I'm the same as your intro. I always check my receipt after a purchase, and I'm glad I do that, because one time I used the self checkout like I always do, and one item didn't get scanned. Either I missed it by accident or the scanner glitched, either way I was "stealing" and didn't realize it until I got to my car. After peering over the receipt I noticed it, so I went back into the store. I went to look for the same item in the store, took it to the counter and told the guy "Hey I walked out of here with one of these by accident and didn't pay for it, so do me a favor charge me for this and restock it." He was grateful for me being honest. I told him "I have a conscience and I have to be able to sleep at night."
@psychologyofwarfare4 жыл бұрын
Jason Williams thank you for posting this. Please post more. I agree 100% with you. I used to love Walmart and spent a monthly average of about $500 at least. I now hate it and have never returned to Walmart and spend my money elsewhere. I refuse to be treated like that. They will not get another dollar from me again.
@MRFUKUALLUP7 ай бұрын
Normal shopper never notice a loss prevention you know why bcuz there not gonna do anything wrong
@northeasternexped97253 жыл бұрын
Last trip to Walmart I bought two things and went through Self Check Out and felt very scrutinized. They don't do Customer Service well.
@ad03dh4 жыл бұрын
I feel like recently I have been followed twice and not sure why. Never happened to me before, or at least I have not notice it as much as my past two trips to Walmart. I am not going to shop there anymore either
@JordanBrotherInJesus4 жыл бұрын
Although your supposed to be catching people. The main objective is to deter theft all together. If you can do that by making yourself known, than that's a job well done. Only downside to that is now they know to avoid you if they ever come in to steal.
@chet63372 жыл бұрын
Jason, I completely agree with you
@DavidMartinez-qy6sn2 жыл бұрын
I'll say this from being an asset protection person myself for a few years, I can confirm a good amount of people in the feild happen to be entitled power trip ass weirdos, several of which are actually from well off backgrounds. Don't understand it but that's the case. Due to this fact a lot of them are not street savvy in the slightestt and cannot, I repeat CANNOT, spot a Shady person from a regular customer, hence the tendency to harass the normal customer, either that or they only care about getting a power trip, which may very well be the case. Apologies man. Truly.
@jacobschwertfeger48574 ай бұрын
yea its not hard to spot those guys and they do piss me off I don't steal ever if I can't see you you are good and not intrusive to my shopping so yea ty for being that guy.
@jacobschwertfeger48574 ай бұрын
lol reread that meant it as ty for being the unitrusive guy
@jetaruni99522 жыл бұрын
The reason they follow you in person is because you probably work in a low shrink store, the store i work at is a high shrink and that is where you will find the LP watching you with cameras… most stores cameras are quite basic and bad, almost impossible to follow people in live time dont take it personal it could be 1 random movement that will make them follow u, somthing normal for you could look weird to them.👍 comment if anyonr has any questions
@ed1994 ай бұрын
Exactly, any kind of suspicious movements can make them lock in on you if you’re seen making them. Now not everyone can be watched at once so it’s a random game of pick and choose, from a customers perspective though. For the LP they saw you do something fishy and now they are either wrong or not. Only so much you can do to conceal yourself as undercover. So now they’re gonna follow you to see if you make any other fuck ups. Best thing to do is walk in get what you need and go. People who stroll around for hours (yes, hours) are highly suspicious, weaving looking around, going into empty aisles etc.
@paulgeyer10672 жыл бұрын
You bet there are shoplifters. But much of the losses might also be from internal pilfering. An employee could mix an item in with the trash and then go get it from the dumpster later.
@jasonwilliams83212 жыл бұрын
They were doing that at my hometown Wal Mart for years. It was local common knowledge that you could find all sorts of stuff in the trash behind the store and people would regularly check the dumpsters. The whole reasoning was “Wal mart was throwing stuff out”. After several years they finally busted over 20 employees many of whom went to prison.
@christophercurry11119 ай бұрын
Lost Prevention lady fake like she was into me following me every time I was at Walmart, but I knew deep down she was fake then after rejecting her her boss came out of the prevention room mean mugging me down lol.
@charlessanders13422 жыл бұрын
I had a employee taker her time moving so I could get milk so I said a few things as I walked away " move outta the way for customer to get there product" so I walked back around as she pulled out her phone started recording me taking pics. I walked towards the front if store and told a manager and also called corporate as I was soon notified they are not to be doing that and she was delt with accordingly. I seen her a week later so she wasn't fired unfortunately.
@ratrodramblin2 жыл бұрын
I get followed all the time no matter where I go but then again people don't know what a working man looks like anymore. My Wally has everything behind glass now because here in Cali being homeless is the fad. I guess I look homeless lol. Things behind glass now are Pants, nail files, bicycle accessories, aspirin, automotive additives, tools, some toys, bikes locked up. I make it a game to find the LP and mess with them now. I know the bell rings when I go in.
