Sorry if the formatting is weird, I'm not active on this sub lol

So, I just got a job at a small candy store/cafe. Its owned by my family, and I moved to the area to help out with the business. I've been working here for about 5 or so weeks, and theres been some interesting encounters. The most baffling one, however, was the 2-times old lady shoplifter.

Durring my first week on the job, this grumpy-looking old lady came into the store, walked around, and went to leave. She was very suspicious, and I spotted Reece's Pieces in her walker pouch. I asked if they were from the store, and she said no. I didn't know how to check at the time, so I let her leave. Turns out we were missing a box of Reece's Pieces. I beat myself up over it, and hoped I'd never gave to deal with shoplifters again.

Fridays are event nights, so we get a fair share of near-shoplifting, but theres employees in the store to stop that. Before anyone came in for the event, it was me and my uncle.

Grumpy old walker lady appeared, and as expected, she was very suspicious. I watched her put two pieces of candy into her pouch, but I didn't know what they were. I stoped her before she left, and asked her loudly (to hopefully make a scene to encourage her to give up early) if she stole any candy. I announced that she had stolen before, and she gave up a singular piece of salt-water taffy.

A singular piece of taffy goes for about 2-4 cents (USD, not including the sales tax, so probably 5 cents max).

The old lady refused to cough up the Reece's Penut Butter Cups that were in her bag, and I let her leave, but I checked our computer system. Turns out we were missing some Reece's, so I told my uncle and pointed her out on the street. He didn't know how to confront a fragile old lady, so he had me do it.

Edit: I forgot to mention the price of the Reece's cups, they're $2.25 USD, so all together, this old lady tried to steal less than 3 bucks worth of candy. Instead of shoplifting something that she could need.

I followed her into an antique store, and spoke as cop-like as I could (though I'm a short chubby guy wearing a candy store t-shirt), and told her to hand over the candy. I had to tell her a few times, but she coughed it up. The clerk at the store asked what was wrong, and I told him what happened. He kicked her out of the store, and I told her not to come into the candy store again.

It was honestly a thrill being able to almost yell at an asshole customer, but I'd rather never do it again lol