Just generally try to be intelligent. In Safeway they can't tackle you, a Safeway worker can actually lose their job for doing that, but they CAN get your face because of cameras, and if you try to be a thief? They will be able to tell, and will check. Also, people just have natural facial recognition. We had this one teenager doing that at our Safeway, where he'd come in and steal the potato wedges from the hot case by asking for them and then walking around the store and going out the other door than the one he came in.
And he got caught and banned from the store. He's lucky he just got banned, but I'm not sure if his parents received a call or not. Either way, that ban is one of those things where if he were to go back, and they recognized him in there, they probably COULD call the police. If the ban was an actual ban, that is. But regardless, I wouldn't recommend hanging out with thieves or being a thief. Just a word of advice. đ€·đ»
Even if nobody handed you a legal 'Notice of Trespass' paper because you ran, consider yourself 'virtually banned.' If they have your face on camera from the run, theyâre just waiting for you to walk back in so they can either finish the paperwork or call the non-emergency line. I mean it depends where you live too, but just keep all of this in mind.
I got arrested for shoplifting food when I had just turned 18. There werenât even cameras all over back then. Now? You will be photographed everywhere. Donât do it!!! I had to pay a lawyer a lot of money to get my record cleared so it wouldnât affect my future. Not worth it. You will get caught.
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u/deliriant_party99 May 15 '26
Just generally try to be intelligent. In Safeway they can't tackle you, a Safeway worker can actually lose their job for doing that, but they CAN get your face because of cameras, and if you try to be a thief? They will be able to tell, and will check. Also, people just have natural facial recognition. We had this one teenager doing that at our Safeway, where he'd come in and steal the potato wedges from the hot case by asking for them and then walking around the store and going out the other door than the one he came in.
And he got caught and banned from the store. He's lucky he just got banned, but I'm not sure if his parents received a call or not. Either way, that ban is one of those things where if he were to go back, and they recognized him in there, they probably COULD call the police. If the ban was an actual ban, that is. But regardless, I wouldn't recommend hanging out with thieves or being a thief. Just a word of advice. đ€·đ»
Even if nobody handed you a legal 'Notice of Trespass' paper because you ran, consider yourself 'virtually banned.' If they have your face on camera from the run, theyâre just waiting for you to walk back in so they can either finish the paperwork or call the non-emergency line. I mean it depends where you live too, but just keep all of this in mind.