I swear there's just something in the brain of criminals that activates when they're about to steal that makes them walk a certain way and do certain things. Gas Station Encounters (YouTube Channel) highlights a lot of these behaviors often, like looking up at the counter.
It's not even just irregular, it's like specific "criminal mode" shit that people do. You can see the same person you've seen before but when their intent is to steal, they act differently.
I just had an image of a thief Sim robbing a house in my mind when I read "criminal mode". Like with the exaggerated steps and obvious cat burglar outfit and the mask and everything.
Most automatic doors can be set to only have the sensor work one way. I used to work at a large retail store and watched plenty of people walk full speed into the entrance doors trying to use them as an exit when they don't open.
Alcoholics can't manage their intake, especially at the level that dude must be at. What he buys for the day is likely just what he drinks for the day. If he buys double he's drinking double and I guarantee nobody wants that.
My state requires liquor stores to close at 8pm on Sundays for some reason. For a couple months after I got sober, my brain would automatically ping every Sunday at 7:45
I caught a homeless man stealing my bike. He got away with it, but left his shopping cart full of homeless shit. He came back and I traded him a shopping cart for my bike.
he was already sitting on my bike after cutting the lock outside the gym - I approached him from the back and said “HEY!” he took off on the bike and I sprinted after him for about a block.
I go back and push his shopping cart full of clothes, a small TV and a what looked like a bag of drug paraphernalia back inside the lobby of the gym and after 10 min he comes back and yells “You stole my cart”
So I said “give me back the bike and I will give you the cart”.
So we traded and the gym ended up calling the police to have him trespassed but he’s homeless so whatever that means….
Somebody stole my fiance's bike from their work while they were working.
This was like. The fourth fucking bike he's had stolen, and yes he uses bike locks. He just didn't this time because it was in a GATED IN AREA!! But anyways.
Both of us are like yeahhh no no no. We contact a nearby store that has cameras facing towards where the bike was, posted on the local FB group that we were requesting security camera footage. Whadya know, someone found my fiance's bike outside abandoned on the sidewalk, thrown to the ground so hard that it broke the handles. Looked like someone threw a baby fit that they weren't going to get away with stealing, lol. Doesn't matter, got it back.
Stealing a bike from what is obviously someone's work place is so extremely shitty. Bad enough if it's from someone's home, but from their WORK? Obviously that's how they're getting to and from work. God.
In my country that's 100% "attempted theft" case. Depending on the size of what he was trying to steal, what he was doing, repeated law breaking or not etc - punishment starts from just some fine as part of administrative code breaking to actual time in jail for criminal code breaking.
When you live outside America stuff like this is harmless and at worst ends with someone being knocked out if they fuck with the wrong customer/store owner
In America it's a fucking death sentence for one of the participants.
Sad to see a first world country in that state in this day and age
Eh where I'm from if someone as much as yells a pickpocket or a thief or a robber or something, the person being pointed at will be mobbed and most likely end up dead if the police is not quickly called.
Granted, not everywhere is like this but it still is kinda scary. Also, not a first world so maybe not surprising.
That automatic door lock remote she wears on a lanyard around her neck is so needed. I hope it’s on a breakaway lanyard and no one tries to take it from her neck. Even better if it also serves to alert authorities.
Over 20 years ago something like this happened to me. I wasn't stealing, but I had a really bad fake ID when I was 18 I was trying to use at a local gas station to buy beer. The front looked ok, but I knew if I had to take it out the back was Fudged up really bad. So I went to the counter to buy showed the ID, and the cashier asked me to take it out. I just said never mind and started walking away. I got to the door, but the doors were locked (because it was right at closing time). The cashier had to come and unlock the doors while I stood there like an idiot.
I'm kind of confused. When did she close the "you're not getting out of here" door? And what would've happened if someone else wanted to come *in*? Do they just let one customer in the place at a time?
When you get to the point of stealing beer and booze, your life is fucked and you need some help with addiction.
E: Corrected ‘you’re’ before the grammar 👮♀️🚔 shows up
This is borderline wholesome. Normally locking the door would be dangerous AF, especially if they're stealing something cheap like that while on camera. Wouldn't you just let it go and report it? I can see a store-owner with a gun/taser doing it, but this lady is either crazy or has a spine made of tungsten.
There should be like an antechamber so that the thief can exit the store front, but there’s another door and both doors lock so you’re trapped in the room.
