I’m a Target employee – I’ll know if shoppers are stealing even before they get to self-checkout with a simple check

A TARGET employee has revealed what she does in the average shift, including a trick that will tell her if shoppers have stolen items.

Retailers are cracking down on theft after a steady increase in shrinkage, especially at self-checkouts.

The TikToker took viewers with her to work, to show herself working a shift in a Target fitting roomCredit: TikTok/woahhthatziahh

However, Target has trained its employees to check for instances of theft before shoppers have even reached the register.

TikToker Keziah (@woahhthatsziahh) is 18 years old and shared in a video what the average day working at Target is like.

She shared a clip that read: “Come with me to work as a Target employee.”

First, she clocks in on a touchscreen device at 5.40pm, after she was “accidentally” 10 minutes late.

She then puts her belongings in a locker and checks the schedule to find out where she is based for her shift and picks up a walkie-talkie.

Keziah was put in the fitting room, which she said is “easy but boring,” other retail workers said “it’s the worst.”

When in her designated spot, she checked all of the empty stalls and ran her hand along the edges of the mirrors to check for removed tags.

She then shared the more shocking aspects to the fitting room shift, including having people try on underwear and then leaving it behind.

“Why do y’all feel the need to try on underwear…I’m not touching that,” the employee said as she picked up the garments with the edge of a hanger.

Keziah added: “Stop leaving your clothes in the fitting room, just hang them up and I’ll deal with it.”

Fellow retail workers rallied around the TikToker and vented their shared frustrations.

One wrote: “Why don’t people put the clothes on the rack when they’re literally gonna pass it anyways?”

Another said: “I had a girl tell me once she didn’t know how to hang clothes on a hanger…”

Other viewers were shocked saying: “PEOPLE TRY ON UNDERWEAR?? NAHHHH.”

Meanwhile, a retail expert has warned that shoplifting has become such a severe problem across the US that customers may face major price increases.

Target said that merchandise theft has cost the store millions of dollars this year.

David Moon, a retail specialist, told Knoxville News Sentinel that this level of theft will impact consumers.

In a recent press release, the retail giant said that theft will amount to $500million more in stolen and lost merchandise than the year previously.

“Retailers must increase their prices 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.”