shoplifting.

So beej's blog inspired me to tell my tale of shoplifting foolishness.

So I am working at Garts back in the summer of '69. Well not that far back but I don't know a song called a summer of the mid nineties sometime. Anyway, during our lunch breaks a few of us the guy from athletics, the shipping guy and another guy from footwear used to watch for shoplifters while we at lunch. It was right behind some one way glass. Is that what they call it when you can see out but they can't see in?

Anyway, a lot of people would come in most would find a clearance pair of shoes and simply put them on and walk out. Some would ask to try on a pair, get a box, put their old shoes in the box, carry it around the store some leave the box like in fishing and walk out. We would find someone pretty regular like, I think about once every 2 weeks.

Anyway, this one day, this guy gets a pair of the I think Jordan XV to try on. Could have been a different year but I think that is right. Anyway, he puts them on and starts to go over to the weights, so we follow him (behind the wall.) Anyway, he tries to get out of the store. Dude has his girlfriend is waiting in the car in the getaway car. (Ironically, parked in the bank next door's atm lane). so they were on the banks security camera). So the guy i work with named, I think Nate, An exhigh school football star who thought he was THE MAN, asks him to stop at the double doors.

The guy shove Nate to the ground and starts running, we typically didn't chase the guys, in fact we were told not to by store management. Anyway, Nate being THE MAN got mad and started chasing him, so the guys runs to the awaiting girlfriend. Who now must drive back towards us to exit. So Nate stands in front of the car. Luckily for the Nate she swerves into the parking lot lamp post. Knocking it clean over. While she is at it she damages 4 or 5 cars as having a 30 foot light pole fall will do. Un deterred she backs up and leaves the parking lot.

So the police come and ask what was the plate, they had one of those stupid vanity front UTAH JAZZ plate things so we didn't get it, but the bank people come out and tell us they have it on security camera. The police got to the house it is registered to before she did. Awesomely, it was her parents car and her parents house.

There is a moral to this story. IF you're going to instigate a crime spree, don't get your 16 year old girl friend who doesn't have a car to being your drive man. She's going to turn on you quick like.

I wonder though, is that guy in prison? Is that girl in an abusive relationship with another stupid guy?