Dude…

Quit while you’re ahead!

That can be applied to a lot of things in life, but if you are freaking shoplifting from a store and you get away with it, run off into the horizon and don’t look back.

Of course, most of us would do that, but not the guy in this story!

Check out what happened…we think you’re gonna be surprised.

When A Thief Got Too Greedy.

“I work in retail, and for those like me, there is nothing more annoying than a thief coming into your store and stealing a lot of items without being noticed before it’s too late.

Except for maybe annoying customers, but to each their own.

But last night was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me in the past 3 years I’ve been working retail.

It all began when a shoplifter came into my store and began to steal a bunch of items, starting with some fragrances. I know that because he ripped the tamper tag on it near me, but I wasn’t able to see it in time.

He doesn’t sound like a very good thief…

I did, however, keep him in mind after seeing him walk around without items and continuously grabbing more.

When he eventually left when I wasn’t looking, I asked my colleague in the front, who said he didn’t see the guy pay for anything, and after reviewing the cameras, I saw him crystal clear as day stealing by shoving items into his bags and clothing.

Unfortunately, when I did see it on the cameras, several minutes had passed, so no doubt he should have been long gone.

Which sucks because from what I saw he grabbed a lot and having a blatant thief on your shift when you’re the manager on duty is never fun because then you’ve got to explain to your boss why neither you nor your co-worker caught or noticed the guy.

But I still called the non-emergency police line because I needed a police report for the report I had to make for LP.

No way!

But then, by the grace of GOD, while I was in the middle of finding out what he stole, this guy got a little greedy. And how so? HE CAME BACK FOR MORE!

I kid you not, he thought he could steal from us once and come back about 30-40 minutes later and steal from us again! The moment I spotted him walking back into the store, my eyes lit up!

It was about to go down!

I ran into our stockroom and called 911 immediately and explained the situation, causing them to send officers faster, and thankfully they did because soon after the guy dipped again, they showed up and managed to grab the guy since he was on foot.

I got every single item he stole back, amounting to nearly $200, and got him arrested, as my boss wanted to press charges.

What was surprising was the fact that my store wasn’t the only one he stole from because he had several items that were not in my store’s system and were locked up in a way he could not get to them.

Overall, I was laughing and celebrating that the guy got greedy because it meant I got all the stuff back and he would get in trouble.

My boss was pretty happy too.”

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In all honesty, this guy probably would’ve been caught eventually…

But this was quite a mistake to make.

What an idiot!

This thief made a huge blunder!