WOAH. WHOA.
Hold the phone.
Doesn't effect real people?! Who do you think lose their bonuses because of stolen merchandise? The employees. People don't steal from the store, they steal from the people who work for the store.
Stores keep in contact with each other. If something was stolen...
As far as we know, this may not be a first offense. More than likely, they had done something similar to this before and were "noted" in the books at the store. Hence why the store was keeping a close eye on them. When they succeeded in leaving the store without paying for the items...just saying.
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So that means that a 2 yr old human being should be separated from her parents for almost a day? And it would've been obvious if they actually had the intention to actually steal; you don't shoplift in front of a child and they would've tried to hide them so that the employees couldn't...
Do you know how many people "forget" to pay for their sandwiches?
Why should they get special treatment from those that "forget" their cash and walk out the door.