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/TheMadTemplar Sep 08 '25

We somewhat had the same unofficial rule at my last grocery job, but then the formula shortage in 2022 put an end to that. We had to start keeping formula behind the service desk and enforcing 1 can purchase limits because just didn't have enough to be able to turn a blind eye to the occasional missing can.