# Wal-Mart gestapo shoplifting procedure (any Wal-Mart employees?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508 "2000-09-08T15:57:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/21 "2000-09-09T03:18:34Z")
_booming over loudspeaker to Homer_ Set down the bottle and step away from the bar, nice and slow, with your hands up! ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/22 "2000-09-09T04:10:26Z")
:mad: Damn, damn, damn, damn! :mad: I posted to this but my computer locked up and it didn’t get thru! Here’s the gist of my previous attempt: * * * _ThinkSnow sayeth:_\*\* You do know, of course, that 9 out of 10 of those reflective bubbles or cieling mirrors have noting behind them. The trick is…which one do have the cameras?\*\* My dad was an air conditioning contractor who built several Wal-Marts, and so has seen “behind the scenes”. How it works: _All_ the ones in electronics, sporting goods, and over the cash registers at the front are real, as are the ones in the gun and cash rooms (in the back). The rest of the bubbles have 1 or 2 cameras total, which are moved to a different bubble every month or two. * * * Now wasn’t that informative? Too bad it didn’t mak it the first time (right after ThinkSnow’s post that I quoted) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/23 "2000-09-09T15:36:20Z")
I was looking at Wal-Mart online the other day & a big message flashed on the screen "“Security cameras track and record ISP port #4, Security cameras track and record port #4.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/24 "2000-09-10T00:51:00Z")
Why shop Walmart at all? Kmart has similar prices, but better quality. **Don’t buy shoes at Walmart!!!** I have never owned a pair of Walmart shoes that didn’t make my feet bleed. Yes, I bought the right size. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/25 "2000-09-10T01:12:43Z")
> [@](#): > > You do know, of course, that 9 out of 10 of those reflective bubbles or cieling mirrors have noting behind them. The trick is…which one do have the cameras? Pretty simple, really…around the edges of the black bubbles are holes. If these holes have metal studs in them, then there is a place for a camera behind it. Otherwise, there’s usually nothing under it but a ceiling tile. -David ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/26 "2000-09-10T02:15:15Z")
During the retail phase of my life I worked at two Wal-Marts and found the security cameras to be a joke. The monitors were located in the manager’s office, with four VCR’s to record different parts of the store. In the year that I worked there I never saw a tape in any of the VCR’s. It was almost like the camera’s were there for show. We didn’t even have a dedicated Loss Prevention associate. It was the job of every associate, whether you were a stocker, cashier or cart person to look for shoplifters. Target was a different story. 2 Loss Prevention associates per shift (A.M and P.M) along with cameras (hooked up to VCR’s with tapes in them) monitoring high risk areas (electronics, jewelry). Each register had a dedicated camera on it. These cameras were hooked up in a way that allowed a read out of the register tape to appear on the monitor. That way the loss prevention people could see if you were giving discounts to friends, family, etc. Target is pretty serious about theft. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/27 "2000-09-10T23:21:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > **(okay, I’m a hippocrip, who cares?)** I believe the word you’re looking for here is ‘hypocrite’. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508/28 "2000-09-10T23:29:23Z")
not to mock, but wouldn’t a hippocrip be a hippopotamus in a wheelchair? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-gestapo-shoplifting-procedure-any-wal-mart-employees/32508.md?page=1)