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- garreh, on 10/12/2007, -18/+134oops forgot to click reply. digg down. =)
- Ganpachi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+79I wanna see a parcour expert do this!
- FreakTrap, on 10/12/2007, -10/+82***** off...
- neoform, on 10/12/2007, -2/+67Isn't it still stealing? I mean... those security tags technically belong to the store..
I'd find it more fun if the guy brings his own tag that sets off the alarms.. - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -1/+54@garreh
... those people generally get arrested. - JHawk24821, on 10/12/2007, -5/+49@ garreh
In this day and age, "Ain't done nothing wrong" doesn't mean not guilty. All the fascists... I mean police need now is to say they that they _think_ you might have stolen something, and you are charged as though you did. There is a story on digg now (upcoming story) about a guy that was put in jail for 12 hours because he had a rubber band ball in his backpack when he tried to board an airplane. It went from a "what's this?" to "this is what we think it is!" to "are you on drugs?" to "you are on drugs" - and that was it. He had no defense against it, and neither does anyone else.
We are only as free as we demand to be, and thanks to our government's fear mongering, we (a general statement, not aimed at you) demand less and less of it. The public has a track record of needlessly exchanging their rights and liberties for "protection" from drummed-up "threats". Yes, terrorism is real - but it's also a statistical long shot. You have a better chance of getting killed by a car crash, cigarettes, gang violence, drugs, etc. than you do by a terrorist act - but you don;t see the media focusing on those topics.
I am ranting, I know, but it's a sad state that we live in and I for one and sick of it. - omgitscolin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+51Hell yeah! What a great idea. Anyone know if there are any actual consequences for stealing JUST a security tag?
- AngryOx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34We use to drop them on the floor sticky side up so people would get them on their shoes and cart then set off the alarm. Oh good fun to be had.
- Diggtatorship, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31Thats what I was thinking, BYOT
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30"if you brought you own it would set off the alarm as you enter the store."
Wrap it in aluminum foil first. - JHawk24821, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34I wouldn't wear that crap if it where free.
- anymir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26Did any of you actually watch the video? He doesn't take the anti-theft tag, he has one of his own. From the video: "All you need is your own security tag..."
- pumacub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23I don't think I've ever seen a security guard chase someone like that.
If you walk out of a Wal-mart and the alarm goes off and just keep walking, the old people at the door don't do crap. - MiDri, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23noted my friend, expect a visit! Hey every one! Free 300$ sweaters!
- pumacub, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Would it be illegal if you brought your own tag...?
Actually, any number of things can set those off. - akcoder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20@sockpuppets: No need to wrap it in foil, just hold it tightly in your hand.
I worked at a dept store about 10 years ago when they rolled out the EAS system. One of my many jobs was to re-tag returns with the sensormatic tags. I decided to see how well they really work.
To make a long story short, I took a tag, held it tightly in my hand and waved it at varying distances in front of the sensor. In the end, a tightly held tag has to be held about 2 inches from the sensor to set off the alarm. - volatileacid, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Do you mean parkour?
- blahblah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15The guy brought his own security tag, if I understood correctly. In America, I can see half of the security guards thinking you are a terrorist and you might get in trouble with the police if that happens.
- loveandrockets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14The last time a tag was left on some clothes I bought, I left the store thinking someone else set off the alarm. Then a couple blocks later I looked in my stuff and went back to the store and stood in line at the customer service section because I couldn't get the damned thing off myself.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15I used to place condoms in the shopping carts of the elderly.
It's great when they get to check out and realize what's going on - Bluth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15But embarrassing people is funny - especially when they're fat security guards.
- Woofcat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15They arn't police, they are citizens just like you and me. If i chased after you and you ran, would it be a crime? no.
Now if there were police there, you best stop. - JonRick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Obviously it's edited together, do you know how ***** boring it would be to see uncut video? This isn't a ***** magic trick. Everything in the world isn't fake.
- Flashman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12neoform: just not getting it
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11if you brought you own it would set off the alarm as you enter the store
- alec1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8thats completely illogical. its not like they are police officers. i mean, they are paid by the store, not the public. couldnt you just as easily -- actually, more easily -- make the argument that the security guards are wasting your time? at least they are on the clock.
