oi thief!!

ArtyC

My mate robbed cheese and milk from our local shop today. Just walked out while I paid for my cigs.
She didn't have a bother on her. My dad owns a shop and now more than ever its tough to keep costs down as is. So I personally would never do it unless desperate!
When I went to australia a few years ago my aunties local shop had stills of people caught stealing in the window. One of their face and an "action shot:$".
All my values and goodness blah blah aside the thought of my photo up in a shop window at home or ireland would mortify me. Like my auntie knew some of people in the photos.
are shopkeepers here allowed to do that?

Would ya be less likely to rob something if it meant your mugshot up the next day!?

Coriolanus

I'd just steal the mughshot, surely?

AnonoBoy

Squeal on the thieving b*tch.

That'll learn her.

Balfie

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Squeal on the thieving b*tch.

That'll Teach her.

Sure will my friend............

KungPao

A shop I used to work in had shots of little hard men in the security hut....who had been caught looking for 100% discounts....with their bottom lip out and looking like they wanted their mammy and their teddy bear.

Even though they knew we knew who they were, they still tried again and again.

So obviously the only solution is the final solution.

Standard Toaster

Cheese and milk?
Rehabilitation is wasted on her, she's likey to re-offend....the book should be thrown at her tbh....who the hell robs cheese & milk!!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Did she do it because she's really that skint and actually needs to steal or was it just because she couldn't give a fcuk?. If its the latter reason its a real scummy thing to do to the shopkeeper.

pragmatic1

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Did she do it because she's really that skint and actually needs to steal or was it just because she couldn't give a fcuk?. If its the latter reason its a real scummy thing to do to the shopkeeper.

Doesnt matter if she was skint or not, its a scumbag thing to do. The only time it would maybe be a but acceptable is if she didnt eat for a few days.

DarkJager

ArtyC wrote: »

My mate robbed cheese and milk from our local shop today. Just walked out while I paid for my cigs.
She didn't have a bother on her. My dad owns a shop and now more than ever its tough to keep costs down as is. So I personally would never do it unless desperate!
When I went to australia a few years ago my aunties local shop had stills of people caught stealing in the window. One of their face and an "action shot:$".
All my values and goodness blah blah aside the thought of my photo up in a shop window at home or ireland would mortify me. Like my auntie knew some of people in the photos.
are shopkeepers here allowed to do that?

Would ya be less likely to rob something if it meant your mugshot up the next day!?

She sounds like a stupid bitch to be honest.

And yes they do put pictures up in some places. A shop in Limerick did it about a year back, 4 or 5 pictures of various thieves stuck to the window.

ballsymchugh

Balfie wrote: »

Sure will my friend............

have you never heard anyone saying that before, ever??

anyway, guy i know used to walk in past the cash registers in roches stores in cork, pick up a plastic bag, fill it, then leave. ne'er a bother on him at all.

Standard Toaster

ballsymchugh wrote: »

have you never heard anyone saying that before, ever??

anyway, guy i know used to walk in past the cash registers in roches stores in cork, pick up a plastic bag, fill it, then leave. ne'er a bother on him at all.

Are the bags free in Roches Stores in Cork?

ballsymchugh

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Are the bags free in Roches Stores in Cork?

this was around 99/2000, before security cameras were a feature in most shops too!

RachaelVO

Jesus wept, cheese an milk???? FFS that just makes her a tragic case who needs a good slap upside the head! That's just pathetic!

ArtyC

She could have paid for them. She just didn't, she was short cheese and milk.

Doesn't matter what it was I was just wondering if any shops about or are they allowed to sort photos of them in windows.
Small town ireland and all that- if they did would ya be as bold to ever try it! I hardly said she was part of a dairy crime wave

I started off on the sandwiches before realising I may aswell take steak.. Tell your friend she's wasting her time on cheese.

Lando Griffin

Thats the way these gangs work these days.
Have the accomplice distract the shop keeper while the other person robs the place blind. It might be dairy produce today, tommorow the bakery section and goodness knows someday the frozen foods section.

jester77

She needs to be more street smart, is the government not handing out free cheese??
For the milk she could head down the country some evening, tip a cow and get a few sneaky tit squeezes in before the cow realises what's happening!

No need to be stealing!

Boom_Bap

what type of cheese?

Liam Byrne

ArtyC wrote: »

My mate robbed cheese and milk from our local shop today. Just walked out while I paid for my cigs.

