Dweazzle Makes A Confession: Abandons Carts While Undercover

Dear Grocery Store Slaves,

I have a confession to make.

It was me, I did it.

I'm the one responsible for that abandoned shopping cart full of stuff. On many separate occasions at many separate grocery stores I, knowingly and deliberately, put a bunch of stuff into a cart not intending to buy any of it.

I'm so sorry that you had to put it all away. I'm even sorrier if you had to stay late to do it. I don't want to make your jobs harder, but I had no choice.

See, it's part of my job.

No, I'm not a Secret Shopper or anything. I stalk people for money. Specifically, I stalk those suspected of scamming their insurance companies and try to get them on tape doing stuff they shouldn't be able do.

Sometimes, I have to follow them into the grocery store and pretend to shop so my hidden camera can film these people lifting heavy bags of dog food or whatever when they told the insurance company they liquefied their spines and can't work any more. Then, when these people are done shopping I have to haul ass back to my surveillance vehicle and film them as they lift all their goodies into their cars.

And every time I leave a cartload behind, I feel guilty. I try not to get too much and I don't get anything perishable because I have no idea how long that cart is going to sit there before making some poor worker's day just a little more cruddy. I used to work retail, and go-backs were the worst.

If it makes you feel any better, I've caught several people lifting all kinds of heavy stuff when they were supposed to be unable to haul themselves off the couch. These people are NATS on an epic scale, and you're helping bring them to justice. So thank you for dealing with the odd cart of crap just sitting there.

I don't always abandon a full grocery cart in the store, but when I do I feel bad about it.

Stay sane, my friends.

--Dweazzle

Comments

[Astmng]

Just avoid any foods that will spoil if left out to long if you can and I'll call it even ;)

[Luci F]

All I can think of is that episode of The Office where Dwight gets Toby to help him investigate Darryl.

[Spritzy]

Yeah, as long as nothing perishable is in there (like you said) it's not so bad. You are forgiven since it's for a greater good. Insurance scammers take away resources from people who really need it. So thanks for that.

[Nubbinz]

I have mixed feelings about this. Insurance fraud is bad and those obviously faking need to be stopped

As someone who is disabled there are a lot of things i cant do but it varies from day to day depending on what i have been doing and what i know i will be doing later.

I do hope more evidence is used then just the one store trip. They could be having a good day or like me sucking it up for however long is needed untill they can curl up in a ball at home and cry.

[Generic Disabled]

I agree with Nubbinz. As someone currently on disability from a car accident, I am paranoid about people like you.
I injured my knee and shoulder. Some days I can lift a case of pop fine on my bad arm. Some days I absolutely cannot. On the bad days I stay at home and rest because I know better. On the good days I go grocery shopping and force myself to use my bad arm to strengthen it. Why? Because the team of *7* *PROFESSIONALS* who are helping me to get better have *told* me to.
I am paranoid when I see someone obviously out of place parked on my street watching me load the laundry into my truck. There is nobody else, it's take my bags of laundry to the laundromat myself or wear dirty clothes for weeks. Often times these people are not close enough to see me wince in pain when I move heavy things. But shit *has to get done*.
Why don't I go back to work? My job involves moving 150lb pieces of equipment by myself. A 30lb bag of laundry twice a week I can do. 150lb machinery all day every day 5 days a week? No.

So in summary, this is not personal and I understand everybody needs a job, but *I HATE people like you*.

[Dweazzle]

Nubbinz and Generic Disabled, it takes a crapload more evidence than one trip to the grocery store to convict someone of fraud. More often than not, I'm proving the person should stay on disability. The way I look at it, if the person I've been hired to tail is legitimately disabled and in need of assistance, then I'm doing them a favor by proving it. And if the person is faking it, then they're siphoning resources from those who need it and should be stopped.
Don't worry about going grocery shopping. Like I said, it takes a hell of a lot of evidence to convict someone of fraud.