- MarkCiccone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I work at Abercrombie, and we're not even allowed to chase people who have taken merchandise. It would get us fired. Most secuirty guards ignore the alarm as security tags from other stores will set it off. This really wouldn't work, at least in my mall.
- obezyana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8…how does this embarrass anyone?
The guy doing the running is obviously not embarrassed.
The guard doing the chasing has no reason to be embarrassed - he'd just doing his job.
Unless you're arguing that the guard may be embarrassed for being tricked into chasing someone who hadn't stolen anything, and if someone is *embarrassed* for being tricked by someone who set off an alarm with a tag specially designed to do so, they should probably get a job that doesn't involve catching pickpockets. - rlamoni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7To avoid stealing anything, you would have to bring your own tag. This is because if you could easily separate the tags from the merchandise, in the store, then they wouldn’t really be very effective at their intended purpose.
- joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Fat people don't run for fake.
Also if Balls of Steel didn't "fake it" when they got into trouble for squirting Tom Cruise in the face at a premier, I hardly think messing with a security guard from a crappy shop is beyond them. - sn4keeyez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7he puts the tag in his hat and walks in the store. the hat and the tag are above the sensor, thus it doesn't go off. when he walks out with the tag at the lower height (in his hand), the sensor goes off.
- Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8rofl I thought they were only old at my Wal-Mart
- dziban303, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12Burger bar?
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9you technically stole their security tags
- kd1s, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7That's because in the United States, you actually have to see the person take the merchandise. Funny little flaw in U.S. and state statutes I suppose.
So if you're bold enough, just walk calmly away. Most employees ignore it.
I know the bi-metal security card I have in my wallet sets those things off constantly. Hey it's my access card for government building. Can I help it that your EAS system is a piece of *****? - Otto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The tag is in his hat. When he walks in, it's above the security alarm and doesn't set it off. When he walks out, he has his hat down low and it sets off the alarm system.
I've seen people steal small items out of stores this way. They just toss it in the air as they walk out, catch it on the other side. Alarm never goes off. - MiDri, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7British... I would guess it means a place to get a burger and perhaps a pint?
- spliffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4actually i was arrested as a kid for for shoplifting a CD without actually stealing it. i was ONLY SUSPECTED of removing one of those tags. Though i had neither the security tag or the CD on my person when leaving the store a manager grabbed me and called the police.
At the time, I didn't know my rights, i just took orders from adults. so, i was charged with shoplifting.
$800 fine. AND it was also christmas time.... so my whole family, extened included came to get me from the police station. Only my liberal aunt sided with me. It was not a fun christmas.
The only way to do this in America i staged. - DougO, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9The guy actually says at the start that you take your OWN security tag. He is hard to understand with his accent, but check it out. No harm, no foul in my book.
- Bootes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I see these security alarms go off all the time, no one responds. They just stops ringing after like 30 seconds.
- Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What's creepy is I think I've seen the same old people at every Wal-Mart I've gone to for the past ten years. One old balding wrinkly guy, one dried-up corpselike granny, and one squat old lady with the looks and demeanor of a sour ex-marine prize-grappler.
- wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Pretty funny. This works best in stores with lots of expensive, high end merchandise, like designer leather jackets and the like. The whole thing seems like something out of a Kevin Smith movie..
- rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3A magnet can also remove a lot of security tags - although fridge magnets aren't often strong enough. But tags are either affixed with a specialized lock which require an odd-shaped 'key' to get it off, or they just have a metal bar preventing a latch from opening. Not to mention most security tags for non-clothing items like electronics, which really are just magnets. So if you see a device with a magnet it on it, pull out your favorite strong magnet (like Neodymium rare-earth ones, available online), swipe it across the tag, and you're all set.
- ToeCheese, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I just see the prankster suing because the mall cop used excessive force to take him down and after finding out it was a prank, take a few shots for making them run.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6That was so ***** funny I couldn't stop laughing.
- fohat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The person above claims if you wrap the tag in tin foil the alarm wont go off. Dont know how true that is tho...
- pheedback, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sucks that there is no similar set up to this near me id love to try it, but our burger bars are all in stand alone buildings not in some major shopping emporium
- thomasprebble, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Burger bar, Graease bar...It's just a name for McDonalds and BK dude.
- gekkotron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's also used in Raising Arizona, IIRC.
- ReadMeTXT, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5But when he enters the store, why doesn't the alarm start
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