some classic tips taken from an account that interacts with people outside of the 🏋️ rp community
the less suspicious you look the less suspiciously they're likely to treat you.
employee entrances and exits into the back rarely have cameras, making them great places to stash if you can avoid the employees.
don't look at cameras directly.
carry things until you can't hold them all, pretend to be frustrated, then stick your shit in your bag to help you carry it.
if you do get caught, say you were overwhelmed and have an anxiety disorder, and simply 'forgot'. apologize profusely, and offer to pay for the items.
toilet paper and paper towel roll isles are safe havens.
watch out for plainsclothes lp. they are obvious if you know what to look for - really cartoonishly normal looking dudes wearing obvious wires, wandering around on their own without baskets or carts.
if you plan to just walk out with a large basket, it's best to do it somewhere large, with more than one customer exit.
if you don't have a cart, bring a reusable shopping bag, and just stick shit in there. you don't have to be sneaky about this, because if anyone notices you can just say you didn't have the hands for all your items, and you were going to pay for it all when you arrived at checkout.
if you genuinely get overwhelmed, just walk out quickly - someone stops you? you are overwhelmed and overstimulated, even better if you have headphones that are on. It is really unlikely anyone will touch you, and if they do, flinch. Better if you tear up. ymmv
If an employee speaks to you, be kind. If they hand you a basket, hold it the same way you do your stash-bag, and put things you don't want in your basket, and things you do want in your bag. leave the basket near the exit, and walk out.
if you have a bag from a store in a mall that is also in another mall you can bring that shopping bag with something small in it, and carry that around to make it seem like you've already spent money.
most staff don't get paid enough to care all that much what you do. don't be a nuisance and don't bother them and they probably won't gaf.
if you are carrying a phone or waterbottle, put your items in the hand holding the object, then put them both in the bag at the same time. study slight of hand tricks. you don't have to be really good, just smooth.
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