Nine cards declining only meant four yelling birds? Ahhhh…, do I remember the insults and threats when the card would kick back “declined” and there was a line behind those folks at the checkstand….
My personal favourite was the woman whose debit card was declined. The following conversation ensued:
Customer: “Will you take a cheque?”
Me: “Is it from the same account as your debit card?”
Customer: “Ummm, yeah.”
Me: “Then, sorry, but no. I won’t take a cheque.”
I love the card declinings that go something like, ” But I just used it at 6 OTHER STORES and SPENT MONEY. WHY WOULD IT BE DECLINED?!” Ma’am, think about what you just said… just… think about it.
And eleven police officers escorting the shoplifters out of the store, in handcuffs. Happened at our store yesterday. See, it’s just not worth it in the end. You will get caught.
The one guy I got credit for catching was a couple who kept recruiting their underage kids to act as shoplifting fronts for them. They’d give up the kids to a Juvie Hall minor arrest so they could avoid the adult shoplifting arrest. Got caught all working together on my watch. That was very, very satisfying.
My local Best Buy security guy got punched in the face and knocked down for asking to see a receipt as a couple were leaving the store with a large screen TV who had not checked out at the front registers. Oh, the joys of the season.
One of the door greeters at the store I used to work at (who happened to be my neighbor at the time… ) little old lady, about 98 pounds soaking wet… got a laptop smacked in her face when she asked for the receipt. Of course he had stolen it.
My favorite shoplifting arrests are when they catch the employees who are stealing. Just two days ago one of my old managers was caught stealing iPads and laptops. I was not surprised.
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Nine cards declining only meant four yelling birds? Ahhhh…, do I remember the insults and threats when the card would kick back “declined” and there was a line behind those folks at the checkstand….
Right? No matter how hard you insist that there’s money in there, I’m not going to magically be able to take your card.
That’s because three of those yelling birds tried two cards each, and the fourth owned at least three cards.
Yeah, I’ve had that happen. Customer: “Oh, that one declined? Try this one. No? Try this one. No? Try THIS one.” Ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
My personal favourite was the woman whose debit card was declined. The following conversation ensued:
Customer: “Will you take a cheque?”
Me: “Is it from the same account as your debit card?”
Customer: “Ummm, yeah.”
Me: “Then, sorry, but no. I won’t take a cheque.”
Oh boy, do I remember those. And they’d ask me to try again…and it would decline AGAIN, then they’d stomp off like it was my fault. Ai yi yi!
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I love the card declinings that go something like, ” But I just used it at 6 OTHER STORES and SPENT MONEY. WHY WOULD IT BE DECLINED?!” Ma’am, think about what you just said… just… think about it.
And eleven police officers escorting the shoplifters out of the store, in handcuffs. Happened at our store yesterday. See, it’s just not worth it in the end. You will get caught.
The one guy I got credit for catching was a couple who kept recruiting their underage kids to act as shoplifting fronts for them. They’d give up the kids to a Juvie Hall minor arrest so they could avoid the adult shoplifting arrest. Got caught all working together on my watch. That was very, very satisfying.
It warms my little heart to hear of shoplifters getting their due punishments.
Happy Solstice everybody!
They had to steal because their credit cards were declined…
Stolen credit cards, perhaps…
My local Best Buy security guy got punched in the face and knocked down for asking to see a receipt as a couple were leaving the store with a large screen TV who had not checked out at the front registers. Oh, the joys of the season.
One of the door greeters at the store I used to work at (who happened to be my neighbor at the time… ) little old lady, about 98 pounds soaking wet… got a laptop smacked in her face when she asked for the receipt. Of course he had stolen it.
My favorite shoplifting arrests are when they catch the employees who are stealing. Just two days ago one of my old managers was caught stealing iPads and laptops. I was not surprised.
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