Crazy shoppers
Wednesday night, I closed at work with a few other people. Our last customer had over $200 worth of merchandise and claimed that his wallet was stolen. After he wrote his name down, I remembered him from last fall when he pulled the same act (though this time his wallet was left at home). My supervisor agreed to hold everything until the morning, and I wrote a lengthy note for the manager as to what the deal was.
I called in yesterday afternoon to find out if I had my birthday off, and asked about the guy and his stuff. Lo and behold, he never showed up to buy it. Just like the previous time.
The results of dealing with him Wednesday night was not getting out of work until nearly 10 pm (it should be 9:30), and some pretty upset coworkers. There was much cursing after the guy was led out of the store.
Is there a name for this type of behavior? Because seriously, why spend 3 hours at a store, make the cashiers ring all of it up, and then not have the money to pay for it? And, then claim that [you’ll] have a fit if it’s all put away the next morning before he can get there to pay for it. AND, then not show up anyway.
There are customers who shop for hours and have huge carts full of stuff, but at least they pay for it and take it home with them.
I wonder if he’ll be banned from the store.
