Okay, so apparently a Harris Teeter employee at the Fort Mill location has stolen up to $1,000 in groceries this year. I guess no one told the 21-year-old that coupons and shopping the deals could have been his friend. Add in any employee discount that HT folks get, and he would have been rockin’ it at the Harris Teeter.

For instance, this past week was triple coupons. I went shopping with my coupons and a list of weekly specials, and walked out with $78 worth of groceries for only $25. That’s almost 70% in savings. Imagine if I worked there and had a store discount – maybe 10%? I could have paid even less.

So to work at the store and then steal $1,000 in groceries just seems so pointless. Coupons/specials = freedom. Stealing = jail time. I think I know what I prefer!!

Also, this quote from the article made me laugh:

…the Fort Mill store’s loss prevention manager caught him attempting to take a shopping cart of beef and pork products outside without paying…

Um…how did he think he wouldn’t get caught? An entire cart filled ONLY with beef and pork? Seriously?