I would expect that theft is on the increase in the job that i do, (Store manager for Somerfield) and that wrongly you can make the wrong assumptions about people ie areas.

In some of the stores i have worked at the areas have been well less appealing and that you automtaically assume people of that area or nature are "at it"

Well, lomg story tbh, but i have just taken a store on in a affluent area and in the 3 weeks i have been there i have sacked 3 staff for theft

Due to me having to hand in the disclipinary letters to their houses, i was shocked when i went to one of the houses that it was a big fook off 8 bedroom detatched house with a 1 yr old top of the range, range rover
20ft high hedges around the house and a driveway big enough for like 10 cars

The guy and his missus worked at the store. I nailed em both on theft, as he bought a £5 scratchcard, pop, and sandwiches yet, when she served him, she gave him £6 change back, as i can see on cctv. The guy was gutted when he was sacked (tough) and his parents have kicked him out of the house and took the keys off him for his one year old peugeot- he was 19.

In this tough credit crunch age i would expect it from you know. dodgy areas etc, and i just dont get why he and his missus did it.Where his missus lived, was a big 4 bedroom detatched house and her dad is a national account manager dealing with money...........lol...........

 

Fair play for spotting it Ian!

 

yeah but its daddys money!!

Just because they have rich parents it dont mean their kids will turn out ok.

 

Times are hard.

 

You should work in my area of work, the docks! If it aint screw down, it will get nicked, its great lol!! In fact sometimes in can be screwed down, locked, welded, sitting under cctv and it will still get nicked!!

 

thats as may be but i dont do it

 

Doesnt mean you have to "fast rob"



Nah no excuse for it, if you cant afford to pay for it in £ notes, you dont have it.

Makes all those times you CAN afford it worthwhile, whether its a nice meal out or a new shiny Focus RS.

Same thing, different scales.

 

I am fully with you guys, but most people given the chance will take the chance IMO.

 

thats well bad sludge lets hope he dont come back for you...

how do you like the new job anyway

 

Good spot mate. Seems a bit silly that they tried that!

 

good man for catching the pikey tossers

 

all types of people steal in life,, hell when you look at some people and think " how comes they managed that when they are soo pikey" its usually cause they husstled in life

one of my old bosses would never buy a round of drinks,, another stole a big petrol station swinging sign from BP to advertise hes shops cause he didnt wanna pay for one ( was a fucking huge thing that took 2 of us to fucking move it !!!)

you thinking that having money means you have morals,,, its usually the other way round these days as the poor grow up having nothing so dont miss it,,,, the rich kids who got everything when they grew up go to work and get a rude awakening, daddy buys em there first car when they pass there test, pays for the dorm at uni, when they come home they are working so daddy dont feel he needs to be as generous,,,, so they find another way of easy money

 

it gets worse lol....yet another 2 it seems. Long story but i got called out at 11pm wednesday night as the shutters allegedly wudnt close.......anyway it got fixed, and i went back in store yesterday whcih was supposed to be day off and foundout the cctv system had been reset to factory settings and wiped out the evidence that i believ had happened weds night prior to me gettting there................the investigation continues...