A simple evening shopping leads to a crime stopping
adventure. Last week as I’m shopping
around one of my favorite discount non-chain stores, I encounter a crime being
committed…well, what I saw to be a crime.
A gentleman walked into said lovely cheap store with nothing in hand and
proceeded to walk out with two very large bags of items without first stopping
by the checkout counter to pay for those items. So, as I pull into the parking
lot tonight (along with my trustee side kick, my partner in all things non
sexual), I spot a vehicle that appeared to look like the prior week’s get-away
car! I get out, nonchalantly walk to the
back of the car and make note of the license plate (2 things here…nothing was
nonchalant about peering my head around the back of that car for a whole 5
seconds and calling it out to said partner in crime and second, I forgot the
last four numbers of the plate as soon as I walked away), we proceeded inside
the store not believing that the suspects would be inside less than a week
later. I informed Wonder Windy (aka
partner in all things non sexual) the physical description of the three
perpetrators as we are entering the scene of the “alleged” crime. We weren’t in the store 5 minutes before
suspect one was spotted (and I believe he was wearing the same white t-shirt as
last week so he doesn’t appear to be smart enough to steal something else to
wear!). Once identification was made, I informed management (well, the little
old lady with gray hair at the fitting room who called the manager three times
but he never came). Oh well, the team of
associates followed them around the store until they finally departed..one at a
time, and might I add, leaving behind a buggy full of items they had planned on
stealing. Not my business some may say
but to those people I say, “You ARE welcome!”.
If people continue to steal, it drives the cost up for us buying
consumers and I can only find so many clothes my size at the Goodwill
people! Needless to say, I was wearing
my super hero cape tonight foiling the criminals plans to loot a store! Super Girl better watch out….Wonder Windy and
Capt'n Cook are on the prowl. You
never know if we will be appearing at your favorite store next….(unless it’s
high end then it’s safe to say you won’t see us there unless we are the perpetrators,
we got pennies to pinch around this phone booth ;-) ). As I tuck my cape back under my dress, the
phone rings, the Mongrels are in need of rescue, Geesh, that cape never gets a
rest!!!
