Millionaire Shoplifters @ Seaside

[ASH]

Are you people suprised? People steal everything that isn't bolted down around here, but they dang sure leave thier trash.:angry:

We need to bolt down the trash and trick the tourists into thinking that we really want to keep it all. :funn:

 

[Sandcastle]

You would have thought that Seaide security would have advised the galleries after this incident but this is the first my wife had heard about it.

Seaside security has more important things to do -- looking important and intimidating tourists using the private walkovers.

 

[ASH]

Haaaaaa.....Economy is tough right now and they have to justify their existence to the boss-hoss.

 

[Matt J]

The story says they've been coming here for 'years' and hitting at least 10 businesses per year....so maybe it's some kind of a "Upscale Five-Finger Discount Tourist Package?"


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Sounds to me like they are just bored with there lives and this is the only thrill they can get off on anymore. Pretty sad in my book.

 

[liquorqueen]

Hey Grayton Girl...where'd you get that cool picture of the smiling dog???

 

[DuneLaker]

This is surely a white collar crime area with millionaire shoplifters, medical fraud and real estate scams.

 

[mikecat adjuster]

I use to work in loss prevention and in a city like Destin for example that has a lot of people going into each store, I guarantee, I promise, that at least one thing is stolen every day. You would be amazed. And why is it not stopped? The big businesses look at it as a cost of doing business and passes on the costs to everyone else. They are also scared of being sued and even when the person is caught red handed, little is done and it is wise to just continue stealing. I watched groups of people steal who we knew were stealing 10's of thousands of dollars of goods a year and was instructed to do nothing. That was one of the most frustrating experiences of my life working that job. I was great at it though, catching more...well, I was good. It was just a frustrating job.