She Owns A Store And Allowed A Mother Of Two Kids To Steal From Her Twice, But She Wasn’t So Generous With Two Teens Who Tried To Steal Beer And Wound Up Calling The Cops On Them Because They Were Acting Obnoxious And Throwing Things Around
This woman owns a store located in Rochester, New York, and one day, a young lady who looked to be in her late twenties walked in with both a newborn baby and a toddler in a stroller.
At first, she thought that everything was fine. But then, when she looked over, she realized that the woman had placed a small box of diapers in the back of the stroller.
At that point, she decided not to say anything and wanted to wait to see what the lady did first.
Then, the lady wound up approaching the register to buy a few tiny servings of baby food– with the total coming out to $5.51. However, while telling the lady the cost, the lady actually asked to put one of the baby food items back in order to lower the price. Apparently, the lady just couldn’t afford to spend just over $5 at the time.
“I told her, ‘Of course.’ The lady put one back, and the price was reduced, and she paid and left,” she recalled.
About a week later, the same young mother also returned to her store and did the same thing. But that time, the lady put some baby food in the back of the stroller instead of diapers.
Still, she opted not to say anything and let the lady walk out– telling her to have a good day.
However, when another stealing incident happened with some teens, she wasn’t as forgiving.
The teens actually walked in right after the first lady left. Apparently, the teens were loud, stumbling all over and slurring their words.
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She decided to ask if they needed any help finding anything, and one of them was pretty rude to her, too.
“Does it look like we need help?” the teen responded.
She didn’t answer that and instead watched as the teens started whispering to each other. Then, one of the teens walked up to her and began making small talk– which she thought was just a kind gesture in the beginning.
But, it didn’t take long for her to notice that while one teen spoke to her, another had gone to the back freezers to steal beer– taking the beverages and stuffing them in a backpack.
“I then watched the teen get a candy bar, put it on the register, and say, ‘That’s all,'” she revealed.
So, she decided to call the teens’ bluff and ask about the beer in the backpack. This caused one of the teens to get pretty upset, too, becoming violent and screaming harsh things at her.
That’s why she didn’t back down and told the teen to show some ID. She also claimed that they either needed to pay for the beer or leave her store.
Well, the teens refused to do that and instead chucked the beer on the floor!
“And the teen then walked over to the chip aisle and started throwing stuff off the shelves,” she added.
This pushed her to call the police, even though the teens tried to tell her that they were sorry.
And now, in hindsight, she’s been left wondering if allowing a mother of two kids to steal from her store, but not the two teens who were acting obnoxious, was really unfair or not.
Since she owns her store, isn’t it up to her to decide who is deserving of her generosity? Can you understand why she wanted to help out the mother in need but didn’t think the teens stealing beer was okay? What would you have done in these situations?
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