“Absolutely everyone steals.” How does the job of a supermarket security guard work?

Thefts in supermarkets: who steals, how and why?

“If I fall asleep and wake up in a hundred years and they ask me what is happening in Russia now, I will answer: they drink and steal.”

Back in the 19th century, Saltykov-Shchedrin uttered this phrase, and to this day it is more relevant than ever.

This situation is especially relevant in stores. Let's figure out what is the reason for such bad behavior of citizens and why many are caught stealing without leaving the cash register.

What do people steal the most?

Food

The first place is occupied by food. It’s logical: natural needs can push people to do something else. For example, one hungry native of Kursk once stole 16 pigeons and immediately ate them. Another hungry man managed to take a huge pork ham weighing more than 100 kg out of the store. A resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky stole a box of boiled sausage, sold it for 200 rubles, after which he was detained.

Alcohol

Alcohol products are in second place in terms of theft volumes. Probably, dependence on strong drinks leaves drinkers with no choice - they steal without thinking about the consequences. An example of such a reckless act is the underage boys from Kuzbass, who three of them took 70 liters of beer from a supermarket and drank it in the neighboring forest. Another curious incident occurred in the Kemerovo region, where a man, while drunk, accidentally stole berry syrup, canned food and olive oil from a store instead of alcoholic beverages, confusing the labels. The disappointed and upset thief was detained by law enforcement authorities not far from the store.

Cloth

The third item on the list of popular items for theft is clothing. It’s easy to put it on yourself, or put it in foil bags. They steal everything you can imagine. A 19-year-old native of Blagoveshchensk was detained for trying to steal a Santa Claus costume directly from the monument, and a not very attentive resident of the city of Tchaikovsky stole 2 sneakers, both on one foot. A resident of Orenburg tried to smuggle in a jacket and 14 underpants without paying, making the excuse that he had nothing to wear to the wedding.

Household goods

People who steal household items that are useful in the household can be classified as a separate category. One such thief stole about a hundred wooden pallets from a store. He could have achieved greater heights in his business if he had not been caught by the hypermarket security. The citizen thief did not say why he needed so many pallets. Another man broke into the store at night and stole a toilet and a box of accessories, and a third man managed to take out an entire concrete mixer. Also popular takeaway items outside the cash register are lighting wires, bear skins, cafe strobes, etc.

What methods of theft can be noted?

In order to remove goods from the sales floor for free and go unnoticed, you need dexterity and ingenuity. Russian publishers were famous for their mastery of original methods of theft, and here are some of them.

Walls are not a hindrance

Two indigenous residents of the city of Kemerovo, well familiar with courtyards and secret passages, entered the supermarket through an underground passage... Having dismantled the brickwork in the basement they had known since childhood, the citizens stole 12,000 rubles from the store’s cash register, taking with them also power tools. Maybe their strategic thinking will be useful in the colony where they will spend about 5 years.

Everything that’s yours is in yourself

A Syktyvkar city dweller wanted to drink and came to the supermarket with an empty bottle. Having poured expensive alcohol into her container, she decided to taste it right there. After draining the bottle, the resident was detained at the checkout counter.

Use of infants

Young mothers used a very unusual way to steal goods they liked. When you come to the store with a stroller, you can bring out a lot of useful things in it. If the child doesn't mind, of course.

And one gypsy from Siberia, on the contrary, tried to steal a stroller from a store, putting her child in it and rolling it out onto the street, bypassing the cash registers.

Bags are anti-scanners

As soon as the scans appeared in supermarkets, the Russian mind immediately began to invent an answer to them. They have been trying to invent miracle bags that block the triggering of a signal for a long time, for example, using foil as a scan blocker. Either the inventions turned out to be not very successful, or the thief’s cap is on fire, but all attempts to carry out goods in magic bags were not crowned with success.

Run Forest run

A popular tactic is the good old “grab and run away.” Residents of the Kemerovo region tried to use it when they were intoxicated and decided to commit the “great robbery.” They decided not to invent original ways to take beer out of the supermarket and simply ran straight past the cash registers, repelling the attacks of cashiers and security guards. Inspired by the success of the operation, the robbers were detained 2 minutes after the committed act. Now they face a fine for drunk driving and 7 years in prison.

