Haha
After spending four years
there as a sales
associate in
electronics and in
loss prevention I came across some really good experiences.
I was straightening
merchandise one day when
Mary, the person who answered our phones made a page for a customer:
"So and so, you have a call at the front desk. It's your mother. Your father is in the hospital and is dying. He's gravely ill. You can take that phone call at the front desk ."
Another time a drunk came in and tried to stuff a twelve pack of
VCR tapes down his pants. I asked him if he needed any help and he put the tapes down. Upon walking out of the
department he exclaimed to my co-worker who was taping the whole thing: "
I bet that was pretty damn funny."
The one that beats all is when I was working in
loss prevention and another co-worker and I were trailing a
shoplifter. At the same time the store was in a "
code adam" which is
Wal-Mart speak for a parent lost their kid, is freaking out, and everyone at the store needs to drop what they're doing and help find he/she/
it. Loss prevention employees didn't have to do this. One of the techniques we used was to
hide in the clothing racks while spying on the potential "kill." My buddy was doing just that at the time. He was hunkered down amongst
a rack of fur coats when just behind him he heard some
raspy breathing. He turned around and and was surprised by a little girl sitting there who exlaimed:
Are you hiding from your mommy too?