My first video camera (a Christmas gift) was from Montgomery Ward, but thank People-Jesus I was blissfully unaware of that fact until 15 years AFTER the camera had gone to be with Electro-Jesus. Had I known it had come from that awful, evil, demonic and shitty-named store, I would have destroyed it on the spot, but amazingly it lasted 10 years and produced many high quality VHS memories. Still, I hate Montgomery Ward even more than I hate Circuit City, and Lord knowsI hate me some Circuit City. I’m a filthy atheist, but not a day goes by that I don’t thank God that both those store are dead, out of business and burning in the fiery pits of Hell and Eternal Damnation forever and ever...along with all the thieves who stole their worthless garbage merchandise!
He can occasionally be seen chasing squirrels while shouting "Excuse me, I'm with MW Loss Prevention, and I'd like to determine the ownership of that acorn!"
I'm a firm believer in the fact that employees are going to steal but if you treat them well, it won't be as bad as it could be. It's a horrible way to think but...
Gotta love Montgomery Ward 😂 tbh while cleaning my grandpas house I found a TON of hidden Montgomery Ward Gems and apparently it was his fave department store next to Sears 😂😂😂❤️❤️
Andy Jones actually went from loss prevention Northern California Montgomery wards area manager until they went bankrupt he was so devastated that he got into low budget porn and became addicted to opiates he was arrested last year for running a boosting operation that targeted Sears stores Montgomery wards main competitor.
When I worked there in the late 1980s chased a guy out the store who grabbed a typewriter and ran. Funniest thing I ever saw. Got half way across the lot and just dropped it cause it was slowing him down.
This is crazy, when I did retail we were NEVER supposed to follow someone out of the store if they were stealing. However the "I gave you more cash than that, give me my change" thing totally happened to me once
Worked for Monkey awards in the late 1980s, my boss in the shipping receiving dept. got busted in a huge electronics theft ring. He was rolling big screen TVs and stereos out the back doors. Made all of us receiving/warehouse guys get interviewed by LP and the cops. What a pain in the ass.
A buddy of mine worked at Brendles. He told me there was rampant employee theft at his store, mostly receivers, car stereos, and VCRs. The stockroom crew would put stuff in the dumpster and then get it after closing. Mngt found out and got the cops to catch them in the act. I loved Brendles.
Pre-COVID: SWAT team arrives to recover the merchandise 2022: "You can let him go with the candy bar Bailey, your life is more valuable than the candy bar, sentimentally and insurance wise"
The Wards store in Sarasota FL where I grew up closed in 1974. I lived in Torrance CA when they went Bankrupt and used to shop at the one in the De Amo Mall and in the Hollywood area. A shame great store but it had been dying for 20 yrs.
Rob Kovac had an increasingly intense heroin addiction. He just started recreationally but before long he was spending his whole paycheck on dope and needed more.... So that's why he kept shop lifting even though Karen saw the whole thing
Before Christmas 1979, we were in a Ward's store buying some outdoor lights. We paid for them and were walking toward the exit. In front of us by maybe 40 feet was a family, as they approached the door they were stopped by loss prevention, apparently one of their teenage kids had boosted something. They were hustled away from the door and we left the store, I would imagine that they likely prosecuted as they should have. Back in those days, I'd always try to spot who the loss prevention people were, it wasn't terribly hard, they frequently concealed their radios in bags wrapped around the radios, someone talking into a bag was fairly noticeable.
Even better question is how many people would it take to steal one of those obnoxiously oversized console tvs that were so heavy that they sat on the floor from back in the 1970s?
I only ever saw Montgomery Ward as a little kid, but I miss it. I don't know if it was the store, or just my child mind, but that place always seemed like a weird retail wonderland to me.
I wonder if Rob Kovak ever got another job in retail? Did Karen determine the ownership of the Cordless phone? And did that customer find some clothing in her price range?
I don't get it. I don't think in real life shoplifters just go "All right" and walk with a small woman into the office. There is no way that big guy would actually stop and go with her. "Don't make this harder than it needs to be." What would she do? Grab him and handcuff him? I doubt she could. Most shoplifters fight back and it is dangerous. Why are these videos always so unrealistic? Honestly they are literally at the door. All they have to do is run out. No shoplifter would ever do what this video shows them doing.
Yep, I’d expect the same - but I never saw this kind of thing in real life, so I don’t know. I would hope that the actual Loss Prevention training actually teaches how to handle those kinds of situations safely.
