Shoplifter (1975)

[@booth2710]

Anyone who can walk out of a store with a typewriter between their legs deserves to keep it !

[@sugarcayenneseven1454]

😄

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Richard Booth Hey! That Beatles’ album is worth a lot more than a typewriter today!

[@Henilegasp]

😂

[@vanessadotson8067]

True dat

[@Roxi-xz9oy]

😂

[@jeep146]

Years ago stores would hire and keep employees for years some even offering retirement. This would make the employee more likely to care.

[@akavitsuma]

True, now it’s mainly lousy young people who just stay for a few months.

[@pianofry1138]

Yeah I'm not getting shot or stabbed by a crackhead for minimum wage and no recognition.

[@jzen1455]

@@pianofry1138 Good point. If you catch someone steal something, it may take cops up to an hour to show up to arrest the thief. Good luck apprehending and keeping the thief detained until the cops arrive.. Oh, and good luck with the possible lawsuit for unlawful detention.

[@straightpipediesel]

Forget caring, today, roughly half of all retail theft is internal: either stolen by employees or with the help of an employee. Of course, they're not going to show a video blaming employees, nor is a manager going to admit the people he hired are crooks.

[@pauliether.c.guy.3349]

I heard about that. Yes indeed employees would care about the place they work in because it was they're livelihood they're future an investment. Now today Hiring managers treat they're employees like disposable piss bags and have This scumbag attitude about it like "Hey that's life get over it". sickens me.

[@DCFunBud]

This is the best how-to-shoplift tutorial ever!

[@daphne4983]

My thoughts exactly

[@mikezylstra7514]

Also see: "Boosting Is A Business" Oakland, CA, 1950's.

[@BlancoToldYou]

Lmaooooo

[@derryk1]

You'll be surprised how little has changed in shoplifting strategies. Store security has gotten more advance but not much has changed from the shoplifters POV.

[@snappybabby4646]

Good luck on your shoplifting career.

[@poetcomic1]

Friday and Saturdays are best days to steal. Best times are end of the day or lunch hour when salespeople are less alert. Got it. These public service announcements have really changed my life.

[@SurrealisticSlumbers]

🤣

[@rbsmith3365]

Wondering why weekend? Maybe customers weekend off or on a big sale?

[@resourcedragon]

@@rbsmith3365: more people so the shoplifter doesn't stand out so much.

[@annettevillain4352]

Hilarious!!

[@germanicusfink2350]

I'm pretty sure this video was made for retailers, not the general public.

[@elderlypoodle9181]

When my grandfather had a small grocery store from the 30s until the 60s he would never embarrass his customers when they stole. He would just add it to their monthly bill. They knew and he knew but it got paid for 😊

[@mickdavis2385]

Honorable man. I miss those days even though I wasn't alive during that time

[@elizabethgiliberto8932]

That's sweet of him. Years ago I remember seeing a CVS store worker SCREAMING at a timid 14 year old girl that stole from the store. I mean I understand shoplifters have a lot of nerve stealing, but to let loose on a child like that? Pretty messed up. :/

[@rbsmith3365]

Not today. They would be snookered. Call police and take a picture not to welcome back again.

[@booth2710]

We used to do that in restaurants I worked in when people stole ash trays and glassware off the table. We added it onto their bill. Sometimes it was not even noticed other times when they argued that they had been overcharged we used to point out that we had added extra on for the cost of the stolen items. They used to be so embarrassed because they thought they were getting away with it until that point,

[@rbsmith3365]

@@booth2710 Posh restaurant in New York City did added on their bill for missing silver salt and pepper shakers. Later, it was his wife who shoved it into her purse!

[@PaulCarmona]

I thought it was odd that there were so many copies of the Beatles Second album in 1974 - but at the end of the clip the copyright is 1964 the year the second album was released - so makes more sense along with the fashion and overall quality of the film. I find these PSA films fascinating and such great time capsules - thanks for posting it!

[@Fur_ball]

Agreed

[@robertjordinelli3041]

I knew this wasn't 1975.

[@GLC2013]

It never ceases to amaze me that Millennials don't know the difference between the 1960s and 1970s. Two totally different worlds. Fashions, hair, manners, cars, everything totally different. I knew at a glance this was probably '65 or '64, could not possibly be later than '66.

[@norton2]

​@@GLC2013 I'm a Millennial (1983) and I knew from the beginning that this video couldn't be 1975. The fashion, especially absence of bell-bottoms was a major clue.

[@user-12K1iE7xs3i]

@@norton2 yup, where's the flares lol

[@richardyoung4616]

It looks funny to see cartons of cigarettes in the aisles.

[@OofusTwillip]

@mstrsims2 Another clue that this film is from the 1960s, not the 1970s.

[@rbsmith3365]

Yes, very addictive stuff later locked up around 70’s. And behind the cashier too.

[@TimCarter]

I the 70s, I remember cigs being behind the cashier, but still easy for us kids to get to at a vacant register.

[@mainecoon6514]

Today, smokes are locked up behind the cashier.

