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PeacefulKnitNerd t1_ixw5k9b wrote

Reply to comment by the1999person in Why does the Edgewood Giant Eagle have a greeter? by tarsier_jungle1485

I noticed that too. I wondered why they decided armed security was necessary. A bit unsettling.

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the1999person t1_ixw7etj wrote

I wonder if that location has been getting hit hard with boosters, the people blatantly running out with baskets full of meat or pushing out carts full of tide and other high dollar items. I would hope that it would be used as a deterrent and not having a shoot out over some over priced t-bone steaks.

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SnooDoubts2823 t1_ixwarjh wrote

Yeah I can't imagine Iggle security pulling the weapon over penny ante shoplifting unless, well, someone started shooting in there. I'd hate to think that's the reason but the way things are nowadays. . .

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Ok-Recording2620 t1_ixy2aqw wrote

Giant Eagle has literal shoplifting spies. My mom took me and my baby brother to giant Eagle to grocery shop when I was around 12. I was pushing my brother in the stroller while my mom shopped separately, away from us, with her grocery cart. I spend forever in the makeup isle or aisle whatever looking at lipgloss and I had my brother in a stroller with me. A middle aged woman in plain clothes asked me a question about lip gloss, like advice, which I thought was kind of weird, but I was also flattered as a 12 year old. When I went to go meet my mom at the register, the same lady pulled me into her office (stroller and all) and I luckily just reunited with my mom who was in line, she came in the room with us. She searched me and the stroller and accused me of shop lifting. It was incredibly embarrassing for my mom, and shocking for me. Like wtf. Giant Eagle sent my mom a check as a settlement for me because she complained

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LetsGoBilly t1_iy41sii wrote

Many stores have those. My local Shop N Save has one, as does another local small time store.

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puppy_fan t1_ixwavwy wrote

Don't forget that guy who tried to be a hero and stop a robbery of the bank inside GE in the West End or the GE itself about 10 years ago. Maybe something similar happened there.

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