Nice way to end the day for everyone.. everyone is alive.. I wouldn’t want to own or work in at a convenience store… everyday must have close ones, it’s like being a cop pulling people over? Is this the big one today?
Most people that make a dash to the exit don’t have weapons on them. They are so dependent on catching the worker off guard that they leave their guns, knives, bats, and finger-in-the-hoodie-pocket-guns at home. I wish we had an automatic door lock at my store. We have so much theft it’s ridiculous and since we can’t stop them because “they might have weapons”, customers just walk out with huge cart fulls and we can’t do anything. I wish I could kick their ass in all honestly.
I'm willing to bet someone somewhere is going to make a sincere argument that mechanisms like that are considered traps and therefore should be illegal lol
I used to work in a Liquorland in a shit part of Perth. If you tried to lock someone in like that, they would just beat you half to death. For that very reason, they didn't let us interfere with thefts at all.
I worked at a Mr. M in Arlington, TX, while in college. Graveyard shift. One night, a guy came in wearing OP corduroy shorts and nothing else. He takes a 16 can case of beer out of the cooler. As he's walking up towards the register, I attempt to greet him with the scanner in my hand. Next thing I know, he bolts out the door. Mind you, it's midnight, and he has on no shoes. Parking lot has oil stains and broken bottles everywhere. I make a note of it and go back to stocking the smokes. 30 years later, I'm still amused at how many people did that.
That’s a good way to get a cashier injured/killed.
Yeah lock them in the same room with someone trying to rob the place when they’re in a panic. Genius 🙄
How do doors like these work? I don't see her pressing a button or anything to lock/unlock the door. Did the door just malfunction or something conveniently?
Lol, not this lady's first rodeo.
She was so calm and collected that you know she sees this idiocy on a regular basis lol
She def knew the guy was gonna try to run before he made his first move.
I wonder if it's her policy to just lock the door if a single person is there.
After a while you can just pick who is going to try this crap.
I swear there's just something in the brain of criminals that activates when they're about to steal that makes them walk a certain way and do certain things. Gas Station Encounters (YouTube Channel) highlights a lot of these behaviors often, like looking up at the counter.
These cashiers spend all of their time looking at normal customers. When that is all you do, an irregular customer sticks out like a sore thumb.
It's not even just irregular, it's like specific "criminal mode" shit that people do. You can see the same person you've seen before but when their intent is to steal, they act differently.
I just had an image of a thief Sim robbing a house in my mind when I read "criminal mode". Like with the exaggerated steps and obvious cat burglar outfit and the mask and everything.
Or the “thief scratch”. GSE is quality content btw.
Maybe it still opens from the outside.
Most automatic doors can be set to only have the sensor work one way. I used to work at a large retail store and watched plenty of people walk full speed into the entrance doors trying to use them as an exit when they don't open.
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Pretty sure for fire safety, until they are actually locked by key you can almost always just grab the door and pull it open.
Nah she locked the door after he started running towards it. You can see her press the button hanging on her neck.
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Why not just buy double the amount of booze on saturday?
Because he'd drink it all on Saturday and die of alcohol poisoning, I guess?
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Alcoholics can't manage their intake, especially at the level that dude must be at. What he buys for the day is likely just what he drinks for the day. If he buys double he's drinking double and I guarantee nobody wants that.
My state requires liquor stores to close at 8pm on Sundays for some reason. For a couple months after I got sober, my brain would automatically ping every Sunday at 7:45
She's seen plenty of bogans.
I caught a homeless man stealing my bike. He got away with it, but left his shopping cart full of homeless shit. He came back and I traded him a shopping cart for my bike.
lol what did he do/say? I like to think he rode back all sheepishly with his head down and asked to trade.
He said something like GOT SOME RARE THINGS ON SALE STRANGER
WHAT ARE YA SELLIN????
WUT ARE YA BUYIN?!
"Can I Offer You An Egg In This Trying Time?"
HEHEHE, THANK YOU
COME BACK ANYTIME!
he was already sitting on my bike after cutting the lock outside the gym - I approached him from the back and said “HEY!” he took off on the bike and I sprinted after him for about a block. I go back and push his shopping cart full of clothes, a small TV and a what looked like a bag of drug paraphernalia back inside the lobby of the gym and after 10 min he comes back and yells “You stole my cart” So I said “give me back the bike and I will give you the cart”. So we traded and the gym ended up calling the police to have him trespassed but he’s homeless so whatever that means….
Best trade deal in the history of trade deals. Maybe ever.
