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<blockquote data-quote="OKC_45" data-source="post: 788921" data-attributes="member: 6267"><p>I used to work for a nationwide chain electronics retailer which shall remain nameless (rhymes with Circus Sit-T) ;0) </p><p></p><p>Anyway, when the PlayStation 2 was brand new on the market, the company's "planogram" called for the gaming consoles to be stacked at an endcap in a particular part of the store. Because of the way our store was designed (wasn't built by the company, but was a building they leased) this stack of $400 (at the time) gaming consoles was literally 20 ft. from the emergency exit at the back of our store. </p><p> </p><p>As you've probably guessed by now, some local teenagers figured out these were pretty easy to steal - company policy wouldn't allow employees to stop anyone in the act of stealing; we could only ask them if they needed someone to ring up the sale, and if they walked out the door we were not to follow. These kids would just walk in, grab a box and walk out the back door nonchalantly with a host of employees following them asking if they could help them/ring them up - pretty comical actually! Management tried to get corporate to allow us to move the gaming consoles to a 'safer' part of the store to no avail. After all, all the stores have to look the same and have product in exactly the same place.</p><p></p><p>Finally, one day, after having 10 consoles stolen in a <em>single afternoon</em> an assistant manager got fed up and chased three teens who came in together, each grabbed a console, and took off out the back door. He caught one of them and held him 'till the police arrived. The other two got away, but dropped the merchandise. He was promptly fired the next day and our entire store was required to got through training on why we couldn't do that because of company liability to the employees AND the bad guys! (apparently they could have been sued had one of the bad guys been hit by a car or twisted his ankle in the chase).</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, a week later the endcap was still there - but now the boxes were empty. You had to take the empty box to the customer service desk to get the real thing. </p><p></p><p>Pretty crazy world we live in!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKC_45, post: 788921, member: 6267"] I used to work for a nationwide chain electronics retailer which shall remain nameless (rhymes with Circus Sit-T) ;0) Anyway, when the PlayStation 2 was brand new on the market, the company's "planogram" called for the gaming consoles to be stacked at an endcap in a particular part of the store. Because of the way our store was designed (wasn't built by the company, but was a building they leased) this stack of $400 (at the time) gaming consoles was literally 20 ft. from the emergency exit at the back of our store. As you've probably guessed by now, some local teenagers figured out these were pretty easy to steal - company policy wouldn't allow employees to stop anyone in the act of stealing; we could only ask them if they needed someone to ring up the sale, and if they walked out the door we were not to follow. These kids would just walk in, grab a box and walk out the back door nonchalantly with a host of employees following them asking if they could help them/ring them up - pretty comical actually! Management tried to get corporate to allow us to move the gaming consoles to a 'safer' part of the store to no avail. After all, all the stores have to look the same and have product in exactly the same place. Finally, one day, after having 10 consoles stolen in a [I]single afternoon[/I] an assistant manager got fed up and chased three teens who came in together, each grabbed a console, and took off out the back door. He caught one of them and held him 'till the police arrived. The other two got away, but dropped the merchandise. He was promptly fired the next day and our entire store was required to got through training on why we couldn't do that because of company liability to the employees AND the bad guys! (apparently they could have been sued had one of the bad guys been hit by a car or twisted his ankle in the chase). Needless to say, a week later the endcap was still there - but now the boxes were empty. You had to take the empty box to the customer service desk to get the real thing. Pretty crazy world we live in! [/QUOTE]
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