Cashier divides TikTok over allowing customers to steal while on break TIKTOK: stresseddepressed01A cashier has left viewers divided, after claiming in viral TikTok that he lets customers steal while he\u2019s on break. The convenience store worker, who posts under the handle stresseddepressed01, shared a video claiming he doesn\u2019t care when customers steal from the store since he only earns minimum wage. The viral TikTok clip, which has over 800,000 views, shows the worker walking around his job in uniform pretending to see someone stealing and letting them go. \u201cMe noticing someone in the store stealing on my 14th self given smoke break,\u201d the TikToker wrote in text over the video. The lyrics \u201cIf you want it, take it\u201d from Ariana Grande\u2019s song \u2018Break Free\u2019 plays in the background. \u201cThats on working minimum wage,\u201d he captioned the video. Viewers flooded the comment section, as they debated whether low-paid retail workers should be expected to confront shoplifters. TikTok viewers react to cashier letting customers steal \u201cTo be fair, you really shouldn\u2019t risk your safety to stop them. You rlly don\u2019t know what ppl are capable of so, valid\u201d one viewer wrote, siding with the TikToker. \u201cSame I\u2019m not chasing anyone for 12 an hour are you fr\u201d another viewer added. \u201cI\u2019m not the cops baby i jus work here,\u201d someone argued. Other workers shared their own experiences dealing with shoplifters. \u201cGuh someone tried to rob me at Burger King and Before he said \u201cgive\u201d I layed the safe keys on the counter with the register open and left\u201d a cashier shared. \u201cUsed to yell at the coworkers that would chase them like babe you rlly tryna catch hands for min wage? Ppl b strapped no thank u\u201d someone else commented. Others said they don\u2019t care if people steal from big companies. \u201cIf you see someone stealing from a big company, no you didn\u2019t,\u201d one viewer wrote. It is generally standard for retail stores to discourage workers from stopping shoplifters in stores due to safety concerns. Many big companies have even fired employees for going against policies instructing workers to not confront shoplifters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cashier divides TikTok over allowing customers to steal while on break TIKTOK: stresseddepressed01A cashier has left viewers divided, after claiming in viral TikTok that he lets customers steal while he\u2019s on break. The convenience store worker, who posts under the handle stresseddepressed01, shared a video claiming he doesn\u2019t care when customers steal from the store […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}