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Journal nizo's Journal: I guess I am not Batman 13

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        So today I was visiting a local Walgreens (drugstore) and as I step through the front door I see this guy pushing a lady. As I watch, I realize that the woman is an employee. The lady pushes him back, and the guy bolts for the door, but he can't reach it because of some shelves and things in the way. The employee runs around a different way and puts herself between the guy and the exit. The guy finally figures out how to get through the various obstructions, meanwhile I have stepped out of the way, since I have no idea what is going on. The guy bolts for the exit, and the female employee again tries to stop him. This whole time I haven't really looked at the guys face; instead I have been watching his hands to make sure he doesn't pull out a weapon. He pushes her out of the way, striking her face, and makes for the exit; as he moves away from her he drops something. She stumbles back but doesn't fall down.
        A quick glance down confirms my earlier thought; the guy is trying to shoplift something, and the employee is trying to stop him. I quickly decide to not keep this guy in the store, since I still have no idea if he is carrying a weapon or not. I consider tripping him as he runs out the door, but think better of it. As he runs out the door, I quickly follow him. He runs out to his old beat-up truck, which he apparently left running. Tires squealing, he blasts out of the parking lot as I repeat his license number over and over out loud so I won't forget it. I walk back into the store and give the license plate number to a clerk, who writes it down on his hand. I talk to the cops later, but can't give much of a description of the guy or the truck, but luckily the employee and cameras help out there.

And what did I see the guy trying to shoplift? Some Crest Whitestrips. The guy looks like crap, and he drives this crappy old truck, and he is stealing Crest Whitestrips. I can't even put into words how totally bizarre this whole incident is.

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  • It doesnt always seem to make sense.... some times they are compulsive theives.... they just walk around and start stealign stuff. They dont' even care what.

    bizar for sure.

    jason
  • I know she did not handle that according to the official walgreen's loss prevention policy.

    Still grumbling aver my craptastic Christmas bonus of $12.50 in the form of a Walgreen's giftcard ( which wasn't even activated until Jan 1st), I probably would have made sure he got one of those sonic toothbrushes too.

  • He wanted to look good for his mug shots :-)
    • You mean something like this [thesmokinggun.com]?-) That is the best mugshot ever...
      • It's actually pretty damn clever of him to be booked in suit and tie and with a huge grin on his face. Makes it so much more difficult for his political opponents to use the mugshot against him.

        As for the shoplifting incident, it was probably a good call to just let him go and get his license and try to memorize as much details as possible. And, it was somewhat stupid of the clerk to attempt to detain him like that over a few bucks of merchandise considering they already had him on tape*.

        Perhaps you're not
  • is there something in those whitestrips that can be converted into meth?
  • and it is a bit of maze - at least the one just North of Seattle on Aurora at 145th.

    But I bought a nice rice cooker - to save my pot boiling over on the stove when I make sushi. Mmm, shrimp ... must have more.

    Maybe he was really desparate to go on a date, but couldn't afford it? The cost of the gas to go take something from the Walgreens was probably more than the cost of the whitestrips in the first place, but most shoplifters don't grok economics.
    • Speaking of cooking rice, I love my T-Fal VC1001002 Ultra-Compact Steamer (see amazon). I almost got a rice cooker until I saw this puppy. Not only does it make the best rice I have ever made (it comes out perfect), but I can steam chicken/veggies/etc in it at the same time. Easy as hell to use and the food comes out great.
      It looks huge in the pictures, but it comes apart and nests into a reasonable size. The only complaint is one place the directions are whacked; I do a one-for-one (1 cup rice + 1 cup wat
      • Yeah, I know. I got a hot water boiler (you know, 6 cup) with instant-off for work, and almost thought of getting a fancier rice/stew/slow cooker for home, but it was $10 and my new pay hasn't kicked in yet. So I got the $15 one, from a brand I recognized from Canada (instructions were in English and French, so it is, made there and not in China).

        Maybe next time.
      • The only complaint is one place the directions are whacked; I do a one-for-one (1 cup rice + 1 cup water) in the rice bowl, but other than that the directions are good.

        Oh, when I make sushi I tend to do about one cup of rice plus 1.5 cups of water. Then when it's semi-fluffed, I add the spiced rice vinegar (buy large bottles at Uwajimaya for the price of small teeny (one-tenth size) bottles in other places).

        Yeah, I've got one of those 10 kilo bags of rice on my counter ...
        • I used to have a hugemongous bag of basmati rice (mmmmmm, basmati), but once I finally ate it all the SO forbade me to buy another huge bag because of space issues :-| Though now that we have a huge house I could probably hide a big bag easier :-)
  • You interloping motherfucker. Have you SEEN my teeth?! I NEEDED those whitestrips!

    Bastard.

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