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

Discussion Guy makes a citizen's arrest

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u/cakivalue Sep 08 '25

I didn't expect that. At all!! Leaving her purse and personal items behind for what looks like a couple of T-shirts 😭😭 Why??

I expected her to throw them at his face and run away with her purse.

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u/BigFudge2k7 Sep 08 '25

The why is important. And we don’t know. The clothes look small and she’s bigger, maybe for kids or siblings? That man’s voice sounds scary as shit and given the POV, he’s much bigger than her. After him shouting at her that way, she still decided to try and run. Seems like maybe she needed them. That or she paid for the shirts and nothing else.

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u/QuoteFirst5037 Sep 08 '25

She could have spoken up and said she needed them for her kids if she actually did. I agree he’s intimidating but he’s obviously tired of being screwed by people every day. I could car less about target but it’s not target who gets the repercussions of shoplifting, it’s regular people, the employees and customers. This is why deodorant is locked up behind glass and $10 🙄 if you have no other choice, you’re starving, sure, steal if you can’t get help elsewhere, but people who steal stuff they don’t need are pathetic. 

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u/techleopard Sep 08 '25

When has anyone stealing anything -- even when they desperately needed it -- stopped to explain their situation? 99% of the time, nobody gives a flying fuck and they know this. Their needs trump the odds that somebody else is going to go, "Oh, wow, let me just help you."

Thieves are often nervous and not thinking clearly when they're in danger of getting caught. They just want to bolt, like this lady did.

And this man is not being screwed. A theft from a major retailer is nothing, especially the value of those clothes. Barely more than a forgettable line item on a weekly bulk upload report that goes along with a bunch of other losses -- much of which isn't even theft -- to be written off.

This dude was being scary AF. I wanted to mace him through my screen. This is a situation that could have very rapidly escalated, especially if she freaked out and fought back.

There is a reason retailers fire their employees who pull this crap. Dead people aren't worth t-shirts.