[@MetalHeart8787]

in the 70's * 80's cigarettes were out in the open, in most stores. it wasn't until the 90's where Most stores had them behind the counter

[@MariaChristinaBari]

I’m in shock over that woman stealing the steaks 😯 How on earth could she have kept them in place between her legs much less WALK with them ??? This CANNOT be on the level !

[@rbsmith3365]

Today, some of my friends who work at grocery stores and told me it happened including in meats department.

[@stugrant01]

I'm just glad she didn't wander into the Chevy dealer and pull that stunt.

[@booth2710]

They must have been Eye fillet stakes !

[@acsentu8]

Where there's a will there's a way. Lol

[@TheWintergreen01]

I assume that it takes a perfect skill

[@lukebrel7969]

This is not 1975! It's 1964! See the copyright year at 18:58.

[@mindriot91_96]

I was looking at the hairstyles, clothes and cars and thought this had to be from the 60's. You would probably have some color TV by '75

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@mindriot91_96 I think it got edited - those record albums were a bit later. But yeah - that was filmed in '64.

[@crocodile2006]

Yeah it's obvious from how the people dress... the fact The Beatles is in the top 10 records and there is even a picture of the President LBJ on the front of the diary the woman is holding at 17:42

[@gator9339]

My dad was 4 years old in 1964

[@lindawrazen3257]

@@gator9339 So was I.

[@PNWTraveler]

The old guy hiding in the HVAC vents with the binoculars lol That’s wild.

[@edwardgaines6561]

It's low-tech, but it works!

[@Lucailey]

did anyone else lol when the girl was shoving goods down the other lady's behind. That was hysterical. Im sorry. I am not for shoplifting at all but, if you can obviously lft someone's dress up and send like 7 or 8 items down it with no shame and no one catching you....damn that's not a good store!

[@bdh70]

It's just that after that no one would want to retrieve the stuff!

[@kamsavart]

They had big butts after leaving the store.

[@mikezylstra7514]

That was way cool.

[@rockinroll6342]

I would be suspicious when someone comes in weighing 110 pounds and leaves weighing 235.

[@brianarbenz1329]

That would deter anyone from wanting to pursue a career in shoplifting.

[@AI4QT]

By the attire, this is obvious early-mid 1960s.

[@sweetlildevil7597]

I noticed the album at the beginning "The Many Moods of Tony" -- I looked it up and it came out in 1964.

[@AbrahamLechLacha]

And the Beatles album on the record rack...

[@prepare2qualify111]

@@sweetlildevil7597 The lesley gore album came out in 1963

[@TomGhinder]

Copyright on last seconds is 1964

[@ginaf2103]

I'm 64 l remember when stores looked like that ❤

[@DVincentW]

I recall as a kid, my grammaw took me to a diner in a department store.

[@rockinroll6342]

yupp and you had some good home cooked meals back in your childhood. Before microwaves and junk food

[@breakfastattiffanys741]

@@DVincentW I'm 27 and remember going for lunch at Kmart.. ? Or some other big chain. Australia is always behind the times 😂

[@sosonolow5094]

OMG...I laughed so hard when she put that shoe shine machine up her skirt!

[@DCFunBud]

Did you notice she turned it on before leaving the store?

[@bertholini2810]

I did as well..... a shoe shine machine ? Really.... a big one, in fact, seriously ?

[@sosonolow5094]

@@bertholini2810 Hahahaha!

[@bertholini2810]

@@sosonolow5094 Well, come on...... we have both seen people steal, either we leave, or go to the other side of the store (and they leave). We don't want to get involved. But you hit the nail on the head with the theft of the "shoe shine machine". Who in the world, would want one. I'm old (64) and can remember when they were in the banks, we would have to wait, oh, 8 to 10 minutes to get what ever we needed and in all honesty, in the years we were growing up.... no one, not one person ever used it. Not kidding. I better shut up, be good, be safe !

[@JosieStev]

I was wondering what that was

[@musicom67]

I worked at Crazy Eddie (like a Best Buy, Aaron's or PC Richard) back in 1989 before they went bust, and I swear a large woman tucked a floor model VCR in between her hocks under her long coat and left the store, only to be caught up by the dangling electrical cord that unraveled.

[@bodyloverz30]

Crazy Eddie, was a bigger thief than the shoplifters!

[@riverraisin1]

You sure that wasn't her tampon string? 🤣🤣

[@TheBeteljuice]

Wait, you're telling me she has a typewriter, radio, tape recorder AND a portable television hidden up there with those steaks? DAMN! She IS good!!

[@annettevillain4352]

LOL!😄😄

[@hobbyhermit66]

He said she's a pro. He wasn't kidding.

[@sarah_roberge]

I just want to know how she can walk normally after shoving all that up her dress.

[@TheBeteljuice]

@@sarah_roberge LOL!!

[@guineapig4701]

She's nasty

[@buchan1965a]

Judging by the haircuts, clothes, music and the cars in the parking lot, this was actually made about a decade before 1975. @17:44: Nobody in 1975 was carrying with a picture of LBJ :) And if only they could have seen the future of people stealing music!

