Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Wet Work 2


One time I was working Loss prevention for a Big Box store, I had another adventure. I was walking the store with my partner ( he had way more experience than me, being a former cop). It was a average day and I walked past a aisle that had safety gear in it. There was this dude standing there looking quite normal. But something told me to watch him. Within seconds he started to act alittle nervous (it's amazing just how much people give themselves away). He selected a pair of cargo straps and a pair of safety glasses. He then put the straps inside his pants pockets, package and all. He then removed the glasses from the packaging and put them on his head like sunglasses. Mt partner C saw the same thing and cut over to the next aisle to get to another position. I guess he thought the guy would walk toward the back of the store. But as soon as C was out of sight the guy turned and started to walk toward the front of the store. One thing I learned from this job is that if you are following somebody and you go the wrong direction even for a couple of seconds the person will disappear. Humans walk alot faster than you think. Anyway the guy walks pass me and heads for the exit. He totally doesn't think I'm watching him. I wait until the guy is just at the doorway when I stopped him. I explained what was up and he smiled and handed me the glasses. I told the guy that he had to come with me back to the office to fill out some paperwork (with was true). That was when he started to act a little squirrelly. Within seconds he tried to push right past me. That's when everything went sideways. I grabbed him and pinned his arm behind him, I told him to stop and just calm down. But no this as*wipe decides he can wiggle out. At one point I had his arm bent behind his back almost touching the back of his head. I thought this guy's arm is going to snap. I decided to take him to the ground so I could control him better. Wham! Down we went on the hard concrete and this bastards still struggling. I'm not a small guy but I don't want to hurt this prick. We're rolling on the ground and I look up and see about two dozen customers and employees just standing there staring at us. Finally I got the jerk into handcuffs and stand up ( you don't want to be on the ground too long). I tell the nearest cashier to page C, for backup. I looked down at the guy who has finally given up and notice for the first time that the floor, my legs and the guy was wet... WTF! The fuckin guy pissed his pants! I stood there dreaming of beating the shit out of this asshole. But I didn't I was a good soldier and picked him up and processed him. I didn't even call the cops. I started to think there had to be a better way to make a living.

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