Sounds like the song by Johnny Cash, " psycho billy cadillac" "One piece at a time. "

I have worked at Joanns for over 6 years. It is company policy that all bags of employees as well as maintenance/service personnel be checked upon leaving. These bags checks are to be done while the employee is still "on the clock". They are to clock out at a register or other computer nearer the doors. As far as unfolding customer fabrics---it is not supposed to be so obvious that is what you are doing! We are watched during audits to see if we are mindful of Loss Prevention opportunities such as "feeling" in the folds of fabrics and looking in baskets and other containers. I don't like it but it is part of the job!

I witnessed the same thing in the JoAnn's here. One employee was leaving the store for lunch and she walked right up to the checkout and had the other employee check inside it.

unfortunately, there is reason for those policies. Employee theft. I am a manager at a pizza restaurant and I just had to fire a shift manager for theft of time. she was clocking herself out an hour after she was gone.

What comes to mind is, if one was a determined thief and you know they are going to check your bag/purse etc, wouldn't you have to think of creative/inventive ways not to get caught??? I am not a thief, wouldn't think of taking a dime that wasn't mine; but even I know if they are looking here you take it from over there.

Yes, this true at Joann's. I used to work there and it was a nightly thing. Many times it was a big joke as we would all laugh about it and tell each other to ignore the sewing machine or bolt of fabric etc that was stashed in our purses. Employee theft is a big problem in most retail stores.