[@PurpleMintSam]

I was just about to leave this exact comment, LBJ was the clincher!

[@josephibarra1757]

Looks more like the 50’s

[@americangirlx4]

This was made in '64. They posted the Roman Numerals at the very end. Way back when, they taught students how to read them.....I used to hate learning them...thought they were useless and archaic...now I'm glad. We were even taught the abacus!!?? For what, I'll never understand. I had enough confusion with decimals. LOL!

[@PurpleMintSam]

@@americangirlx4 Date confirmed: 1964, thank you!

[@rjd0429]

That's what I was going to say. This is 1961 to maybe 1966.

[@whateverlolawants]

I worked in retail from 2004 to 2013, and almost all of these techniques were still common. I also saw shoplifters use their small kids as a distraction/shield, especially when they had strollers. Once, at a jewelry store, a woman pretended to have a seizure, and her husband asked the clerk to get her a bottle of water. The clerk ran to the back room and when she came back with the water, they were gone. As was a nice watch. It was also common for people to steal something, then return it for store credit and resell the gift card - a gang of professional thieves roamed the mall doing that. We knew who they were, and they knew we knew, but they knew how every store worked and exploited the weaknesses well enough that they still got away with a lot. And we were frequently reminded that ~40% of "loss" is usually internal - meaning employees who steal from their job. Can't say I ever saw someone stick a perfume bottle or crystal figurine between their legs, though. If anyone did, they definitely fooled me.

[@DarinCates]

Wasnt about you was it? Nobody cares what YOU saw. LOL

[@shipped_my_pants_3000]

I do the store credit trick with Walmarts, but without stealing. Some Walmarts have items clearanced out to more than 75% off normal price. I just buy those, return them without a receipt to a Walmart who hasn't clearanced them as deeply. The limit is $50 per transaction and 10 transactions nationwide yearly. They keep track of your total transactions by asking for your driver's license . so I spread them out through different Walmarts to make money.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Thanks for that. Real reports from the front lines.

[@krisrhood2127]

I remember my mom used to work at Kmart and she said that women would come in with flat stomachs and walk out looking very pregnant

[@jimmib9477]

Those store managers back then were very smooth operators! Lol

[@rbsmith3365]

In 1977, my mother worked at JC Penney’s for Christmas help. She and staff did spotted or suspected at shoplifters too. Fortunately, they were caught at front doors.

[@acsentu8]

They still do it. Unfortunately I saw this all the time working in retail. 😕

[@raczgreen6053]

Even in the 80s and 90s my classmates stole clothes from the mall on a regular basis but now technically advanced...

[@musicom67]

@@rbsmith3365 And don't forget the old electronic chimes that would sound over the PA/muzak system alerting codes.

[@FromDallas]

Any man who sticks meat down his trousers will probably get away with it because no one wants to say "sir please take the meat out of your trousers".

[@Triton1051]

lmao! that could have some unintended consequences!

[@annettevillain4352]

LOL! 😄😄

[@sambda]

If you stuff a whole salami down your trousers, you'll probably get a lot of unwanted attention from certain other types of gentlemen while walking down the street afterwards.

[@lc1695]

Well, another man would and most grocery stores back then were staffed mainly by men on the floor. So, as the video stated women back then were pretty much left alone for the sake of decency.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@sambda Or brazen hussies, I hope.

[@isotopefeeney]

Great tutorial: I'm gonna start my career (as a shoplifter) TOMORROW !

[@johnsimun6533]

How about an update on your new career?

[@trevorbarnhill697]

Please let us know how that works out for you.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Funny, not seen him since. I guess they don’t have Internet where he is.

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

I wonder how much this film increased shoplifting?? It probably gave shoplifters and potential shoplifters many great ideas!

[@tobyradloff]

It was probably only shown to retail employees and managers at that time.

[@rededwards3479]

HAhaha...I never KNEW many of these methods were possible. ..SO "educational". ..hahahaha

[@rockinroll6342]

I dunno. Crooks have always been keen about new ways to get something for nothing. Even if they didnt need it or want it. They just wanted something for nothing. What? Actually go to work and earn money to BUY things? NO WAY! That is for suckers.

[@straightpipediesel]

There wasn't KZbin in 1975. This was shown by cops to meetings of store owners. (That's why the production company is "Highway Safety Films," same people who made car crash films to be shown in driving school and DUI classes.)

[@libbyhicks7549]

@@rockinroll6342 True, Working for unlivable wages IS for suckers. You live in a gig economy, you better get a side hustle or you wont make it. I can tell you that.

[@SweptAway529]

Amazed by the lady stuffing articles into the back of the bigger lady's slip!

[@guineapig4701]

Holy smokes, I wouldn't want to wear anything shoved back there.......ewwwwww. Can you imagine if they caught her and she shit herself!

