places that tried to expand it's range to include "basically everything" (Maplin Electronics for anyone in the UK who cares).

We had DJ equipment in part of the store, and a pair of druggies came in, picked up a huge speaker between two of them, walked out the door, and walked it 500metres up the street to the pawn shop. We stood behind them in the queue at the pawn shop, somehow they didn't notice us till they were getting served.

Once they were trying to trade it in they clocked us standing behind them and did a runner. One of these geniuses left his backpack on the counter, and when police arrived and searched it they found the dudes methadone prescription bottle inside it with his full name and address on it.

[u/Im-KickAsz]

Good for her. That takes balls. Love it

[u/RedditBlows5876 → u/Im-KickAsz]

Or hitting your breaking point. Some retail shops deal with an insane amount of theft.

[u/Plane-Phrase4015]

On one hand, it seems absolutely ridiculous to follow someone who stole from you to their home. On the other hand, it may be a genius move because it shows that they won't put up with shoplifting. Gotta admire her dedication to loss prevention lol

[u/OneRandomVictory]

"You raggedy bitch"

[u/iamquitesadirl]

Why are comments supporting a thief?

[u/Blaze_Vortex → u/iamquitesadirl]

Maybe some people are worried that it'll be them one day.

[u/Scroto_Saggin → u/iamquitesadirl]

People are too stupid to understand that stealing is NOT a victimless crime.... We all pay for thieves. Yes they have insurances, but who pays these insurances at the end of the day? Customers. It's always the customers.

In the case of small business owners, they'll often absorb the losses instead of filing a claim with their insurance company. This shit hurts our communities too, because we need and love these small businesses.

[u/quantinuum → u/Scroto_Saggin]

I HATE how many times I’ve seen friends “collecting” stuff they steal from local pubs. Pint glasses, decorations… And good-hearted people at that. It’s like some people have the “stealing from small business” action bypassing their morals.

[u/Memelurker99 → u/quantinuum]

Fuck stealing actual decorations from pubs, but for the most part every pub I've ever worked in received most pint glasses for free from their beer suppliers. In two that I worked in, ive seen people ask the owners to take a glass home and be told yes without paying, and one of those places, another night the boss handed out glasses one evening. Every bar worker I know has half a dozen pint glasses at home because there were boxes upon boxes of glasses in the storage in the back taking up space.

Maybe this is just a thing in the west coast fo scotland but anybody I've worked with who's served in bars for over a year doesn't care about pint glasses getting stolen, even some of the places got free gin bowls that they didn't mind getting stolen either because they got so many free ones. Wine and prosecco glasses are a whole different breed though, if you steal those, fuck you

[u/musicbanban → u/Memelurker99]

I'm in the South West of England and same here. We get an unreasonable number of branded glasses from brewers — like 20x more than you could ever need. I think they see it as good advertising if their logo ends up in people's homes.

[u/SuperFLEB → u/Scroto_Saggin]

Yes they have insurances, but who pays these insurances at the end of the day?

Next up, go find a thread where people are excusing rioters on "But they have insurance!", and missing that they usually have civil unrest exceptions.

[u/Plumb789]

Speaking as a shop owner of thirty years, I LOVE this woman. There’s a persistent myth that shoplifting is a “victimless crime”, and that all losses are insured. There is NO SUCH THING AS INSURANCE AGAINST SHOPLIFTING. This is because no insurer would cover the loss of items from a building where the public are allowed to freely access. It’s as simple as that.

Some shopkeepers are put out of business by shoplifting. And that doesn’t just mean they’ve lost their livelihood: often all their savings, and even the equity of their home-is in their business. Shoplifting from a small business is shit-and shoplifters from a small business are scum.

[u/54MangoBubbleTeas → u/Plumb789]

Yup. Especially for a small business, even the small thefts add up. They might as well be taking from your wallet directly each time they steal.

[u/Plumb789 → u/54MangoBubbleTeas]

Absolutely! And, when you are a small shop you can get deliberately targeted because (in the U.K., anyway, where I am) the police don’t take it seriously.

If you are a woman alone (which I was), what are you supposed to do against people who outnumber you and bully you? Luckily, what I sold (high-class womenswear) wasn’t targeted by male thieves. Also, I can be fairly formidable myself, so I was able to resist being bullied. One time, a very large, very aggressive woman faced up to me and said “I wouldn’t mess with me! You don’t know what I’m capable of!”

I just laughed at her and said “oh, I’m sure you’re a very capable person. You’re just not capable of taking anything off me.” And she didn’t. A customer in the background said she’d never felt so scared in her life, but frankly, after a lifetime in retail, I’d seen worse. I just learned how to pick my battles-like the lady in this video.

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Got 'er!

[u/HuevoYch0riz0]

If you watch with the sound off. It looks like they’re best friends and get into shenanigans and get arrested lol 😂

[u/Jgaitan82]

I’m so glad this video exist. Tired of motherfuckers thinking they can take and take and take and not pay.

Don’t give me “oh they’re so poor and have had a hard life” who the fuck hasn’t?

Sick of this shit and this lady did the right thing to humiliate that funky ass lady

[u/RexMarvin]

If this business owner ever ran for office I would vote for her. That is gutsy and good for her. Thieves are shit

[u/SHAWN_THE_GR8]

Lmao the selfie was the best part

[u/FrogQuestion]

Dont steal from small businesses! oki?

[u/jeffroddit]

I know it's not the point, but I will never get used to people with whole ass wings glued to their eyelids.

[u/Euphoric-Beat-7206]

I love how the thief is in shock at all this. As if she is thinking: "You mean to tell me my actions have consequences!?"

[u/TroyeeeM]

Based asf

[u/pimp_juice2272]

I want to know how this all went down. Most small business boutiques have one MAYBE two employees on shift. I want to know if this owner had time to lockup, chase the lady, pay the bus fare, have a discussion about payment, record then call the cops. I'm impressed!

[u/TheMilkmanCome → u/pimp_juice2272]

That or she asked the other employee to watch the store while she left. Or she doesn’t run a conventional storefront

[u/thebooksmith → u/TheMilkmanCome]

Or her business is successful enough to have more staff. Who knows how long she's been running it or how successful her store is.

[u/freakstate]

My hero. This is hilarious. "You raggedy ass bitch"

[u/AlwekArc]

Based reaction to thievery of independent business

[u/Antarkian]

People forget that small businesses don't have alot of security, but they also dont have to have policies saying not to engage a thief. Ya'll need to remember that. It hits the small businesses the worst when these things happen. Keep your theft to the big corps....or better yet, not at all.

[u/solenyapinkman]

What an entertaining bus ride!