Reasons why I am a loss prevention officer

This world really saddens me sometimes. 

I sit and wonder what the fuck happened to morality? 

What happened to holiday cheer and showing kindness to your neighbor?

Why the fuck do some people feel the need and/or want to touch belongings of others?? 

Today, I woke up bright an early to go and make some money after two weeks of constant set backs but I was still very determined! 

And! I did end up making the amount of money I was aiming at making! I had all I needed at the moment to get my daughter something special for christmas and to put my deposit down on my apartment! I was lucky enough to get a client who needed multiple cosmetology services and tipped well. Such a wonderfully nice old lady in a nursing home that never really receives pampering. I made her day and she made my month! I was on my way to get a money order for the deposit and go drop it off/get my lease. I was seriously walking on sunshine but seriously needed to pee!! 

I stopped at a gas station that I have literally been to about a thousand times! Got out closed my door (thought I locked it) and ran to the rest room. It was only a few minutes but that is all it takes for a piece of shit slime ball to open my door, grab my charger, and grab my wallet (which had all the money in it, along with alyssas medical card, our food stamp card, and a few other important cards). I called the cops, looked around everywhere for signs of my stuff, and that is when my day went from walking on sunshine, to a stroll through hell. 

I am not proud to be on food stamps but I am proud that I am doing all I can to make sure my daughter has food in her belly and a roof over her head. I am a single parent, not because I did anything wrong, not because he necessarily did either (sometimes shit just doesnt work out and its better to realize that early on then to sit and suffer for years thereby only causing further mental anguish, stress induced health problems, and children thinking that constant fighting is a normal and acceptable thing) but I am. I was also a full time student and am now waiting to start my full time job. 

Its most distressing that, that card was in my wallet because that was how I was going to pay for my daughters Christmas dinner. Not only did this jack ass mother fucker take money that was intended for her presents and our home, he/she stole our Christmas dinner. 

I always lock my truck up. I am a loss prevention officer!! I know that people steal, people you never though would steal, steal. And, 90% of the time those who I catch stealing have the money in their wallets to pay for what they have taken!!! I know, I KNOW, that theft increases during the holiday season and why its so important to be vigilant but this is just fucking pathetic!! I forget one time to double click my lock button on my keys because I have to pee like a race horse and that's when the vultures dive in.

However, things could have been far worse. 

I could have come out to broken glass instead of an open door. I could have had my license and my moms debit card in my wallet instead of inside of my pocket. Who ever that piece of shit was could have taken the time to look inside my center counsel and taken my camera, gps, my other charger, my check book, or looked in the back and taken all my cosmetology stuff. I know I am lucky to have only had my wallet taken. I could have such a bigger headache on my hands than having to come up with more money and waiting on my new cards to be mailed to me. I also know that I am blessed to have the friends, family, and wonderful little girl that I do. 

Even though I was gipped, my friends, my sister, my mother, and my other family members wont let my little girl go with out. And, my little girl although she is only two and I know spoiled in many ways, she is very appreciative of anything that is given to her, whether it means its an expensive toy or a cheap dollar store trinket. She loves whatever she is gifted with and she is thankful for it!! Hell her favorite toy is a microphone that I got for her at the dollar store one day on a whim. 

I am very blessed in many ways. I wont forget that because of one jerk. Karma will kick who ever it was in the ass...

But it is instances like this why I am not only a cosmetologist but a loss prevention officer as well. 

I am a loss prevention officer because stealing hurts more than you will ever realize. When you steal from any store, whether its big or small, a corporation or a small family run business, you are causing them great loss. When a store has a loss it causes prices to shift to cover for that loss. When prices shift it means that some people will now no longer be able to afford the item that they either need or have bought several times before. Dont ever catch yourself bitching about the price of something if you have ever stolen anything. Theft grand or small, causes loss and loss causes price rises, price rises cause loss in clientele, loss in clientele can also lead to more price hikes or more sales which lead to more loss for the store which goes in a huge circle and in some cases can seriously cause the store to go under. Now put that towards people and not businesses. A person works hard for that dollar in their pocket, some jerk comes along and pick pockets that hard working person. Now that person either cant afford their medication, food, shelter, or to treat themselves for working so hard. So, they have to work even harder to make up for that dollar, they stress out, their relationships suffer for the stress and time away from family, and that person now has trust issues. Especially with money. I am a loss prevention officer because thieves dont deserve to take from those who work hard for what they have, they dont deserve to spend that dollar they pick pocketed, that food they stole from another babies tummy. Some thieves steal literally for a living. They think and plan all day every day new and trickier ways of getting away with stealing to support their family. Even though they arnt realizing that by stealing they are only hurting their family in the long run and the families of countless others. 

You dont touch shit that isnt yours! 

You dont open a car door that isnt yours! 

You dont fuck with someones Christmas! 

Being a loss prevention officer doesnt make me a snitch. Snitches are security guards. Cop wanna bees that literally have no power or authority. I have been through the academy, if I was a year older than I was when I went through the academy I would be a cop right now and not a loss prevention/cosmetologist. I am trained to do what I do, insured through whatever company I work for to apprehend shoplifters. I dont taddle, I whoop ass and cuff you for doing wrong. I am not a cop wanna bee I could be a cop right now if I wanted to be. I want to be a loss prevention officer. I protect the store, the economy surrounding the store, and am certified to do so. Its days like today that show me why I do what I do.