In Waitrose a security guard stands at the front of the supermarket. It makes you feel rather uneasy when he looks at you suspiciously. Customers shouldn't be treated like potential criminals but I suppose they have to be cautious.
If you've ever seen the reality show on TruTV called Red Handed? You'd know why supermarkets need security guards. Not to mention a friend of mine had her cell phone stolen by a group of kids outside her local grocer. Supermarkets are not immune to thieves and troublemakers.
As a teenager I worked at a local McDonald's for a summer job. I have to say, that job was horrifying. As a then regular customer of the fast food restaurant, I never bought food from there again after working there. We used to have to cook the burgers in this foul-smelling purple juice. I never knew what it was, but it scared me.
Did the juice move on its own and look like it had needles in it? Ala Megan Fox's vomit scene from Jennifer's Body?
Sounds like fast food restaurants have a lot of things to hide. I have never worked part-time in any before, so I'm quite inexperienced. But hearing these things from others, I never had the urge to even apply for a job. Still eat their food regularly though.
I don't have to be on the inside to be disgusted. In retail you've got sweat shops and child labour, in the fast food industry you've got poisons, fake food, food disguised as healthy choices, animal cruelty and injecting them with even more poisons that not only cause the animals to suffer, but ends up in your McYuckBurger. Same with grocery stores, although not nearly as shady and disgusting as other industries, but still ruled by the big guys we allow to ruin our bodies every day. Glad to be on the outside actually, I've seen enough lol.
To be fair, that is not a fair reflection of what goes on at a supermarket because it is a show dedicated to catching thieves. For every thief there are hundreds of honest shoppers who would never think of stealing. Of course they need a team to watch CCTV but security guards standing at the front of the shop is unnecessary.
I've seen some pretty gross supermarkets in my time though. The shoppers however just seem to go about their business like it's not big deal. But the only thing I'll get from a yucky looking supermarket is stuff I know won't kill me. Like a 2 liter Mountain Dew.
