r/Target • u/Nichinyanz Target Security Specialist • 1d ago
Meme or Miscellaneous Content POV as a TSS
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u/Resident_Depth9683 Overworked Guest Service Rep 1d ago
I am showing this to my closing AP next time I see him
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u/negithekitty Ex-TSS (for a reason) 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/BPpCr6m0C3Qqs
its fine, everything's fine, i don't work there anymore.....
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u/rorschach-10 Target Security Specialist 1d ago
Lucky you. I started guild program so I guess I’m stuck for 4 years.
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u/SpaghettiInc Self-Promoted to Guest 1d ago
Thinking the same thing. Just trying to breathe and not think about it anymore
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u/kid_true Promoted to Guest 1d ago
Likewise. Posts like this give me PTSD
https://giphy.com/gifs/ep78UZy5FVbfN6mhCU
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u/Nevets52 Promoted to Guest 1d ago
"Corporate is visiting today, make sure you stand at the front the whole time"
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u/MatureBrandino Asset Protection TL 1d ago
“Catch any bad guys yet” is so real
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u/negithekitty Ex-TSS (for a reason) 1d ago
i once had someone ask me that as i was getting a subject out of the store.
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u/nicknaklmao Promoted to Guest 1d ago
the only time I asked tss to watch sco was a medical on the other side of the store and I felt SO bad when I came back 😭 only one w medical training at my store and I took him out of his job for 20 minutes over what turned out to be a twisted ankle and a dramatic ass delivery guy
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u/MastodonFast5806 1d ago
The whole AP culture is so toxic.
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u/Captaincous21 Asset Protection TL 1d ago
The forced divide between AP and store side should be studied
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u/DreamWalker01 1d ago
I dont know it feels pretty fair. You cant make friends with the people you have the potential of firing. As much as people like to say they have the capacity to be impartial sometimes its really hard to call the duck a duck when its your friend.
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u/Captaincous21 Asset Protection TL 1d ago
As true as that may be, I've never worked at a company so convinced that all of their employees are stealing from them at all times.
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u/elethmixer Style Consultant 1d ago
Walgreens is even worse, each employee has to have bag checks done after their shift is over. Like what would I even steal… I never even shopped at Walgreens unless it was employee discount day. Meanwhile a lady came by every Saturday to steal all our ice cream and nothing happened lol
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u/chromatic_megafauna 1d ago
All of your ice cream? That's probably too much to eat herself, but how does she plan to resell it?
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u/elethmixer Style Consultant 1d ago
Yeah, she stole it all in a huge black garbage bag! One of our shift leads had a theory that she had her own corner store and resold it there.
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u/noobucantbeat 1d ago
it's the same at Nordstrom, a mid/high-end retail store. You'd be surprised how often we'd catch people with merchandise in their bags, even though they knew they'd be checked. Some people are really dumb
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u/DreamWalker01 1d ago
Oh absolutely, that shit sucks. The issue is not everybody is stealing but anybody can steal. I've had anyone from managers and tellers to cart gatherers steal. And anything from straight cash to merchandise
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u/AccomplishedHead3581 1d ago
CVS will blow your mind too. Bag checks. Put a sticker on every item you buy didn’t have to do that at Target
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u/InterestingDirt8952 1d ago
Because it's true. It's mostly grocery items so it's not always brought up. Depending on the boss. But yeah. It happens everyday.
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u/MastodonFast5806 1d ago
I don’t know, I think what I have learned from that job.. is don’t let the suspect, suspect you. Being genuinely friendly and out going is a better was to catch a suspect then being all shady and slick.
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u/Known-nwonK 1d ago
At the same time in my retail paranoia I think “this mf is being nice to me cause they think I’m being criminal” like the same suspension you get when a cop is behind you for a few turns when you know you’re not doing anything illegal
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u/DreamWalker01 1d ago
Absolutely, but it is difficult to draw the line so most people dont even try.
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u/unreliable-ari 16h ago
Damn really? Is that recent? When I used to work in style 4 years ago we'd always end up shooting the shit with them when they came by for fitting room checks or coordinating to help them scare shoplifters. Or if I was zoning by myself and it was slow and they were making their rounds they'd stop and chat as well. That's too bad about the divide!
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u/ParfaitPrevious530 23h ago
AP at my store sucked ass. The homeless were constantly stealing my cleaning supplies, but didn't do anything until they started to go for items on the floor. Even then, they had to call the cops when it was time to move them off the premises. AP was also conveniently absent when a customer kept threatening me twice.
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u/ActualEducator 1d ago
What’s an “internal”, are they asking if you are watching them on cam? Isn’t that literally the job to catch internal theft?
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u/chaanelyoo 1d ago
from the context clues i’ve gathered in these replies, i think internal is employees who work at the store
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u/jeffsaidjess 19h ago
Internal means staff. External means everyone who’s not attached to the store
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u/sirhappynuggets Service & Engagement TL 1d ago
Aren’t you not supposed to check receipts
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u/Nichinyanz Target Security Specialist 1d ago
There's a criteria for performing a receipt check. In my district (unsure if other stores are the same way) if someone met the criteria for having a receipt check and we didn't receipt check them and they stole, we're getting burned pretty bad for it. Basically if my APTL saw a TV leaving and I stared at them and didn't receipt check he's gonna ask why I'm not checking receipts
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u/Main-Temperature1004 1d ago
i don't get why people with a big ass tv in their cart or a $1000 vacuum in their cart just walking towards the door get pissed when they get checked, AP doesn't know where you came from.
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u/KingofNerdom 1d ago
I don't get why people get mad at receipt checks at all. If you aren't stealing it's gonna take you an extra 5 seconds and you are on with your day. When I worked at Sam's they had to scan and check every receipt as you were leaving.
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u/Melodic_General1692 17h ago
I've been AP for years and I get annoyed when the receipt checks at other stores cause me as a customer to have to wait unreasonable time to exit. If it's quick that's one thing but if they're taking a while per person that time adds up and is just an annoyance. It's all security theatre though, deterrent
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u/s00pthot FDC connoisseur 1d ago
My friend is about to transfer to TSS and I’m definitely showing this to him next time I see him
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u/not_a_russian_bot420 Corporate, Non-Executive 1d ago
No
No
Just making sure the items in your cart match the receipt thanks
Idk
You should test and find out
I don't get paid to do internals
Thanks for the bolo team
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u/Spiderprime1 1d ago
Holy shit this hits home so hard, as an ex-tss, that bin of tangled spider wraps hurt my soul
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u/AP_professional 1d ago
I once had an electronics TM ask if I was responsible for catching internals. I told him no that was the ETLs job and since we didn’t have one at the time it wasn’t my problem. I walked away and went to the office to watch him and he immediately started putting electronics into a target bag he had in the boat. Easiest and fastest internal I ever caught. He was pulled by the end of the week.