Why is he/she still your mate, and why didn't you bring the theft to the attention of the shopkeeper ?

sollar

Standard Toaster wrote: »

who the hell robs cheese & milk!!

A dirty skank

marzic

Boom_Bap wrote: »

what type of cheese?

Gorgonstolea

Nothingbetter2d

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Cheese and milk?
Rehabilitation is wasted on her, she's likey to re-offend....the book should be thrown at her tbh....who the hell robs cheese & milk!!

hungry people?

whydoibother?

I suppose the big risk for a shopkeeper in putting up photos is that if they get it wrong (or have insufficient proof) it could be found to be libelous.

cgordonfreeman

whydoibother? wrote: »

I suppose the big risk for a shopkeeper in putting up photos is that if they get it wrong (or have insufficient proof) it could be found to be libelous.

This. Plus as far as I know you'd need their permission to use a picture of them. Permission You'd be unlikely to get...

thingonmyback

The shop next to the southside jervis luas stop has put pics of alleged shoplifters in the window, as far as I recall.

Understandable too, I once saw a lad blatantly walk out of that shop with a doughnut, he seemed to have just self administered something, presumably heroin. When he got outside, he started to lift the doughnut up to his mouth to take bite and then the heroin kicked in big time, his hand froze and the doughnut was left hanging there, just out of reach of his mouth. For about thirty seconds he stood there swaying, then he just collapsed forward on his face, on top of the doughnut.

The difficulty for shopkeepers if they put up 'wanted' style posters is that if they get it wrong, they'll have to make a large payout. Rightly so too, I mean you'd hate to be wrongfully identified as a thief in the local shop on a poster!

Coriolanus

cgordonfreeman wrote: »

This. Plus as far as I know you'd need their permission to use a picture of them. Permission You'd be unlikely to get...

Not really, no. In a public place there's precedent for an expectation that photography and recording are to be expected. And in a private place all you have to do to cover yourself is make sure to have a sign up saying that there is recording/photographing underway.

cgordonfreeman

Nevore wrote: »

Not really, no. In a public place there's precedent for an expectation that photography and recording are to be expected. And in a private place all you have to do to cover yourself is make sure to have a sign up saying that there is recording/photographing underway.

I understand that people expect their image to be recorded on cctv but I was always under the impression that you couldn't publicly display individual pictures of the general public around the store I.e a close up of someones face that is instantly recognizable as that person.

I work security and I'm not allowed to take a picture of someone for our records after I've caught them stealing. Could be just my company policy. Not sure to be honest.

Coriolanus

cgordonfreeman wrote: »

I understand that people expect their image to be recorded on cctv but I was always under the impression that you couldn't publicly display individual pictures of the general public around the store I.e a close up of someones face that is instantly recognizable as that person.

I work security and I'm not allowed to take a picture of someone for our records after I've caught them stealing. Could be just my company policy. Not sure to be honest.

How often are your cctv archives purged? Most places I know that keep a picture, or put them up, pull them from the cctv. It's not as if they've got a polaroid and take a snap after they collar the person.

Azureus

The local spar used to do the mugshot thingy, I thought it was a great idea, Id certainly never steal from it knowing that my picture could be displayed!
Not that I would steal anyway obviously

Mrmoe

ArtyC wrote: »

My mate robbed cheese and milk from our local shop today. Just walked out while I paid for my cigs.
She didn't have a bother on her. My dad owns a shop and now more than ever its tough to keep costs down as is. So I personally would never do it unless desperate!
When I went to australia a few years ago my aunties local shop had stills of people caught stealing in the window. One of their face and an "action shot:$".
All my values and goodness blah blah aside the thought of my photo up in a shop window at home or ireland would mortify me. Like my auntie knew some of people in the photos.
are shopkeepers here allowed to do that?

Would ya be less likely to rob something if it meant your mugshot up the next day!?

Crackers .... why didn't she steal some crackers?

Well I wouldn't rob a local shop if I was going to do it.

annascott

If someone sees her do it, they might think you are the same. Disassociate yourself from her before her reputation sticks to you too...

General General

Didn't use a gun, no harm done...

UglyBolloxFace

RachaelVO wrote: »

Jesus wept

Off topic but....I ****ING HATE THAT PHRASE!

mconigol

I thought cheese was free for people on welfare now?

Poutbutton

My local Londis in Dublin has 2 or 3 A4 size stills of people posted up at the til. Written on the posters :"If anyone knows these people please tell (shop owners name) as I want to talk to them.
Guess that's about as legal as it can be done.