@Texas2142 жыл бұрын
As an ex AP I worked at target for 3 years I can tell you it’s hard now and days to say who is stealing and who was actually buying. We had crew of guys that were dress like construction workers with hard hats, vest, safety glasses and steal toe boots. They would hit multiple targets in one day pushing carts out the fire exits. I busted a 75 year old lady trying to steal nicotine gum almost 1k worth of it. We had a guy dressed like Santa that would steal protein formula during December from multiple locations. We had multiple people driving luxury cars that would walk in and just take what ever they wanted and walk out.The one that really messed me up was a lady who would take tablets hide them in a kids backpack and would make her 6 year old daughter walk out with them first. After Covid began we could no longer go hands on with people busting people. So we had to wear blue shirt with target logos. Sometimes people are so paranoid I would get accused of following people when I wasn’t. One time I was going to lunch and a lady accused me of following her she called a racists. I’m Hispanic and she was Hispanic as well, said I only followed her because shes Mexican. Funny thing she doesn’t speak Spanish and I do lol. I quit that job to much bs
@way2comfortable6982 жыл бұрын
Hahah I always mess with them ever since they accused me of stealing once, I even lifted my shirt up to prove they were wrong . He felt silly after and left irritated
@justaguy4real2 жыл бұрын
6:00 I'd heard they'd actually just rather just use a scare tactic for you drop the item and go
@aaroncarter939 Жыл бұрын
This guy, I've always been honest 😉
@kalvinreeves22792 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a fun hobby
@way2comfortable6982 жыл бұрын
Even apologized too 🤣
@justaguy4real2 жыл бұрын
0:40 you've likely always had a job or financial security 1:05 aww thats great.. kudos for you haaa 2:40 walking alone with something in hand goes to a blindspot with item no longer there. Shoplifters dont realize how obvious they bc their perspective is different from the loss prevention staff
@Jay_Dahl3 жыл бұрын
I hear a lot of complaints here about Walmart's loss prevention people, but I don't hear any practical solutions to Walmart's huge shoplifting problem that raises prices for everybody. What I'm seeing here is that you're looking for a good fight. Your life would be happier if you just accepted the little annoyances of everyday life.
@michaelshultz15903 жыл бұрын
The idea that shoplifting raises prices is a myth. The stores assume that they’re going to lose a certain percentage to all forms of shrink. This includes customer theft, employee theft, vendor theft, human error, computer error, breakage, and spoilage if it applies. They tack that on to the price, but if they lose less than they assumed they would lose they do not lower their prices or issue refunds. They want customers to assume that the high prices are because of shoplifting.
@danmilosevich2 жыл бұрын
1st, get rid of self check out. 2nd yave baggers at every check stand. 3rd it is on the cashier and bagger to insure all items are scanned. Any failure is on them.
@Jay_Dahl2 жыл бұрын
@@danmilosevich I actually agree with you, that cashiers and baggers would reduce shrink. But how much extra are you willing to pay for all that extra service? You're certainly not going to recoup the additional costs through reduced shrink.
@jasonwilliams83212 жыл бұрын
@@Jay_Dahl were we paying for it before the self checkouts were installed? Prices went up at my Wal Mart after they installed them. By your reasoning we should just keep putting up with further incursions on our rights until someone is stomping on our necks with a black boot. Sounds like you voted dem.
@gm60349 ай бұрын
@@jasonwilliams8321 Hey hey now republicans aren’t ANY better. Both parties do nothing for the working class.
@gypsygypsy71854 ай бұрын
So confused here bro You worked as lp and you felt harassed at different t store ???
@Dr.Thomas. Жыл бұрын
My God, 3 minutes in and I'm still waiting for you to make a point.... About anything! Outa here.
@CriminalJusticeExpert5 жыл бұрын
U know it's only one loss prevention officer on duty right? They work cameras and run after they past last point of sale.
@jasonwilliams83215 жыл бұрын
I happen to know for a fact that there are at least 3 LP guys on duty at one time at the local store.
@timbrown38004 жыл бұрын
Many more than that at 90% of stores in Ga. They stick out like a sore thumb too! I'll call them out too if they get too close. Im your HUCKLEBERRY boy. Bring it on Snitch..✔️💯
@juliecarter15873 жыл бұрын
@@timbrown3800 I'm from GA too, and you are on point with your comment. My husband (now deceased) and I used to go in Walmart and while I did my shopping, he'd wander around, looking for all the "secret shoppers" he could spot, most of the time with an item randomly picked up that he could use as a weapon. You know like a hammer, or baseball bat. Then he'd have a blast spotting them fuckers, and he'd start acting all suspicious and shady, so they REALLY got on him heavy. Once he knew he had a few dedicated solely to watching him, he'd start acting like he was crazy, talking to himself and not making sense, fake having multiple personalities, oh my favorite was his fake Tourettes .. middle of WalMart this 40 yr old man squawking n clucking like a chicken, alternating with SCREAMING obscenities and singing in his best opera voice as loud as he could. Sometimes he'd go down an aisle, and dart to the end and come back up the next aisle so he could run up behind them fuckers and scream, startle the hell outta them dudes! I don't know how in the world he kept a straight face like he did. But he'd have the biggest laugh as soon as we got in the car... He got the biggest kick outta doing that stupid crap! (RIP baby I still miss your laughter and your love everyday.)
@awkwardautistic2 жыл бұрын
Not always just one.
@ed1994 ай бұрын
Could be from one to three. People come and go kinda thing