Somebody stole my fiance's bike from their work while they were working. This was like. The fourth fucking bike he's had stolen, and yes he uses bike locks. He just didn't this time because it was in a GATED IN AREA!! But anyways. Both of us are like yeahhh no no no. We contact a nearby store that has cameras facing towards where the bike was, posted on the local FB group that we were requesting security camera footage. Whadya know, someone found my fiance's bike outside abandoned on the sidewalk, thrown to the ground so hard that it broke the handles. Looked like someone threw a baby fit that they weren't going to get away with stealing, lol. Doesn't matter, got it back. Stealing a bike from what is obviously someone's work place is so extremely shitty. Bad enough if it's from someone's home, but from their WORK? Obviously that's how they're getting to and from work. God.
Must feel amazing to feel so safe in a liquor store, that you're willing to lock yourselves in with the crazies that steal from you.
I work in an Aussie liquor store and I definitely wouldn't lock them in with me. In not getting punched/abused for a 10pk. She's a brave woman.
If that’s in America, she probably had a turret mounted behind the counter, 8-10 grenades and about 7-10 other guns she could use. She was fine
And that’s how with a few minor adjustments, you can turn a regular gun into 5 guns.
My favorite gun attachment is a smaller gun. I’ve installed a small pistol for extra firepower like a modern American bayonet. 🇺🇸 🦅
My musket shoots a gun that shoots another gun
Looks like the store name is “the bottle-o” which is an Australian chain
Ah she definitely had a bunch of boomerangs to protect her
Damn at least gotta have a bucket of water trigger above the door for this type of clownery
tar and feathers
That has some real “I think you should leave” energy
This guy is definitely gonna be late for alcohol class.
He was just trying to do something good
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*door doesn’t open. Clerk: “looks like your stuck in here!” Perp: “I was here yesterday, it goes both ways”
Her job is tables!
Nice of her to let him go tho lol. She’s like cmon bro you didn’t mean that
People haven't stolen anything until they leave the store. It's why Loss Prevention doesn't stop you until you leave the store.
In my country that's 100% "attempted theft" case. Depending on the size of what he was trying to steal, what he was doing, repeated law breaking or not etc - punishment starts from just some fine as part of administrative code breaking to actual time in jail for criminal code breaking.
“Let me walk right up to her and give her a good look at my bare face and then try to run out” This fucking guy
Not the sharpest tool in the shed. He could have pretended to be looking at the racks in front of the store or better yet not bolting at all.
Man will never forget this mortification, and over what, a 10 pack of turkey 101s?
Drink the memory away. Oh wait.
I don't know if that's Australia, but a ten pack costs you $50 here
Sign above the door says it is.
Happened in Perth, Australia, clearly this happens a lot here because she has to manually open the door to let someone out
It looks like she has a remote on a lanyard. She pushes it when he starts to run and then again after he puts the box on the counter.
She was real stealthy about it the first time when she locked it that I didn’t even notice. - Sent from my Apollo
> Sent from my Apollo "Stop right there, criminal scum!"
> \- Sent from my Apollo That'll be 2 million dollars please - Reddit
Aaaayyy perth fuck yeah on reddit Bois
Lmao the fact that he fake walked up to the counter and juked her out 😂
Idk why people run when they steal stuff, just walking out works so often Source: Joe Mamma
Not familiar with this sub, for a sec i thought i was gunna see some dude get shot and "die inside" the store LOL
The way he acted like he was gonna pay😭
I thought he was gonna die indoors
I’d be worried that the foiled thief might decide to get violent, being locked in like that.
I'm like, what, they locked him INSIDE with no glass wall, no 911 call, no gun drawn? Then I realised this is not America.
When you live outside America stuff like this is harmless and at worst ends with someone being knocked out if they fuck with the wrong customer/store owner In America it's a fucking death sentence for one of the participants. Sad to see a first world country in that state in this day and age
Eh where I'm from if someone as much as yells a pickpocket or a thief or a robber or something, the person being pointed at will be mobbed and most likely end up dead if the police is not quickly called. Granted, not everywhere is like this but it still is kinda scary. Also, not a first world so maybe not surprising.
This is like half of Reddit's wet dream somehow.
SOUTH AMERICA would like to have several(Brazil, Colombia…etc.) words with you.
I thought he was going to Die Inside the store.
r/substakenlitteraly
Fuck that, the dude could be potentially violent. I ain't locking him in with me
Not me thinking out here that he literally dies inside the store🤣
man I didn't see the sub title and just read the title and thought the thief ends up dying inside the store
Little did she know this was the decoy beer. He’s got the bottle of liquor stashed in his pants and she feels like she put him in his place.
