Would you report coworker theft?

[MTG#10]

This guy Ive been working with for the last couple years has been robbing my company blind lately, and does it right in front of me. It started out as just a couple < $10 items here and there, but recently Ive been noticing him taking much higher priced ($20+) things out to his car almost every day. Ive told him before he better stop before he gets caught but he just laughs and says something like "Why are you gonna rat on me?"

This guy isn't a really close friend or anything, but I do open with him every morning and he has been out to my house for cookouts a few times...not for a couple years though.

Its really bothering me, I don't want to be a rat but at the same time this shit is wrong and while I cant stand my current boss I do like the owner and his family. Ive told this guy more than once not to do it in front of me but he doesn't listen.

Should I say something to the owner or live by the rule "snitches get stitches"? He would certainly get fired and he has a wife who cant work and three kids at home so that would bother me as much or more than his stealing. And even if I did say something I don't know how to go about it...I cant do it anonymously because I'm the only one there in the mornings with him so they would know it was from me.

In a tough spot here.

[TLO]

Is MTG the guy who fought some other Dad at his kids little league game?

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Is MTG the guy who fought some other Dad at his kids little league game?

No, but that thread would have been much more entertaining if he would have been.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Very cool pic.

[FURY]

Personally I would report the guy. If you are aware of the crimes being taken place, and the guy rats you out saying you knew he was taking stuff. And the police and/or your employer are able to pull up video evidence of that. Your ass is busted too my friend.

Then again, you allegedly broke a guys collar bone, exploded his spleen, and had him put on a respirator among other things. So what's a petty crime like this one?

[GloryDayz]

I say crack the motha****a in the head, pop a cap through his achillies tendon, and ax him where the gatdam box of pencils "is at" (so you can put it back)?! Or be this guy!

[MTG#10]

I told the owner today to put a camera in the parking lot if he wants his loss to significantly decline. He just said thanks for the heads up. I have a strange feeling nothing will be done at all.

[Dallas Chief]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Is MTG the guy who fought some other Dad at his kids little league game?

Nah that was our resident dentist tooge. That story still cracks me up!

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Is MTG the guy who fought some other Dad at his kids little league game?

There's been a couple of those even in the short time I've been here. None with MTG, though.

I believe you're talking about tooge. He choked out a parent at a little league game. He's a badass.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

I told the owner today to put a camera in the parking lot if he wants his loss to significantly decline. He just said thanks for the heads up. I have a strange feeling nothing will be done at all.

You should have outed the asshole stealing.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

I told the owner today to put a camera in the parking lot if he wants his loss to significantly decline. He just said thanks for the heads up. I have a strange feeling nothing will be done at all.

Well, Cameras are a little pricey.

[MTG#10]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

You should have outed the asshole stealing.

He knew what I was getting at.

[Cephalic Trauma]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

He knew what I was getting at.

Maybe he thought loss meant your co-worker goes out to spank the clown in his car while on the job, and the owner doesn't care to see that.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

He knew what I was getting at.

This whole thread for that?

[The Iron Chief]

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Originally Posted by Rain Man View Post
If your boss is smart at all, he'll never say anything about you telling. He can't fire a person based on that information. But if you tell him, he'll be able to start watching, and that'll give him what he needs to fire the guy. And the guy really should be fired. He's stealing.

This

I'm a manager at redlobster and we would never let on that anybody told of the person stealing and instead begin watching.
It would be wrong to put the one snitching in an embarrassing or even dangerous position.
Not to mention you cant fire somebody without any solid proof.

We keep excellent track of our inventory and when time goes by(2 months or so) and lets say steaks or lobster tails start to go up missing we take steps to figure it out without anyone snitching.

But more often than not the snitch plays a role in helping.
I'll give you the most common situation at my store thru the yrs.

We have at times 15 dishwashers in a whole, on a Friday night 5 are on.
Now all these guys often argue amongst themselves and once in awhile the one most upset will turn on another who is possibly stealing.
The upset person turns on the stealer telling us this person is stealing.

So we begin to watch this person and in time usually at close we will see a closing dishwasher step out of the freezer with his coat on or gym bag in hand.
Since we have the right to inspect his bag and with the knowledge we have from the snitch we wait to catch him red handed this of course is an automatic firing.

Nobody knows but the manager staff and the snitch who did it more out of hatred for the guy than honor avoids any embarrassment or danger.

I'm not picking on our dishwashers either you can substitute dishwasher with cook,wait staff. bartender its all the same someone gets upset and snitches to us.

The inmates take care of the Jail

Of course theres no stopping stealing completely our store has 125 employees.
As I type this at home I know full well there are wait staff walking out with sugar packets to coffee its the nature of the beast.

At meetings and such we try to remind employees stealing from work is NO different than stealing from a grocery store.

Sadly this Friday I have to run a full staff meeting on a different subject that's gotten out of control.
Good old sexual harassment.
Time to remind people exactly what it is, its getting pretty relaxed in our store again some girls are not liking it.

A simple reminder is would you say that to so and so waitress if your wife was standing here...

Anyhow sorry to jump to another subject.

But stealing is stealing
Here at my store we often rely on the inmates taking care of the jail...it works.

The camera ideas not bad even a fake camera can help a lot.
Real cameras are Extremely expensive to put throughout a redlobster..a few have them but most do not.

You did the right thing even if you didn't lay it all out on the table for the owner.

[ShortRoundChief]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

This whole thread for that?

The climax was a little underwhelming. It's like screwing a supermodel but can't shoot your gun.