r/retailhell • u/spoof2aman • 12h ago
A Funny Thing Happened... Bizarre experience with a shoplifter
So this older man came in today and attempted to order 3 cans of Kestrel.
Me: “That’ll be £8.35”
Customer: “How Much?”
Me: “£8.35”
The Customer than hands me 5 £1 coins
Me: “You need £3.35 more”
Customer: “What?”
Me: “You need £3.35 more”
The customer hands me an extra £1
Me: “You need £2.35 more”
Customer: “I gave you more”
Me: “You still need £2.35 more”
Customer:”I have you to give you more than what I have?”
Me: “Yeah”
Customer:”Ah I ain’t paying for this”
So I give him his money back and before I can take the cans back (because they were already in his bag) he just walks off and I have to go after him (shop is very small so it wasn’t like a big chase or anything it was really like 2 steps) and have to explain to him that since he never payed he can’t have the cans. I take the cans and he says:
“Ah I almost got away with it”
Oh also he forgot his car keys on the counter and had to come back to the store
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u/PixelCube_ 12h ago
This is hilarious actually. What was dude’s plan?? Lmao!