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The original was posted on /r/talesfromretail by /u/NaeMiaw on 2023-11-10 14:49:51.

My aunt has worked as a cashier in a supermarket for at 30 years, and one of her stories particularly stuck to me.

One day, as she was scanning products for a woman at her register, the alarm that reacts to security tags going through went off. The customer seemed surprised, as she was still discharging her cart on the conveyor belt, but she stepped away from the alarm, raising her hands to show she had not items.

My aunt was very confused, and looking at the alarm devices, nothing seemed to be going through, but the alarm was still going off. As she got up to check more closely, she finally solved the mystery: a toddler was pushing a pressure cooker on the floor, through the alarm system, encouraged discreetly by her mom.

The unashamed woman ended up paying for the pressure cooker to avoid the cops being called, and was never seen in the store again.