Recent content by carramrod

I'm working an off duty detail at one of my local Targets on Black Friday/Thursday this year. I just can't stay away :rolleyes: In reality, I wanted the money and I could pick up off duty work at either Target or Walmart, so I picked Target since I know how the place runs and I also know Walmart...

I am addicted to target pizzas. I actually gained a good few pounds when I still worked there because I would eat several a day. Now at least once a week I go to target on my lunch break to buy one. I may have a problem

I have people that I deal with that remind me of my life all the time. I grew up in a one parent household in a low income and crime ridden area. A few family members and lots of people I went to high school with or knew growing up have died or are doing serious jail time because of the opioid...

I don't think think I felt bad for any of our apps at target because almost all of them were people stealing shit they didn't need. However, now that I work AP in a grocery store, it's a little more common for me to get cases that I sympathize with. I still catch a lot of boosters who steal just...

I know of one TL who was one of the favorite TL's in the district, but still got written up and nearly demoted because she went out to a bar with a bunch of friends one night and one of those friends was a team member at her store. So at least some stores have a major problem with that. When I...

I really like Macys and JCP but despise Kmart and Sears (to a slightly lesser extent) so I guess it balances out for me. Especially since Sears and Kmart are in a death spiral and Macys and JCP are at least strategically downsizing

Damn there's going to be a lot of empty mall anchor space around me when Sears finally goes under. Can't say I'm surprised though.

Yeah, as @On6 said, that's not an empty threat. Shoplifters who resist can be cuffed, so it's really more of a promise than a threat. An shoplifting plus resistance equals robbery in my state, and many others. The common law definition of robbery is taking property with the intent of permanently...

In general, internal theft costs stores more money for the simple reason that employees are in a position of trust and can use that position to steal a lot over a longer period. A shoplifter might come in and steal a video game, but a crooked back room employee can steal one video game a day for...

TPS aren't supposed to do any of those things (unless supporting an apprehension) but ETL-AP's, APTL, APS, etc definitely can. And internal theft happens everywhere, and costs the retail industry much more money than shoplifters do every year.

I remember shopping at Filene's, Bradlees, Ames, and Caldor when I was younger. I was really little (maybe 4 or 5?) when Caldor closed, but about half my family worked there. There also used to be a smaller mall in my hometown anchored by Bradlees and Caldor, but it closed down when they both...

I'm surprised Sears and Kmart even still exist. I give them maybe another year or two before they are totally gone. Their CEO is increasingly rapidly selling off everything of value that the company has, including their store brands such as Kenmore and Craftsman, Sears Canada and Lands End, and...

We would occasionally get odd fraudulent returns for stuff like winter jackets or pet flea medication (stuff costs like $50 a box). If I were to guess, I would say that whoever is returning pens probably figured out that they have a fairly high value (I didn't know we had any pens that went for...

There's two that come to mind from my time at spot: One was an APS in one of our neighboring stores. He had been in AP for about ten years and the amount of apprehensions he made was a amazing. We're talking at least two a day every day he worked, no joke. I worked with him a couple times and...

When I was at target: 21 miles, about 25 mins-half an hour each way. Sometimes I worked at other stores training or covering shifts, the longest commute I ever had was 45 minutes and the shortest was less than a minute (there was literally a Target next door to where I lived that I very...