A FORMER Lowe’s employee has revealed that workers know when you’re stealing, and there is a specific sign that indicates you are being watched.
The woman shared the information on TikTok.
Jessica (@jessicas_journal4) explained that there is a ‘grey box room’ where security guards watch shoppers on monitors.
“You don’t just steal and leave and you’re good,” she explained.
“If they’re not able to physically go out and catch you, then they will watch on the monitors and create a file for you on a DVD,” she claimed.
“Every couple of days an officer would come in and grab the DVD and take it to the police station,” Jessica continued.
“They would track them down, and put a warrant out for their arrest,” she ominously warned.
Jessica said that shoppers should be wary if they think they have got away with shoplifting, as more often than not they have not got away with it.
“They know you do it, they watch you do it, and then turn you in. Boom,” Jessica joked.
A number of people rushed to the comment section.
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“I worked at Lowe’s too, crazy what I watched people steal,” one person commented.
“Okay but what if you accidentally stole but put it back once you realized,” another asked.
Shoplifting has become such a severe problem across the US that shoppers may face major price increases, according to a retail expert.
Target has said that merchandise theft cost the store millions of dollars this year.
David Moon, a retail specialist, told Knoxville News Sentinel that this level of left will impact consumers.
In a recent press release, the retail giant said that theft will amount to $500 million more in stolen and lost merchandise than the year previously.
“Retailers must increase their prices in order to absorb the cost of stolen inventory,” David Moon said.
Target’s CEO said: ” We’re not alone in seeing a trend that has gotten progressively worse over the last 12 to 18 months.”
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