[@dosmundos3830]

no shoplifters were harmed in the making of this film. lol

[@rockinroll6342]

Yeah only the suckers who work hard to earn money to pay for all that stuff. Those are the real suckers.

[@libbyhicks7549]

@@rockinroll6342 Well, they are suckers if they think they will beat the game through the sweat of their brow. But no one really pays for the stuff, its all been paid for many times over. The share holders are skimming most of the profits off the top.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Worse luck.

[@paulchildress352]

The Beatles "A Hard Days Night" 45 summer 1964 dates this film.

[@teresastaggs7923]

This film has alot of good tips for people wanting to start a career as a shoplifter

[@natalya6091]

What is the greatest feeling of all? That is putting a smile on another's face. Hello from Russia. Thanks!

[@sylviajohnson8454]

Hello Russia from Alaska~

[@larmar]

My uncle told me back in the day for 2 dollars you could go uptown get a quart of milk bread cheese. Meat for the day and a package of cigarettes. He said you can't do that today. TOO MANY SECURITY CAMERAS!

[@willparker9503]

If you can hold that many steaks between your thighs and still walk you deserve them lol

[@riverraisin1]

Smelled like fish by the time she got home.

[@ourgorlsfavoriteorangechic2711]

Are you sure this is 1975 and not 1965? The Beatles albums in the beginning, the style of dress (especially), and the black and white video are giving me a decade earlier vibe.

[@lawrence1960]

I remember 1975....this ain’t it.

[@everevelyn1094]

😂

[@johnwood3980]

More like 65.

[@John-ct9zs]

It looks like 1955

[@JUVI9596]

Haha true.

[@animejesus8940]

feels earlier

[@hallowaynorth1878]

Folks were scandalous even then. As someone who worked for many years in retail and loss prevention before my current career, I can promise you that shoplifters come from every race and income. Oh and another person already mentioned it below, but most store theft is actually done by the employees. They are the ones who have first access to goods and know all of the hidden corners with no cameras.

[@OofusTwillip]

The fashions, record albums, and perky production music are all from about *1964*.

[@matthewkoch6937]

Fashions changed slowly back then, or perhaps this film was shelved for ten years.

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@matthewkoch6937 Copyright is 1964.

[@rockinroll6342]

1964. The magical year of the beatles and rolling stones and the british invasion.

[@smadaf]

The KZbin title and description say 1975. The copyright date in film is MCMLXIV, 1964-which matches the styles of hair and clothes, the musical records being sold, &c.

[@XdDubs]

Woah, people going to stores. This movie really is old

[@prepare2qualify111]

I refuse to eat steaks that have been rubbed in between a shoplifters thighs for 20 minutes.

[@sambda]

It tenderizes them.

[@whereismyxanax]

@@sambda 🤣

[@JUVI9596]

Given the price of meat these days, you may want to reconsider 😆

[@hoodatdondar2664]

If you know it. Avoid cheap diners with doubtful sources.

[@birddog3130]

It's about time. A video teaching us "how to shoplift" thanks much

[@madtabby66]

Well with layoffs and inflation. You gotta do what you gotta do.

[@edreid7872]

Where's Joe Friday when you need him...

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Ed Reid Joe Friday.....Hero !!!

[@jeffreywoo9797]

He's on Vacation

[@rickloera9468]

Today it's a little more obvious. They just grab stuff and walk out right in front of everyone to see without regard to consequences.

[@drpoundsign]

He's the Narrator!

[@karolinesmail489]

Just the facts mam...

[@noahclemenson7045]

I like how all this video does is teach me new ways to steal

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

Watch "Boosting is a Business". Cica 1955 Oakland California. Lots of methods there.

[@rockinroll6342]

Yeah. Actually getting a job to earn money to buy things is not the way. That is for suckers. Just vote democrat and get everything for free and let those dummies work and pay for all your freebies.

[@GohAhweh]

Tell me you're a thief without telling me you're a thief..lol

[@brianarbenz1329]

There’s always some bigoted troll to turn a thread into partisan bs!

[@johnwinterbottom1072]

The good old days before; cameras, security contractors, bar codes and merchandise control tags.

[@jkev1122]

And also before 400 lb. people riding on power carts!

[@TimCarter]

Kmart was great for covering a $20 price tag with a $5 one.

[@alicewolfson4423]

And blister packaging.

[@breakfastattiffanys741]

Imagine all the mischief one could get up to back then.... Ahhh one can dream haha 😈

[@alphaomega8373]

Trust was still alight.

[@proud2bpagan]

When I was a kid, I used to be able to into a store with a dollar and walk out with ten candy bars, five cans of soda, and nine pixie stics...nowadays,those damned cameras are everywhere!

[@rbsmith3365]

You get alarms set off ( unscanned merchandise)

[@booth2710]

a friend of mine in the 80s stole a video cassette player from woolworths. She put it in the rack under the pram and put a baby blanket over it and strolled out of woolies with it in the pram

[@mainecoon6514]

@@booth2710 Those were the days when stealing was so easy. Now, forget about it. You'd get caught red handed.

[@nobodynothingberg4886]

Maine Coon good!

