Cabinet and woodworking shops are a unique source of supply to a thief. I use mainly Blum hinges and plates and order in bulk (250 to a case) about once a month, of the types used most, along with mounting plates of different types.
I had one employee who wore baggy carpenters pants with the big pockets. Every day, he would stash hinges in the pockets. There were many cabinet shops in the area and he would sell them for a fraction of the cost. I never found out how much he got, but it was probably less than a dollar each, which is a "steal". Another employee "ratted" out on him. I probably would have never found out otherwise.
Hand and power tools just "disappear". For bulky items, they would get stashed outside, like the dumpster, or in the DC hopper until closing. Then they would return to retrieve whatever was there. I've caught them after dark. Some of the favorites were the PC 309 routers, and the PC 3 x 24 belt sanders. Went through many of those along with Bosch cordless drills, and they also managed to grab the chargers.
Hand tool favorites were chisels, block planes, tape measures, magnetic screwdrivers, and files. I don't require that employees have their own tools, maybe I should. Some shops did. I knew of one shop that had a lock up for tools and supplies, and had "user" tags. Supplies had to be "let" out. It's difficult to control the actual loss without all that security.
Maybe needing the money had something to do with the thefts. I think it was more of seeing what they can get away with.
I remember on one Army base there was a mess sergeant that was caught selling meat from the kitchen. It took a while for him to get caught. No article 15, he got a Court Martial.
I remember a story about a factory worker that stole what was either a long extension cord or just wire. He got caught just outside the guard gate when he collapsed. He had wrapped his torso by coiling it. By the time he got to the gate, it had tightened and made him pass out. Ooops, another Darwin award.
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I had one employee who wore baggy carpenters pants with the big pockets. Every day, he would stash hinges in the pockets. There were many cabinet shops in the area and he would sell them for a fraction of the cost. I never found out how much he got, but it was probably less than a dollar each, which is a "steal". Another employee "ratted" out on him. I probably would have never found out otherwise.
Hand and power tools just "disappear". For bulky items, they would get stashed outside, like the dumpster, or in the DC hopper until closing. Then they would return to retrieve whatever was there. I've caught them after dark. Some of the favorites were the PC 309 routers, and the PC 3 x 24 belt sanders. Went through many of those along with Bosch cordless drills, and they also managed to grab the chargers.
Hand tool favorites were chisels, block planes, tape measures, magnetic screwdrivers, and files. I don't require that employees have their own tools, maybe I should. Some shops did. I knew of one shop that had a lock up for tools and supplies, and had "user" tags. Supplies had to be "let" out. It's difficult to control the actual loss without all that security.
Maybe needing the money had something to do with the thefts. I think it was more of seeing what they can get away with.
I remember on one Army base there was a mess sergeant that was caught selling meat from the kitchen. It took a while for him to get caught. No article 15, he got a Court Martial.
I remember a story about a factory worker that stole what was either a long extension cord or just wire. He got caught just outside the guard gate when he collapsed. He had wrapped his torso by coiling it. By the time he got to the gate, it had tightened and made him pass out. Ooops, another Darwin award.
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