A group of entitled teenagers tried to rob our store, sneaking merchandise into their coffee cups and their backpacks,

all under the hope that we wouldn't catch them in the act.

But after dealing with so many blatant thieves at our store,

me and my manager were ready for just about anything.

Because as a result, we caught them red-handed,

forcing them to give back all the stuff they tried to steal.

Here's what happened.

So about a month ago, there was more theft than normal going on in a makeup store that I work at and it's because of the fact that it was winter break.

Unfortunately when the teenagers in my area get a bit of free time, they feel it's appropriate to use it to come into

our store and steal from us.

We were finding rapper after rapper, box after box stuffed under isles and in displays. It was really annoying because it reflects really poorly on the hours that we get.

Anyways, towards the end of Christmas break, we started to slow down. People had bought all their presents and spent their gift cards, so there wasn't much going on.

Well, that is, except for this night in question.

Me, my manager, and my two coworkers were the only employees there.

We were only an hour from clothes, and there was maybe two or three customers meandering around the store.

I was replacing all the trash bags while my coworkers were cleaning up the register area.

At my store it's sort of an unspoken rule that we make a point of greeting every single person who comes through the front doors.

So when a group of these three teenage girls came through, both my coworkers greeted them.

Well, they did what all teenagers who come into Steele do.

They don't acknowledge the greeters in hopes of coming off as unapproachable.

But my coworkers are seasoned retailers,

so they immediately get on the walkie-talkies and alerted me to keep an eye out.

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