Many of us who have worked, or are still working in the retail field; remember when retail was a “safe haven” as a form of employment. We often operated on the theory, regardless of the economy, people still need to shop. For the most part, this was an accurate assessment, on the surface. Yet, as Read More…
Author: Randy Thompson
Another Walmart Vagina Story
Sadly, this year my most popular post was a story about a woman shoplifting multiple items in her vagina. So to cap off the year, here’s yet another one, this time reportedly about a woman discovering that cookie dough explodes at an internal body temperature of 98 degrees. Unfortunately, in both cases, fiction was Read More…
Retail: It’s A Dangerous World
Unfortunately as times continue to get tougher for many, people may choose to do stupid things in an effort to offset declining or non-existent wages. As such, many of those stupid things are carried out in retail establishments across the nation. At any given time, without warning, we may find ourselves in the middle of Read More…
‘Tis The Season …
As most of you may know (okay, maybe some of you don’t), shoplifting is a prevalent, everyday crime committed against retailers on all types. It happens in affluent areas just as it does in the poorer areas of the country. According to NASP (National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, link below) there are approximately 27 million Read More…
Greetings & Salutations !!!
Just a quick hello from a new, occasional contributor. My name is Randy (the one on the left, in the photo down at the bottom) and my retail pedigree consists of about 30+ years in the industry working within everything from small gas station – minimart to both small and big box retailers. My primary Read More…