[Problem] Repeating Thief, how to catch and future prevention?

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Capt Caveman

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Jan 30, 2005
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worst, i typed on iphone, i now i am just very pissed off, as we are missing 400$r worth perogies at moment

OP - change the locks again and make sure you're the only one with the key. If perogies are stolen again, tell your wife to call the cops and have you arrested.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Jun 19, 2004
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You limit access. You do a count before and after every shift. Key holders unlock, get what they need and, relock. Or. you can have a warehouse man who pulls food requested on forms and signed for and he is the only one with a key.
 

olds

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Mar 3, 2000
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Put this in the area where things are stolen because no one f's with a lion.

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Perknose

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Put this in the area where things are stolen because no one f's with a lion.

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The lion will catch (and eat) the thief, sure, but next it will eat the pierogies!

Then it will eat the OP!

Unless, of course, you stock the meeting hall with gazelles. Although then you will be knee deep in gazelle shit. Nobody likes to snack on pierogies in a hall full of gazelle shit. Sales and profits will plummet.

OP, I have concluded there is no logical solution to your problem . . .

Unless you hire some dumb Pollack to sweep up the gazelle shit.

But then the lion will catch and eat the Pollack, as he is no doubt slower and dumber than the gazelles, and easily separated from the herd.

Yup. No logical solution.

You're farked, OP.
 

chusteczka

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  1. The freezer doors can be opened from the inside even when padlocked shut on the outside. If the thief does not have a key, then the thief is locking himself/herself into the freezer before everyone leaves.
  2. Change the locks and control who has the keys. If there is a community key, connect it to a large piece of wood so people know when someone has the key.
  3. Increase your inventory control. Maybe you are miscounting somewhere. Count each morning, each night, and keep track of inventory during the day. Find out when the loss is occurring and you may be able to discover more information such as who or how.
  4. More cameras.
  5. Fire all workers and replace them with a new group. (This solution may not be realistic.)
  6. Appeal to the thief and hang a sign explaining to everyone that further theft will put the group out of business.

I dislike seeing a good pierogi business run into the ground.
 

AnonymouseUser

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May 14, 2003
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Does someone who has access to the freezers also work at a local restaurant? Does that restaurant have pierogies on special every Thursday or Friday?
 

ussfletcher

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1. Make batches of perogies with high concentrations of cyanide.
2. Replace the perogies that you wish to serve with the 'special' perogies. Then store the good ones (without cyanide) in a different (offsite) location.
3. See who is in the hospital or has a funeral scheduled a few days later.
 

Balt

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Wait, so everything is locked but stuff is still being stolen? Ever think that it might be someone with a key?

Seriously. It's not like the thief is Houdini. Clearly someone you think you can trust with the key isn't actually trustworthy. Change the locks (again) and this time control your keys more tightly. Don't ever leave them lying around since it won't take long for someone to go get it copied.
 

AMCRambler

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Jan 23, 2001
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So you're polish? Hmmm...maybe get someone else to count for you? Math skillz suspect!
 

mugs

Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
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Clues:
1. This happens every week on Wednesday or Thursday.
2. They steel 1200 pierogies a week.

Solutions:
1. Lay in wait in Polish hall on Wednesday and Thursday night. Destroy thief with falcon punch.
2. Find person who is going through 1200 pierogies per week. Likely culprits: restaurateurs, morbidly obese people.
 

BoomerD

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Feb 26, 2006
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Telling Polish jokes can cause lots of trouble...

I never realized how offended Polish people could get over Polish jokes, until one morning about 20 years ago, I had stopped at the mini-mart on my way to work for gas. The guy I carpooled with and I were telling Polish jokes while I filled the tank.
Some guy pulls in at the pump next to me and listens for a minute, then says to me, "Hey, I'm Polish, and I find those kinds of jokes offensive. I really wish you'd stop." Then he left and went into the store...My buddy and I ignore the jerk and continue telling Polack jokes...
He comes back out of the store, hears that we're STILL telling Polack jokes, and says, "OK asshole, I TRIED to be nice about this, but I guess the only thing left is to take you behind the store and kick your ass." Hell, I'm running early for work, so he and I head out back.
As soon as we get behind the store, the fucker pulls a razor...
The ONLY reason I'm here to tell this story, is there was no place for him to plug it in..................





(yes, I've told it before)
 

apac

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Apr 12, 2003
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Why don't you try to fix/use the IP camera? Or get one that works? Find someone technically savvy to do it for you, I'm sure you could offer them some delicious perogies in return.
 

arkcom

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Why don't you try to fix/use the IP camera? Or get one that works? Find someone technically savvy to do it for you, I'm sure you could offer them some delicious perogies in return.

Nah. Apparently, they'll just steal them.
 

Gooberlx2

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May 4, 2001
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Lock the freezer
Fix the camera
Limit access
Count before and after every shift

Chances are staff/volunteers are stealing them...not just some random person.