hehe...this guy apparently had a bad day and decided to lift a baseball bat from the sporting goods section, carry it over to the electronics section, and proceed to bash 29 televisions. Good times were had by all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss68YWoihqs

Heh...Falling Down much?

Love how the security guard is just standing there going...yeah...I'm just gonna wait for the cops. But yeah, what DO you do in such a situation? It's not exactly enough to warrant raising a gun at someone, let alone shoot them, if they're not threatening anyone physically. But you don't want to go up there and take him down barehandedly while he's swinging a bat either.

agreed... him interfering would probably piss off the insurance carrier. There was a time when I had to escort a manager as they carried cash from teh store to the bank down the street. The instructions were very clear... if someone tries to take it, let them. the only reason I was there was to verify the manager wasn't stealing it.

Same at game where I work - we can't technically apprehend anyone who steals, we can only ask them to return to the counter and if they leg it call the police. By which time they've long gone!

Lol, love that Mole. So basically no shoplifter ever gets caught in the UK (or GAME)?

I don't know how stuff works over here, but I know that some big electronics stores have security guards who actually take people into back rooms and lock them in there for the police to pick them up. They're usually kids.

I also had one security guy ask me to show me what was in my backpack as I left the store - not when I was a kid, but like a year ago. I told him to fuck off, and he was a little pushy for a while and then got lost. I was pretty sure he had no authority whatsoever to ask that (no one but the police has), so I figured I'd take my chances. And it's not like he was some 7-foot bouncer ready to work me over in the parking lot for it.