Who is stealing?

Oddly enough, completely different segments of the population become thieves, regardless of income: from young mothers to government officials. apparatus. Maybe it's not just about need and hunger?

Recidivist pensioner

A citizen from Krasnodar, aged 67, was caught trying to take a set of women's cosmetics from a store. Why he needed it is unknown, but this is not the first time in the grandfather’s life. By the way, that same foil bag became the instrument of theft.

Poor student

One first-year student at the institute was so hungry that he tried to take food worth 1,400 rubles from the Auchan hypermarket.

Deputy - seed eater

One deputy distinguished himself by stealing an ordinary light bulb and seeds from a supermarket. The reason for this action was given by the deputy as his penchant for theft and nostalgia for the Soviet Union, where it was difficult to imagine life without seeds.

Turned away from the righteous path

In Borisoglebsk, one young man was heading to the monastery, but on the way he decided to rob a grocery store for 10,000 rubles. It’s easy to guess that the citizen never made it to the monastery, but he was taken to the pre-trial detention center for free.

Why do they steal?

It is difficult to find logic in the actions of thieves and the reasons that motivate Russians to commit theft. Sometimes robbers are guided by spontaneous desires, sometimes the reason is the desire to surprise their soulmate, and sometimes lack of funds for living and hunger force people to break the law. But sometimes thieves have completely different motives...

For my father's sake

A young resident of the city of Penza tried to get her father out of debt by robbing a shopping center. The girl and her friend took 7 beer kegs out of the store, and everything would have ended well if they had not been caught on the eighth one.

Romantic impulse

A native of Astrakhan, having no means of subsistence, was about to go on a date, but discovered that he had nothing to wear. Without thinking twice and wanting to impress his beloved with his appearance, the young man attempted to carry new jeans past the cash register. Having been caught at the crime scene, the Astrakhan resident was left without jeans and without a date.

It's all spring

One resident of the city of Ryazan, succumbing to a momentary impulse, took a painting with a picture of a cat out of the decor salon. Having been caught, the lover of beauty declared that the reason for his action was spring, which had turned his head and clouded his mind. After all, it is in spring that a person is drawn to everything beautiful. Why the art connoisseur did not pay for this beauty, history is silent.

Modern Robin Hood

One young man from Naberezhnye Chelny decided to become a modern Robin Hood and feed passers-by ice cream. However, there was no talk of buying cold sweets: the citizen decided to steal three baskets of ice cream from a store and, right next to the shopping center, tried to feed it to people walking by. The philanthropist was caught on the spot, and the loss to the store was estimated at 10,000 rubles.

Dispute is more valuable than money

An Astrakhan man once entered into a bet with a friend: would he be able to steal a jacket and remain unnoticed? The citizen fulfilled the first part of the dispute, but difficulties arose in fulfilling the second: a resident of Astrakhan was caught, and now he faces 4 years in a colony.

Seasonal theft

On May holidays in Russia it is customary to go to barbecues, and residents of the Mari El Republic also do not break this tradition. But who would have thought that the barbecue season could become the reason for theft for a poor student and his school friend. Having found no money to buy meat, the friends, without hesitation, broke into a store in their village and stole meat and alcohol worth 12 thousand rubles. Fortunately for the attackers, they managed to feast on and enjoy the barbecue just before the police arrived.

For sports!

Migrants from the Caucasus were so happy about the victory of the Russian national hockey team at the World Championship that they decided to steal three bottles of expensive Hennesy cognac. The victory of the Russian team cost the would-be patriots 2 years in prison.

I want to get married…

A native of Saratov wanted to get married so much that she stole all the day's earnings from the cash register of the store where she worked. The citizen was going to spend it on organizing a wedding, hoping that by changing her last name she would escape justice. But it was not there. Now the happy husband is waiting for his wife to be released from the pre-trial detention center.

How do you get caught?

