Do you work in retail? If so, do you tend to follow customers around the store...?

Question

if you suspect they may steal. Do the customers you follow or watch tend to be a certain race, religion, sex, etc.?

I am not even sure if this is the section to where I should post this question, but I wanted to see what people would say or if you are even consious (sp?) of who you watch or if is it a reflect action based on personal views, environment, the media, etc.

or experiences

Answer 1

I run a small video store in a little town and before we opened I carefully planned to remove all temptation of stealing. All my movie cases are empty and all the candy and soda and snacks are behind the counter.

I don't follow my customers around - no one likes to be followed around in a store. Even when I worked in larger retail environments, I would never do that. The stores that I've worked in that were very large had security systems and security officers so there was never a need for that - and all the smaller stores I've worked in were so small that you could see and watch everyone from the counter.

Answer 2

I'm 59 years old, been on both ends, I say Hello, how are you today to greet, let the customer rest a bit, look around. Unless assigned to you, your job is sales rather than security, then clarify the job assignment, otherwise !

Answer 3

i dont follow people around i generally watch everyone but i do like to bust people who steal it funny cause they never think its gonna happen to them