@@MaharlikaAWA I work Lodging Security as a Loss Prevention Agent. Smackdab in the Downtown Area. The Difference being is that Retail Loss Prevention has more liability on the Officer than the Store itself whereas in Lodging Security, the HOTEL's Liability is far Higher, so as a LPO, I have to make instinctal Decisions and Dictate in each situation based mainly on how much an incident would affect the property and the Guests. In Retail, its more about how to Draw Attention to the Shoplifter in the act, basically, if others catch someone committing Grand Larcency, they gonna Snitch because it garners them attention. This Dated ass 1993 Video is Condescending and Patronizing. IRL, especially in 1993, the Big Guy would be straight up told "Local Authorities will be notified and contacted sir if you don't comply", if he makes an ass of himself, it'll draw attention and cause bystanders to willingly turn him in. And No, she cannot Handcuff. Loss Prevention are NOT Allowed to Handcuff or Hold someone in Contempt, that's LAW ENFORCEMENT. When it gets to a point, we Generally have Law Enforcement Contacted.
You need to denunciate to the manager or the loss prevention but what happened if it's the manager or the guy from the loss prevention who steal ??? Also by giving bonus to people ratting it could destroy the work ambiance and also some crazy people would create event to get bonuses ...
16:21 Damn! That guy should've been a pro-wrestler with that kind of build. I would've shit bricks if I was caught shoplifting by that guy! Also have to mention that ancient original Sensormatic system they were using.
Every company should have a special Training Class on Patels. NOT India people, JUST Patels! They don't steal outright, they'll just irritate you until you pay them to leave!
I use to work for Montgomery Wards Dept. Store in Laurel, MD. on Baltimore Ave. (Loss Prevention Dept 1998-2001) Great Times and Great Friends, but I couldn't stand the crackhead/meth addict shoplifters.
When you go to do a stop at the door on the suspect sometimes they won't go with you to the back office. Some stores make you put your hands on them to bring them to the back office.
Andy waits to thank Jennifer for the 182 that she and Andy pulled the week prior? I think that this loss prevention team needs to concentrate on their inter personal communication skills before they start making any more training videos. No wonder Montgomery Ward is out of business...and then to find out that Jennifer is a snitch...
Amazing that shoplifting used to be illegal. Thank God we now live in more enlightened, progressive times. Lots of progress the last 30 years, but we still have a long ways to go, such as student loan forgiveness.
Whoever say that snitching doesn’t pay? At Montgomery Wards it does. You get a $10 gold medallion., a $250 cash and 10% of the recover cost bonus depending on the amount of risk you’re willing to take for snitching.
My first video camera (a Christmas gift) was from Montgomery Ward, but thank People-Jesus I was blissfully unaware of that fact until 15 years AFTER the camera had gone to be with Electro-Jesus. Had I known it had come from that awful, evil, demonic and shitty-named store, I would have destroyed it on the spot, but amazingly it lasted 10 years and produced many high quality VHS memories. Still, I hate Montgomery Ward even more than I hate Circuit City, and Lord knowsI hate me some Circuit City. I’m a filthy atheist, but not a day goes by that I don’t thank God that both those store are dead, out of business and burning in the fiery pits of Hell and Eternal Damnation forever and ever...along with all the thieves who stole their worthless garbage merchandise!
I was wondering, what was so bad about Montgomery ward? I'm just Curious
Yeah! I own a sewing machine from them, and it’s been a trooper! They sold fine products, I can’t believe it went out of business! Curse you, Sears!
I have a hatred like that for the U Haul company
@@tashalynn29 same here. Trust me
@@tashalynn29 Amen.
I was bored and called the 1 800 number for their anonymous loss prevention line and it turned out to be a sex line…so…there’s that 😂
Always has been
called their tip line and reported their ceo and upper management as being dishonest and thieves. hope it helps them out.
Andy tried his hardest, but Montgomery Ward still went bankrupt it still breaks him up to this day
Andy us a failure.
Andy lived in a bottle for decades after. Thinking to himself "if i had just stopped that shop lifter..."
I wonder where Andy is now
@@tjminimoto
Ironically. He doing time for shoplifting to support his drug habit
@@kinggill3982 wait actually
I think someone stole the whole company lol
john pierce the shoplifters won.
That’s so great Alfonso Riberio is concerned on loss prevention
Every time he takes down a shoplifter, he does the Carlton Banks dance.
And then Jazz was thrown out
its just like a mini mall 🕺🏾
Rumor has it that Andy is still patrolling the hole in the ground where his store used to be.
It's a Half-Priced Books now, but he's still faithfully protecting the world from Montgomery Ward shrink.
and there are those that still hear him talking about the 182 that Jennifer and Andy pulled while filling in...
He can occasionally be seen chasing squirrels while shouting "Excuse me, I'm with MW Loss Prevention, and I'd like to determine the ownership of that acorn!"