[@rbsmith3365]

@JC Denton Yes it does! In 1990 when my friend have taken her mother to a drug store in San Antonio among with her two little boys. After her mother purchased merchandise and they went out to front door. The alarm beeped. They were so confused. The cashier thinks that scanning job wasn’t correctly. And the lady did rescan. Not once but twice. It beeped again and the cashier told them just go. So a friend was backing up her car. Her oldest boy then 5. Showed them a small pack of gum that he have placed in his pocket and no one can figured out why the alarm rang repeatedly. Small items including candy bars and gum do trigger alarm. She and her mother was shocked about it. She grabbed the pack of gum from him and threw it out of window. And, He was grounded is all what she says.

[@marystar6021]

According IMBd, this film was published in 1964. Makes no matter though, shoplifting then vs today, very little has changed. With the exception of today's fancy electronic shoplifting deterrents, people continue ripping off business's for one reason or another.

[@heidithomas5455]

Now a days customer service and employed security have been replaced by screens and cameras. People don't steal from stores much either. They're busy stealing your credit card, bank account, social security number and your identity. I think I felt safer when products went missing.

[@mainecoon6514]

Back in the day, people stole goods from stores. Nowadays, they commit identity theft. Stealing as always but now they steal your bank accounts and identity.

[@Annastesia1988]

they still steal

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@Annastesia1988 my neighbor is a retired agent for the United States Secret Service and he works for Ross Dress For Less as a loss prevention officer. loss prevention officers are retired cops, FBI, Secret Service.

[@bunniesbunniesbunnie]

@@frankdenardo8684 once a pig always a pig

[@laurabeane8862]

The cameras are to watch the employees

[@SmilingSynic]

Around 1986 I was a supermarket checker, and one time, a customer came through my checkout line with a trickle of blood on his forehead. He was actually hiding a steak under his hat! As a shoplifter, he was dead meat.

[@joeadler5379]

I heard steak was the most stolen item in grocery stores. Especially filet mignon

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Bad am-boom! He’s here all week, folks.

[@jflan92]

What about schoolchildren daring each other to shoplift as well? This has been going on for years and still is nowadays!!

[@frank1371]

I think this film is much older than 1975 because of the clothes, hairstyles, and mannerisms. Not to mention at 12:49 when they show the shoplifter’s belt and all the stolen items the radio is a zenith royal 500 which was introduced in 1955 and discontinued in 1965 with that particular style of royal 500 being discontinued in 1961.

[@crocodile1313]

Yeah, the copyright at the end said 1964.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Good detective work, tho.

[@doorguru168888]

Thanks for the shoplifting techniques. I can't wait to try them out next time I am at the mall !

[@cathyeller5722]

I used to work as a janitor at night, the businesses were closed. There was one guy that would steal stupid stuff like boxes of paperclip's, pens and small stuff. He would wait until he got a pile of these things then sell them. He never got caught. It was just the normal stuff that went on during that job. Stick an extra garbage bag in your pocket every night or a handful of toilet paper. Just basic stuff, from each business was stolen, no one ever noticed.

[@schwarzer9523]

That's kinda genius

[@goombabear]

I don't think a company would suffer much from a missing garbage bag.

[@mph1ish]

Welp God noticed!

[@ilikeitfunkee]

I used to work at the salon inside Walmart by the front doorand watch them catch shoplifters all day. It was incredibly sad when they would catch someone who was obviously in need stealing a jacket on a freezing cold day.

[@roxannetomlin3113]

A JCPenny seamstress stole hundreds of thousands of clothes in a 20 yr period before getting caught by a new smart security guard who caught on . Most theft comes from INSIDE the store !!!

[@majidifan5846]

Right. Walk into any Walmart or Target. The most cameras are above the cashiers. The rest are scattered about just to take your picture as they build up a case against you not stop you. There is plenty of privacy as one, only one!, clerk can be responsible for the entirety of the clothing sections. Clerk too busy trying to stock the yogurt within the cold chain limit hasn’t got time to be observant, courteous or chatty with the chef stealing steaks for her restaurant. Clerk watching and helping 12 people ring up their own stuff has no chance of stopping a tween who beeps the exit door with a purse full of makeup. And if they do, that’s when at least one of the other 12 guests take the opportunity to skip scan at the self check. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼🤷‍♂️

[@Melissa0774]

I wonder how much worse this is going to get in New Jersey after the plastic bag ban, since so many people are carrying their own bags in stores now.

[@Beatlegirl27]

Barely starting this video and already drooling at those mint BeaTles albums.... 🤤

[@arthurvaisvilas7853]

me too.

[@michaelmitchell5098]

😝!yes😉

[@Dixie_Belle]

Pause the video at 18:59. It is copyrighted MCMLXIV. 1964. Not 1975. So, all of you saying the clothing and hairstyles didn't match 1975 are correct. That being said, an altogether interesting film. Thanks for posting!

[@thekirksiffs5285]

Thank you. I was halfway through college in 1975, and this film looked like styles from the 60s.