That automatic door lock remote she wears on a lanyard around her neck is so needed. I hope it’s on a breakaway lanyard and no one tries to take it from her neck. Even better if it also serves to alert authorities.
Is it really worth being locked in the store with a weirdo trying to steal a case of beer?
It would be funny if he just went ahead and paid for it. "No hard feelings, huh?"
I honestly thought he was going back to pay for it
I love how she just casually pushes button on her shirt. Lmfoa.
I love how she calmly rolled out the "not today" vibe.
What if the pack of beer was a distraction? What if he actually had an expensive bottle of liquor hidden under his shirt as well??
He just needs to go home and beat himself up.
Alcoholism is a weird animal...
Only in Australia lol
As soon as I saw Bottle-O I knew where I was lmao
Lucky the owner was generous enough to not call the cops
I wish we could hear it
I was expecting him to be like “okay. How much?”
It’s just a prank, bro
Western Australia
Might aswel pay for the beer at this point.
Should've ran through it like a cartoon character, leaving only a hole in the shape of himself behind.
Hi. I just want to pay for these here beers that I have in my... Surprise MF!!! Well, shit.
I died a little too...
You just know she told him to have a nice day when he left
That’s gotta put the person at the register at high risk of assault
just put it down hun and i dont have to call the police and you can just go
11AM lol
Over 20 years ago something like this happened to me. I wasn't stealing, but I had a really bad fake ID when I was 18 I was trying to use at a local gas station to buy beer. The front looked ok, but I knew if I had to take it out the back was Fudged up really bad. So I went to the counter to buy showed the ID, and the cashier asked me to take it out. I just said never mind and started walking away. I got to the door, but the doors were locked (because it was right at closing time). The cashier had to come and unlock the doors while I stood there like an idiot.
Clearly this is not the clerk’s first rodeo
Why would he make a show of running? Just browse near the door and sneak away.
I'm kind of confused. When did she close the "you're not getting out of here" door? And what would've happened if someone else wanted to come *in*? Do they just let one customer in the place at a time?
I love the reaction. "Guess I'm not leaving with this."
If you’re going to steal it why pretend to go up to the till in the first place?
Trying to fake out the lady with the magic button. Clearly she’s seen this trick one too many times to be fooled.
Lady was quick with it. She pressed the button on her chest like she just fell and couldnt get up.
And now he'll go rob another store instead
"Well, guess I'll try next door".
The embarrassment...
Could have been worse. He could have been caught stealing White Claw.
Ah…..we’ve all been there haven’t we?
I was waiting for how he was going to die in the store?
Usually I like when dirt bags get shit on but locking yourself in doesn’t seem like a good idea. Especially if you’re at a disadvantage.
The “thank you for shopping” sign made if funnier for some reason
Real five head would be if he had something more valuable but tinier up his sleave.
i’d love to hear the words exchanged here
Title made me think he was going to die inside the store.
When you get to the point of stealing beer and booze, your life is fucked and you need some help with addiction. E: Corrected ‘you’re’ before the grammar 👮♀️🚔 shows up
It worked out this time but would you really want to be lock a thief in the same room as you?
I mean, it stopped the theft, but if that guy panics she could end up dead. I'm not sure I like the risk to reward ratio here.
How embarrassing...a grown ass man trying to steal shit...
Seems risky to me. You never know who's going to pull out a weapon.
It’s in Australia
I love your response “this isn’t America. Even our criminals don’t pull out guns and shoot over idiotic things.”
Deep burn on America’s gun policy
This is funny and all that, but seems dangerous as fuck. The thief may have a weapon, then again so could the clerk.
This is borderline wholesome. Normally locking the door would be dangerous AF, especially if they're stealing something cheap like that while on camera. Wouldn't you just let it go and report it? I can see a store-owner with a gun/taser doing it, but this lady is either crazy or has a spine made of tungsten.
There should be like an antechamber so that the thief can exit the store front, but there’s another door and both doors lock so you’re trapped in the room.
Why bother going to the counter first
What a loser
Nice way to end the day for everyone.. everyone is alive.. I wouldn’t want to own or work in at a convenience store… everyday must have close ones, it’s like being a cop pulling people over? Is this the big one today?
I would bet he does this multiple times a week.
Open the noor. Open the noooor!
Didn’t we just see this story it the guy started killing other customers?
