TheArchDuke
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Last night I was at work (best buy) manning the security cameras. An employee came up to me and told me about a suspicious character. He told me that as he exitted his car, he changed into a very baggy shirt and put on a belt. He was wandering around aimlessly from department to department (usually people at least know what department they're looking to shop in) and to top it off, his buddy was parked right outside the store with the engine running. I followed him on the camera for about 10 minutes. I saw him stuff something in the front of his pants under his shirt. I assumed it was one of our products so I sent someone over to "offer him some assistance". He was visibly nervous even on camera. He asked about FM transmitters and then changed the subject to camcorders before my coworker could answer the first question. After a minute or two, he wandered off by himself again. It looked like he was trying to find a place to ditch whatever he had in his waste band. I sent a manager over to openly confront him. On the camera I saw her walk over to him and ask him what he was hiding under his shirt. He shook his head as if to say it wasn't stolen.
He then lifted his shirt and revealed that is was "only" his foot long knife!
We promptly escorted him out. Nothing bad happened but it sure made me glad that I break company policy by bringing my own knife to work every day.
That isn't the first potentially bad situation we've had this week. We've actually had a few. That same manager (a small woman, probably no more that 110lb.) was threatened with violence in the parking lot a few times. It's been a crazy week.
All of that to say, what would you have done if the situation had escalated when the manager confronted him? I was almost completely on the other side of the store watching on the camera.
He then lifted his shirt and revealed that is was "only" his foot long knife!
We promptly escorted him out. Nothing bad happened but it sure made me glad that I break company policy by bringing my own knife to work every day.
That isn't the first potentially bad situation we've had this week. We've actually had a few. That same manager (a small woman, probably no more that 110lb.) was threatened with violence in the parking lot a few times. It's been a crazy week.
All of that to say, what would you have done if the situation had escalated when the manager confronted him? I was almost completely on the other side of the store watching on the camera.