[@billhosko7723]

no one cares karenssssss

[@Dixie_Belle]

@@billhosko7723 Have a blessed day, you unhappy little troll, you! ❤‍🩹

[@Dixie_Belle]

@@billhosko7723 You obviously did. You responded 🤣And, also obviously, you have no idea how to properly use the slur "karen". Nice try, though!

[@LynnE507]

I love these old videos. Thank You for uploading!

[@tubeblack35]

People are total pigs when it comes to store fitting rooms.

[@debbieanne7962]

Love how the cartons of cigarettes are just sitting in the aisle. No way are they displayed like that any more in Australia. A carton of 200 Malboro cigarettes are $304. So by grabbing 10 cartons the theft adds up to over $3000! Cameras are all over every store in 2022 making it harder to get away with shop theft. But yes it still happens every day

[@Lisa-pb3qp]

I've watched this video for almost 6 minutes and already I've learned a great deal on how to shoplift. Lol. However, I was caught shoplifting when I was a teen. The older clerk at the clothing store knew me, but called the police anyway. I was placed in the back of the police car and taken "downtown." Lucky for me they only taught me a lesson and let me off with a smack on the wrist. If I could, I would thank that woman today for teaching me such a valuable lesson. I was so horrified and embarrassed that I never did it again.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

There is a more recent one that teaches you that a foil lined bag or pocket apparently beats the alarms at the exit.

[@suemiller9830]

Lisa I was caught as a teen too. Never stole again. Very glad I got caught, although at the time it was humiliating and very scary.

[@Lisa-pb3qp]

@@suemiller9830 We live and learn. 😄

[@stephiianiemay8059]

Me and this girl I was friends with shop lifted one day when I was 15 and she got caught. I ran!! She ran after the women got behind the counter to call the police. Gives me something to smile about now I'm older.🤣

[@mikezylstra7514]

A neighbor girl (very poplar and an A student), got caught with $300 worth of dresses on under her coat.

[@McIntyreBible]

Businesses now in America don't even really report shoplifters now; they give them a warning or don't allow them to return to their establishment!

[@mainecoon6514]

They'd get the cops in there right away to apprehend a shoplifter.

[@proud2bpagan]

He's right about kleptos coming from all different socioeconomic backgrounds. One lady in our state was a high muckity muck in the state government...made over 160k a yr, and threw it all away bc she felt the need to have sticky fingers at a Macy's.

[@chamboyette853]

There are many things I prefer about today, but one thing I so much prefer about society back then, is that you could show a woman or a black person shoplifting and not get called sexist or racist. And you could cite a statistic that the vast majority of shoplifters are women, and not fear of getting cancelled. This aspect I really preferred about the 1970s (and I guess 1960s as well) and it is refreshing to watch this again.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Which state do you live in? The education chief in my state sometime in the 1980s was nabbed for shoplifting and revealed that she had a compulsive stealing, or kleptomania problem.

[@proud2bpagan]

@@brianarbenz1329 i'm from Alabama

[@proud2bpagan]

@@chamboyette853 kind of reminds me of the Andy Griffith Show ep where Barney went 'under cover' as a manaquien ang saw a little old lady boosting. When he exposed her to the shop keep, he wasnt' believed until Andy heard her 'clank'and weighed her..at which time they had probable cause, and the little old lady weighed as much as some men een though she was skinny in apearnance. *Andy found pots and pans and other things in the inside liner o her coat,and said "I went along with it til i heard her 'clank'...little old ladies ought'n clank'

[@libbyhicks7549]

She should have got into 'insider trading'. Thats how you really steal.

[@IK_4]

This is definitely not 1975. Looks at least 10 years older than that.

[@janiesippel225]

I don’t understand how a person could walk normally with something between their legs....🤔

[@TallyWackaTha2nd]

I like how half of these comments are saying this is from the 1960s, not the seventies

[@Mhel2023]

Ikr.... It's like WE KNOWWWW.... 😂

[@Starlight_Moonlight77]

I knew this is 60's video, not 70's. Then, your presence will be appeared on CCTV nowadays 😁

[@murrvvmurr]

MCM = 1900 LXIV = is 64 kids

[@1962pjh]

I was born in MCMLXII

[@Triton1051]

@@1962pjh Mine was MCMLXV. Once the year 2000 came, I remember a joke about the consequences of the "Two-thousands" (maybe on SNL?) ..."well, Roman numerals are going to be boring for a _really long time_ " xD Happy MMXX!

[@1962pjh]

@@Triton1051 Same to you!

[@mgrsdgfsdafsdgrsdgfsdg6980]

Yeah I can confirm how every social status can nic things. I went to the mall with a friend I hadnt seen in years and after coming out of one store she shows me a $70 dress she took. I was in shock! She had a paid off house, made like 60k a year and had no children or debt. I asked why. To me I wouldnt want that charge on my record. She simply said, " I dunno." Mind you she had thousands in savings, credit cards etc. Some people just do things for the F of it.