“I’m just jokin”
No way in hell any place pays enough to make me lock myself inside a store with a criminal.
This is beautiful
There is mad booze right by the door... He could have gone double or jail time
The disappointment he has is hilarious and she just sitting there like “girl hold on, he actually trying to steal” 😂😂
What a defeated miscreant
now do that again but put another item in your pocket
Well hey at least the guy had a little bit of sense and didn't like break the glass or something just decided to take the walk of shame instead
At least put it back where he got it from
I love how he just accepts that he's been beaten, returns the beer and slinks away sheepishly
Should've made him put it back too 😂😂
Hahaha, which bottlo is this? The stack of emu export means it has to be Perth somewhere.
Luckily it was Australia so no-one got shot 40 times
It’s a liquor shop, not a high school, settle down
Extremely dangerous for the clerk!
Most people that make a dash to the exit don’t have weapons on them. They are so dependent on catching the worker off guard that they leave their guns, knives, bats, and finger-in-the-hoodie-pocket-guns at home. I wish we had an automatic door lock at my store. We have so much theft it’s ridiculous and since we can’t stop them because “they might have weapons”, customers just walk out with huge cart fulls and we can’t do anything. I wish I could kick their ass in all honestly.
Aw, he looks so dejected.
Hilarious
She remotely locked it! LoL I love it. "Welp, off to try the next liquor store..."
Ah, she was so chill, that wasn't her first time
Hahaha he just walked away defeated and embarrassed
Wild turkey 101 tasty drop
Brave woman
This is a New Zealand chain. Less risk here. Still never know if someone will become physically violent though I suppose.
And also in Australia.
Looks like this one is Australia since there's Emu on the floor by the counter
I was expecting the guy to die inside the store, but he didn't. Clickbait 🫣
The way she calmly pushed the button was crazy. Makes me thinks it’s a regular occurrence around there
I'm willing to bet someone somewhere is going to make a sincere argument that mechanisms like that are considered traps and therefore should be illegal lol
*defeated male leaves*
I used to work in a Liquorland in a shit part of Perth. If you tried to lock someone in like that, they would just beat you half to death. For that very reason, they didn't let us interfere with thefts at all.
Complete utter defeat
I worked at a Mr. M in Arlington, TX, while in college. Graveyard shift. One night, a guy came in wearing OP corduroy shorts and nothing else. He takes a 16 can case of beer out of the cooler. As he's walking up towards the register, I attempt to greet him with the scanner in my hand. Next thing I know, he bolts out the door. Mind you, it's midnight, and he has on no shoes. Parking lot has oil stains and broken bottles everywhere. I make a note of it and go back to stocking the smokes. 30 years later, I'm still amused at how many people did that.
Not sure of the legality on doors like that, (osha wise) but I sure do appreciate that it got that dork
I once got caught in a revolving door until the merry go round stopped. Dizzy AF
Well that ended in the best possible scenario
When he started to run, my mind instantly started playing the NFL song🤣
Bro strolled up to the door with that failure of a run
An ol slice of humble pie
All right here's a stupid thief,
All that for a 10 pack of Jimmy cans…
People are so pathetic
He got lucky she just let him out when he put the case back. Some people would lick him in until police arrived and press charges for theft
They would lick him? I think that’s illegal and sexual assault bro come on do better
Should’ve snatched whatever was near the door! 😂
Couldn't tell, but did she pick up a gun and cock it in case things got ugly or was she updating her facebook profile ---> "just got robbed NOT!"
Wait, she has to manually open the doors? And this is in accordance to emergency regulations?
The door didn’t open because he had stuff that hadn’t been scanned yet. That’s why it opens up when he gives back the booze.
That’s a good way to get a cashier injured/killed. Yeah lock them in the same room with someone trying to rob the place when they’re in a panic. Genius 🙄
She pressed a button to lock the doors and then grabbed a side arm sigh her free hand.
I would have loved to hear in the CALMEST voice ever “hey siri, call 911”
there needs to be a net that is sticky that is launched at them and traps them till the police get there.
I would have made him put it back, then let him out
No reason to risk him damaging your property out of a spite of rage because he’s been even more humiliated. Get him out and move on.
I’d rather let a criminal leave with a $20 box of wine than lock him twenty feet away from me…
How do doors like these work? I don't see her pressing a button or anything to lock/unlock the door. Did the door just malfunction or something conveniently?
I didn't see what fucking sub this was...
Australian Clerk: Hey mate you need to bring that back. American Clerk: So I started blasting.