As you may have noticed, all the above cases have the same outcome. A happy ending does not happen for thieves, either because of their inexperience and poor preparation of the crime, or due to an unfortunate coincidence of circumstances. Here are a few short stories of someone's broken destinies.

Queue for payment

An attentive native of the city of Biysk came to the clinic and saw a familiar face there. Just the day before, this face was the star of the evening news - a thief took a bicycle from a sports store without paying, and the next day he sat peacefully in line at the doctor. The vigilant citizen immediately called the police, and the thief did not deny his guilt.

The phone is to blame

A young resident of Penza was so enthusiastically taking money out of the bag of a saleswoman in one of the stores that she accidentally left her phone at the crime scene. She returned for him just in time - right before the police arrived.

You are being filmed by a hidden camera

A comical incident happened in Yurga: a citizen managed to steal a CCTV camera. However, he missed one moment - the camera turned out to be working and managed to capture his face in close-up. The photo was instantly transferred to remote servers, which the resident did not have time to steal...

A woman is a bad partner

Two residents of Astrakhan in love tried to take a bottle of whiskey and a carton of cigarettes from the trading floor. The young man skillfully completed his task, but the girl turned out to be not so professional and lingered among the supermarket shelves. The guy did not leave his girlfriend alone and came back for her, forgetting to take out the loot. The couple was immediately detained. The result was the initiation of criminal proceedings for both.

sleeping Beauty

An anecdotal story happened in the city of Ulyanovsk. Two friends, having stolen 8 bottles of cognac from a store, drank them and returned for more. However, one of the drinking buddies... fell asleep right at the crime scene, where he was discovered by law enforcement agencies. His friend was also unable to escape. Both shared the punishment.

All the stories described above are real and happened in just one year. And the most amazing thing is that no matter how many thieves are caught, people do not stop stealing from supermarkets, despite the likely consequences.

According to the Tax Service of the Russian Federation, retailers' annual losses amount to about 700 million rubles. And this is not the limit.

Editorial team Merchandising.ru

How mobile phones are stolen

Unfortunately, theft of mobile phones is still a common practice among pickpockets. To protect yourself from pickpockets, you need to know in what places and life situations they are most active.

Firstly, phones often disappear in the most banal way: thieves take them out of a coat pocket, trouser pocket, or purse. Large crowds of people and crushes play into the hands of kidnappers, so you should be especially vigilant in queues, transport and other places where you are surrounded by a crowd. It is better not to carry your mobile phone in your pockets, but put it in the inner pocket of your purse. Always keep your bag, briefcase, purse in your field of vision, in front of you.

In big cities, a common pattern of theft is to call from your mobile phone. The reasons for this request can be very different, here the thieves put pressure on pity and compassion (a friend did not come to the meeting, the wife was hospitalized, etc.).. Mutual understanding and help to one’s neighbor has not been canceled, but treat such strangers with caution.

Thieves can act completely openly - on a deserted street or even in front of witnesses, they simply snatch the phone from your hands or rip it off the lanyard around your neck and run away. It is unlikely that you will be able to catch up with them, so it is better to exercise caution in advance.

Do not wear a mobile phone around your neck or move your cell phone in your hands unnecessarily. If your phone is snatched out of your hands, don’t panic. The main thing is to try to remember what the thief looks like, what he is wearing, where he is running. This will help the police in finding the robber. Someone might have the idea of ​​chasing a thief. If you decide to do this, act unnoticed, as open pursuit can provoke the kidnapper into aggressive actions. You need to immediately report the robbery to the police, tell where it happened, and describe the characteristics of the thief. The main thing is to act quickly, since the stolen goods may be resold, and in this case it becomes very difficult to prove guilt and find the missing items.

There are also more sophisticated ways to steal phones . Fraudsters try to sneak into the group unnoticed and gain the trust of strangers. Particular attention should be paid to students of correspondence departments of universities, who meet only during sessions and do not always know their classmates well by sight. This is what the kidnapper is counting on, posing as a student. And in the classroom, everyone has a cell phone on their table. He collected as much as he could and disappeared. Students, be more attentive to your belongings, keep them in sight.

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