[@crisbrown1613]

I Had Worked In Retail For 27-Years Since 1996: At A FRED MEYER Store In Brookings, Oregon. The Shoplifter: Can Make Off With So Much Which Can Cost The Company A So Much Profit. The Shoplifter: Uses Large Purses/Bags Or Etc. To Smuggle Anything Out Of The Store Etc. It Is All Theft No Matter How May Slice It!

[@gklug305]

I worked at a grocery chain from 1970 thru 1983 (great job, by the way) and if we saw a kid steal a candy bar we would call the police and they were happy to come over, take the kid and his mom or dad to the office and lecture him. They knew the kid would probably never steal again so it was their time well spent.

[@mk202]

13:00 I love how he snatched the tag off the suitcase and pitched it right on the floor...lol. ‘See YA...!’

[@heidithomas5455]

I lived in a slum city and saw a guy with a suitcase walk into a dollar tree. 40 minutes later he left, and his suitcase was bulging. There was only one person at the register and she had a line a mile long. No one else was around, and no one seemed to care. A month later I saw the same man with the same suitcase on a shady street corner selling the stuff he stole. It was Valentine's day and he had the men lining up. I couldn't help but think the employees at Dollar tree allowed him to do this, or it didn't matter cause it's not their store.

[@GohAhweh]

Sounds like San Francisco today

[@manchesterunited8390]

Maybe he was black they are allowed to do it orelse it is Racist 😂😂

[@GohAhweh]

@@manchesterunited8390 I think what you're saying is true because if I even started to do it even with one item I know they would Chase me down and call the police..

[@riverraisin1]

Bulging suitcase full of shoplifted Dollar Tree items? So what are they out, $10?

[@heidithomas5455]

@@riverraisin1 I don't think the monetary value of what was stolen is the idea here. The point is any time product is stolen we all pay the price. Stores have to make up for missing inventory, corporations jack up their prices to offset the losses, and we end up paying. Notice dollar stores items are no longer just a dollar. I have seen things in Dollar Tree and Dollar General for up to a few dollars, and that doesn't include tax., which means the items are not as cheap and better deals can be had elsewhere. Unfortunately, many people will eventually catch on, and will stop shopping in that store. Plus, if enough thieves want to steal merchandise eventually prices go up so drastically that the store will close for good.

[@mistofoles]

A sholifter can steal a TV without anybody noticing ?? - Who was in charge of security, Stevie Wonder ?

[@hjacobs8972]

A friend of mine was in line at a grocery store. A woman in front of him dropped a large ham from between her legs. It rolled across the floor. The woman acted angry, looking around and shouting "Who threw that ham!!!"

[@user-12K1iE7xs3i]

😆😆

[@AnthonyReichardt]

The date of this film is actually 1964.

[@Solar333444]

1975? No, this is definitely the early 60s. I did theft prevention for two decades. I can assure you, shop lifters were never so bold, you had to know exactly what isle was the most obscure, and they did as well. You'd be amazed at how creative people could get when they wanted something.

[@lovesPaulRodriguez]

I have always loved this short since I saw it on Something Weird video. Now I see it was made the year I was born. :) Thank you uploader.

[@l.rh7599]

I am now ready to start my job watching people looking at steaks with my binoculars through air vents.

[@lisalu910]

I wanted to see some of them get caught!

[@kenharrison741]

I was a store detective for a few years and have many stories from that time. I once caught a woman stuffing makeup items up her cooch. Another time a lady had a fake belly that made her look pregnant...she had over $500 in merchandise in that thing. Another time a gentleman stole a very cheap item. I felt bad for him until I had a look at his bank book. He had over a million dollars in his savings account.

[@princessmarlena1359]

Some of my coworkers who stole stuff would put items up there. 🤣

[@deboraholsen2504]

What extremely bizarre stories!!

[@dlibby4979]

Its the trill of it they seek. Money cant buy that-literally.

[@catherineannelockman3805]

Omg...haven't heard the word cooch in a long time...😂😂

[@hoodatdondar2664]

As a male tec., how did you find out where the makeup items were?? And what year was that that someone had a bank book? So last century.

[@tubeblack35]

Looks more like 1965, not 75.

[@Timsterfield]

I thought the same 🤔

[@myboringpowerpoints7782]

I was about to say the same. All those Beatles albums were a giveaway.

[@nolant6772]

1964

[@cynthiar7350]

My sister-in-law used to switch tags on clothes. One big haul was ski clothes. I told her that was stealing & I didn’t want any part of it. She thought I was ridiculous. She was good at it.

[@TheKonga88]

I like your sister. 😀😀😀😀😀😀🙌

[@libbyhicks7549]

You were ridiculous. You are probably in mounds of debt at this point, wondering what went wrong.

[@TheOldTapeArchive]

They need to play this one for store managers in SF and Portland today. Maybe they'd learn something.

[@mcribs7811]

If you’re stealing an Andy Williams record I think you and the Store both have a problem.

