r/TikTokCringe • u/lonewolff321 • 16h ago

Humor The boutique surveillance experience

Og creator: @trentos_freshmaker

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u/mercuriokazooie 16h ago

I remember I once had a friend from Japan come visit LA and I offered to drive him around. He for some reason wanted to visit Beverly Hills so we went there and got off at one of the shopping areas. We popped into one random store just to look around and IMMEDIATELY some security guard at the entrance started stalking us around the shop. No matter where we went he would be at the corner. There were several other customers there too left completely alone. Also I remember looking at one of the jackets on some random rack and even those ones were like $4000. Wild.

Anyway yeah some stores hate you and want you to never step foot inside.

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u/Short-While3325 14h ago

My gf and I were followed by security through a furniture store. A FURNITURE STORE. I was carrying measuring tape, and writing notes the whole time.

Like, what was the point? Did they expect me to stuff a recliner in my pants at some point?

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u/Old-Run7431 7h ago

hahahaha same! you know how floor employees will say "we have a Jessica" or "we have an Amy" or whatever when there's a potential lifter? (when I worked retail, every store I worked at had a version of this) - I got "we have a Jessica"-d in a CRATE AND BARREL once. like bitch do you think I'm walking out with a couch??? how???? yeah let me stuff this ottoman under my shirt

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u/Short-While3325 5h ago

They see potential we can't see in ourselves. It's criminal potential, I mean sure, but that's still potential