Author Archives: catiezim

Something was off.  He had the uniform on, but he was not doing the normal “scanny” thing they normally do.  I’d seen dozens of these contracted shoppers using their company’s app on their phone to complete shopping orders customers had placed, but this guy was not doing it right.  It was always frustrating when I’dContinue reading “It’s Just A Uniform”

Profiling.  I’m fairly certain this term is well known, and so let’s proceed as thus.  We all do it.  We all judge people based on a preconceived notion of who we think they are.  These feelings are constructed in various ways, but in todays’ world feelings are mostly influenced  by personal experience. We fear thingsContinue reading “Judging A Book”

The store was … extremely slow.  There were people, I’d just vibed them out already, and there weren’t any more entering the store.  It was a Sunday at 6pm, so the craziness that flooded the aisles earlier had now settled.  I zoned in on a young girl with no purse, cart or basket, just keys. Continue reading “That’s A Lot”

Laws are in place to help society function.  Does it benefit social institutions when laws are broken?  Since there is a monetary exchange associated with a criminal’s crime, it would be ill advised to not consider why that exchange exists, and to what capacity that existence perpetuates our current cycle of criminality. To start withContinue reading “Cyclically Criminal”

Late nights are always sketchy.  There is a limited number of managers in the store, very limited, and way less people shopping.  Few witnesses in case something goes awry.  It feels very Wild West-y, like anything could happen and the law may be out of town.  There are less people to watch, but a greaterContinue reading “Cheetah Girl”

When I first started in Asset Protection, store security, I made a lot of assumptions about who I’d catch stealing; what they looked like, what their socioeconomic status was, and why they were doing it.  As is the outcome with most assumptions, I was dead wrong.  The following is my account of catching my firstContinue reading “Baby’s First Thief”

If 1 in 13 people globally live with an anxiety disorder, it stands to reason that our decision making as a whole is not top notch.  Luana Marques, psychologist and president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, explains how anxiety ignites the limbic system in our brains which most notably dictates our emotionalContinue reading “Sur-Thrival”