[@lizettewanzer8650]

😆😆

[@cruncherblock3834]

I was always too afraid of getting caught so I didn't do it to begin with.

[@rockinroll6342]

Its called a conscience and that is rare and valuable. You should cherish it. It is priceless and it cant be bought or faked.

[@libbyhicks7549]

@@rockinroll6342 Its also called buying into a system that is designed to steal from you and then considering your foolish self virtuous.

[@Medietos]

@@rockinroll6342 That is not conscience but fear, self-preservation, cowardice, caution-. Conscience is not doing it because really not wanting to,because it is wrong. An honest one doesn't even think about it.

[@aliceb.6884]

I didn't know I could boost so much stuff "between my legs". Jeez.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Would you let a man "boost" merchandise between your legs? Oh my! 😋

[@6ixConfessions]

And then came the introduction of CCTV. Curses on technology, how dare it ruin people's livelyhoods.😝 Although, they just got better at it.🤔 🤨

[@proud2bpagan]

One lady was caught on video 'giving birth' to a frozen turkey she'd stuck up her dress. It's hilarious. Just plops out from between her legs right in the middle of the aisle.

[@ITILII]

Yessuh I shoah kin boost a whole lotta steaks down thar

[@drpoundsign]

Vajyn sleeve Vizzard!

[@shonamacdonald1054]

As much as i love watching all these old videos. I enjoy reading everyones stories in the comments.

[@Silenced23]

Self checkout is the new shop lifting. And cyber pirating. Most stores couldn't afford closed circuit cameras back then. I could only imagine how easy it was to shoplift back then.

[@straightpipediesel]

Self checkout definitely increases theft, but the stores did the math and absorbing the losses are still cheaper than paying cashiers $12-18/hour plus benefits, or worse, people getting fed up with lines and ordering from Amazon.

[@riverraisin1]

Any store that forces customers to scan their own items deserves to be shoplifted.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@riverraisin1 I feel you, I think if they are going to make me work there for no pay, at least give me an employee discount. But right is right. No boosting.

[@ithydoodles]

I for one was pretty mad when in the early to late 2000s quite a few stores especially dollar general expected me to leave my tiny backpack purse at the front of the store. Which is why I'm surprised people can use backpack purses nowadays.

[@gary1961]

'Aw, not steak again for dinner. The last lot you cooked tasted like fish!!!'

[@jimkeskey]

Ha ha ha!!

[@rockinroll6342]

So? Don't you like fish steaks? They are good for you.

[@Lymehouse1]

The date at the end of the film says 1964, in Roman numerals, not 1975. That, plus, it obviously wasn't shot in 1975.

[@maryvee61]

Was easier to steal back then, no cameras and electronic devices.

[@Citykid1982]

everyones definitely more alerted

[@ITILII]

Yes by and large people were more honest too.....wonder why :-/

[@rockinroll6342]

Yes and if your friend was running the cash register she or he could charge you 38 cents for a 3 dollar item. No bar codes.

[@patdoyle3686]

Shoplifting would be very low if the sentence for this crime was a mandatory ten years in prison no discount

[@Petra44YT]

Amazing. NO security tags whatsoever, no cameras, nothing. No wonder shoplifting was a problem.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Because people weren't complete garbage back then. They HAD pride. They WORKED, instead of being a friggin lowlife mooch.

[@TheKonga88]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I do believe you totally missed the meaning of the comment. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@karenhargis3682]

I love the commentary...you guys are awesome

[@weareone553]

As someone who works at Goodwill, this video is still pretty accurate

[@pelqel9893]

This is 1964... not 1975. Not only from the period fashions and merchandise, but at the very end of the film is the date, in Roman numerals, "MCMLXIV"

[@bryanadams256]

Why should I care who rips off the store? I'm only paid 10 cents an hour!

[@rockinroll6342]

Yeah just go to a sanctuary city and load up on all the free stuff and live better than the suckers who are working to pay for all your free stuff. Of course this works best if you are an illegal immigrant and you are a new democrat voter.

[@alphaomega8373]

@@rockinroll6342 I'm sold!

[@billhosko7723]

ideat

[@hoodatdondar2664]

That seems to be all you are worth. Where do you work? Belize?

[@bryanadams256]

@@hoodatdondar2664 Russia

[@mistofoles]

This was 1975 ? - Looks more like '65 to me.

[@cinerama62]

When I worked at K- Mart back in the 80s it was always teen age girls shoplifting make- up.

[@libbyhicks7549]

Because they don't have any money and are being aggressively marketed to at every turn.

[@mph1ish]

@@libbyhicks7549 Then they should get jobs.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@mph1ish Yes, what a stupid excuse,” I keep seeing ads.” Low iq, low ethics.

[@bunnyluver2176]

"This is a real shoplifter in action..." Yeah, she doesn't notice the cameraman following her store to store

[@pablopicaro7649]

18:58 MCMLXIV roman for 1964. There was a book with LBJ on the cover that hid things.

[@kh22912]

I remember working at Target and we would see torn packages in the fitting rooms of various things - toys, jewelry... you name it