‘That’s when I knew I was done with retail.’ : Wild Karen calls Manager on Employee who accuses her of shoplifting, then gets away with it

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    Font - Posted by u/bscarlettgrace 15 hours ago I was berated by a shoplifter So I used to work at a department store in the southern United States. I was a lingerie fitter and spent most of my days doing fittings or putting back unwanted items. On this particular day we were slammed and I'd done at least 20 fittings in the first couple of hours of my shift. One of those fittings was a larger woman who was very rude throughout the process. She repeatedly sent me back to get more and more things f
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    Font - Finally she says she's dressing and will be out to make her purchases in a few minutes. I went out to the register to help out with some other customers in the meantime. I see her come out and make a beeline for the next department so I say, "Excuse me, ma'am. Did none of those items work out for you?" She says no and tries to walk away. At that point I knew what she was trying to pull because of so many previous experiences in this same store. I ask, "Are they in the fitting room? I'll b
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    Font - She turns around and walks away but at this point we're too busy for me to check to see if all the items are there so I have to immediately help out another customer. So I'm standing there helping a woman out with finding an item when my manager comes over and says she needs to speak with me in her office. Apparently the Karen came to her to complain that I was harassing her and accusing her of shoplifting. I explained the entire situation to my manager and she agreed that it was wrong bu
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    Font - The lady who is probably mid 50s is standing there with her 20 something year old daughter immediately starts yelling at me in front of all the other customers and employees about how much her house costs and even showing me the keys to her luxury car. Basically trying to tell me that she doesn't have to steal because she's rich. The whole "How dare you?!" thing. So I apologize saying that I meant no such thing and that I was simply trying to help. The daughter then responds to this by ta
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    Font - Manager and security really didn't do much. They just kind of asked them to continue their shopping and not worry about it. A week or so later my coworker lets me know that the Karen had come back in. She tried to return several of the items I'd taken her to try on that day without a receipt or our stores special proof of purchase barcode that goes on every single tag or else the register won't proceed. That's when I knew I was done with retail.
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    Font - AkisFatHusband. 12 hr. ago On behalf of all humanity I would like to extend my sincerest condolences for how the retail industry has treated you 16 Reply Share bscarlettgrace OP · 12 hr. ago Thank you very much. I know I'll never go back to that life. It's not worth it. 474 7 Reply Share
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    Font - Shelly_205 13 hr. ago Did she get to return the items though? I really hope she didn't 4:↓ Reply Share bscarlettgrace OP 13 hr. ago She did not. Without those barcode stickers we know that they either weren't purchased at our store or they were stolen. ↑ 11 Reply Share
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    Font - Specialist_Passage83 · 13 hr. ago Karen may be a boch, but so is Karma. Reply Share 13 bscarlettgrace OP. 13 hr. ago Oh yeah. She got caught. 10 Reply Share jennlynn00 12 hr. ago The irony 42 ↓ Reply Share

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