What the?

[elanarchist]

Never seen this before. Was in Target trying to choose from 10 practically identical car wash soaps when I notice this guy with a cellphone saying "the subject is a white male in the automotive area". i'm like WTF - can't i take my time picking out my freakin soap when i look around and see that he's talking about this trashy looking guy in the aisle across from me. I start staring at the trashy guy wondering whats up and mr cellphone cautions me not to stare. he then darts off to another aisle in his best impression of james bond and continues to keep an eye on the bum from behind a stack of soccer balls. anyone know what the heck that was about?

 

[Aves]

I would imagine that they do. Just like a lot of other retail stores.

 

[95SS]

All large retailers have loss prevention staff. Most are a little less obvious.

 

[Beau]

Washed out cops = security guards
Washed out security guards = this?

 

[ThePresence]

How do you know he worked for the store? Maybe he was a cop? Maybe he was a Mafia hitman? CIA? Mossad? Dick Tracy?

 

[BillGates]

I think he was a zookeeper and the "bum" you spotted was actually an escaped gorilla.

 

[slick230]

You don't get out much, do you?

 

[JoeKing]

He was just a really bored/sad guy playing 007 in Target. Let him be.

 

[RedPickle]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
How do you know he worked for the store? Maybe he was a cop? Maybe he was a Mafia hitman? CIA? Mossad? Dick Tracy?

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[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: 95SS
All large retailers have loss prevention staff. Most are a little less obvious.

Actually we like to have a mix of the obvious and the covert. The obvious ones are like cops driving along the highway. If you can see them, they can see you and you won't speed. Noticable security personnel stop the less savvy, the first timers, the kids, etc from even trying something. The undercover people and the cameras are for the hardcore shoplifters who can't be scared off and have to be arrested to be stopped.