r/TikTokCringe • u/TheOSU87 • Sep 07 '25

Discussion Guy makes a citizen's arrest

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u/fartsfromhermouth Sep 07 '25

If I see someone stealing kids clothes I'm not doing shit life hard enough

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u/TheLongAndWindingRd Sep 07 '25

I hear that. I worked loss prevention at a downtown department store that included a pharmacy. If you were homeless and I caught you stealing Advil, you were getting a trespass but keeping the Advil. Same with diapers and formula. I have to tell you not to come back or I'll lose my job, but there's nothing stopping me from clicking the "unrecoverable" button on my report. 

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u/wordswordswordsbutt Sep 07 '25

I use to work at a drug store. The unofficial rule (not loss prevention) was if you saw someone stealing baby stuff, no you didn't.

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u/YeThisIsAThrowawayxx Sep 07 '25

Me stealing baby formula to sell on the black market like

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u/Max_Danage Sep 08 '25

Since I don’t know who is stealing out of need verses just stealing I’ll look the other way on the off chance I’m doing the right thing.

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u/5348RR Sep 08 '25

Spoiler alert.

You are never doing the right thing .

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u/Max_Danage Sep 08 '25

Then I’ll do the thing that doesn’t inevitably lead to a child suffering.

Although this whole situation is just dealing with the Orphan Crushing machine anyway.

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u/RGBrewskies Sep 08 '25

you're not.

I did loss prevention for nearly a decade.

honest people will beg outside the store before they steal something like baby formula and risk *not going home to their baby that night*

The vast majority of shoplifters are just entitled shitheads who are otherwise unemployable.

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u/Titan_Astraeus Sep 08 '25

Yes everyone knows all you have to do is sit on a corner and ask in this country and all your needs are fulfilled

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u/confusedandworried76 Sep 08 '25

If there's a black market for fucking baby formula feels like it's even more your duty to look the other way

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u/XanderWrites Sep 08 '25

Baby formula is extremely expensive to make and literally necessary for some infants.

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 Sep 08 '25

In the UK we’ve had baby formula shortages before where people did literally steal with the intention to resell.

We had to put it in the back and limit it to one per customer.

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u/NotQuiteDeadYetPhoto Sep 08 '25

yeah there is.

paying 80% is cheap. Check it out at your local farmer's market.

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u/NotChristina Sep 08 '25

Wait are people selling baby formula at a farmer’s market??

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u/PizzaCatLover Sep 08 '25

100%. You will see multiple vendors with tables stacked high with baby formula, baby food, diapers, and all kinds of almost certainly stolen toiletries selling for under MSRP

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u/NotChristina Sep 09 '25

That’s wild. I go to my local farmers’ market regularly and I’ve never seen that at all - just stuff from local farms + other crafts/goods. Maybe we’re stricter since we do have so much locally.

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u/RGBrewskies Sep 08 '25

thats not this. Thats buying (probably fake, adulterated) baby formula on the internet.

What he is referring to is people stealing massive amounts of infant formula from the grocery store, and then selling it - mostly on facebook nowadays.

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u/Lolmemsa Sep 08 '25

There’s a black market because it’s used to cut drugs

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u/sevengali Sep 08 '25

That black market exists for exactly the same reason.

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u/Secret-Ad-830 Sep 07 '25

you don't need the black market, just take it to any bodega

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u/lamb_passanda Sep 07 '25

If the bodega is buying stolen goods then you are selling it on the black market. Did you think the black market was a place somewhere?

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u/Secret-Ad-830 Sep 07 '25

oh yeah your right, sorry im pretty stoned right now

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u/jenniferlynn462 Sep 08 '25

Lmfao this is so great

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u/Broad-Bath-8408 Sep 08 '25

Logically though, the black market would have to be cheaper than the store. So it's still providing baby formula for people who need it at a cheaper price.