@@danrodrigues3531 helllllobeljafnel
I feel bad for Andy
8:27 so you waited a month to inform the loss prevention officer about this??? No $10 gold medallion for you!
Employees can do the most damage. Chances are that Loss Prevention guy had a trunk load of merchandise in his car by the end of his shift.
Lol!
I'm a firm believer in the fact that employees are going to steal but if you treat them well, it won't be as bad as it could be. It's a horrible way to think but...
🤣
I love these 80s/90s training videos. The description had me laughing.
Gotta love Montgomery Ward 😂 tbh while cleaning my grandpas house I found a TON of hidden Montgomery Ward Gems and apparently it was his fave department store next to Sears 😂😂😂❤️❤️
Andy Jones actually went from loss prevention Northern California Montgomery wards area manager until they went bankrupt he was so devastated that he got into low budget porn and became addicted to opiates he was arrested last year for running a boosting operation that targeted Sears stores Montgomery wards main competitor.
😂😂 very funny
This tape 📼 looks like porn maybe everybody should have got naked 👙
14:24 How the hell was that guy going to steal and walk away with a car battery? LOL!
We stole a table and 4 chairs from McDonald's and got away with it. It's pretty easy.
@@nonamemadox9863 absolute madlads
@@nonamemadox9863 lol!!
When I worked there in the late 1980s chased a guy out the store who grabbed a typewriter and ran. Funniest thing I ever saw. Got half way across the lot and just dropped it cause it was slowing him down.
He could have at least tried to conceal it in his rectum. 😁
This is crazy, when I did retail we were NEVER supposed to follow someone out of the store if they were stealing. However the "I gave you more cash than that, give me my change" thing totally happened to me once
Short-change artist. I dealt with a lot of that as a cashier. Especially those who had a penchant for confusing the cashier.
Can't wait to apply at Mongomery Ward now. Gonna be on the lookout for thiefs!!!
I remember when the female employees of Montgomery Ward's had to carry clear plastic purses so they wouldn't steal the merchandise
All it did was signal to female employees the company didn't trust them.
I very seen other stores do that too
Sears used 2 do that cause my aunt had one.
Still can't see the clear gun
We had to do that at Target distribution center, too
Worked for Monkey awards in the late 1980s, my boss in the shipping receiving dept. got busted in a huge electronics theft ring. He was rolling big screen TVs and stereos out the back doors. Made all of us receiving/warehouse guys get interviewed by LP and the cops. What a pain in the ass.
A buddy of mine worked at Brendles. He told me there was rampant employee theft at his store, mostly receivers, car stereos, and VCRs. The stockroom crew would put stuff in the dumpster and then get it after closing. Mngt found out and got the cops to catch them in the act. I loved Brendles.
Pre-COVID: SWAT team arrives to recover the merchandise
2022: "You can let him go with the candy bar Bailey, your life is more valuable than the candy bar, sentimentally and insurance wise"
A co worker I used to work with stole for almost a decade. When I found out I was surprised
Rob is a good name for that dude
The way this video is formatted like a mini cop movie is simply hysterical.
I can just see the new and happy employees gathered together in a sterile room with their mullets haircuts in full display.
1:00 Luckily "Jeff's" house is far enough away from Montgomery Ward, that you can't hear the teenage boy in his basement screaming for help! Sick fuck
I bet Jennifer was the biggest tattle tale in her elementary school classroom.
Andy, welcome to the new Era, snatch and ran Era, all the security devices in your arsenal won't help you!
That store where the video was filmed is probably abandoned
or maybe a Target or Macys
Petition to get Rob Kovac a true crime series on Netflix! USA's most notorious underground answering machine racket kingpin!
Oddity Archive sent me here!
The Wards store in Sarasota FL where I grew up closed in 1974. I lived in Torrance CA when they went Bankrupt and used to shop at the one in the De Amo Mall and in the Hollywood area. A shame great store but it had been dying for 20 yrs.
i left loss prevention 13 yrs ago because of crap pay, but i do miss the field,
I get paid $13 HR and my new other LPO job will be paying me $14 HR!!;)
Tornado1994 that isn't a whole lot. I work loss prevention for Lowes and get $19
@@Tornado1994 What State are you working at ? I'm earning $17.50 /hr
Texas.
Look @ all these little servant maid bootlickers 🤣
The "short change artist" looks like the kind of guy who beats his wife if his dinner isn't ready on time. Real piece of work.
Andy is right. I got caught stealing a walkman from MW back in the 80s. BIG UP ANDY!
Looks more like it came out in 1990, not 1997. lol
Its from 1993.
I’m never ever confronting shoplifters! Let them steal everything in the store!
It's better than a painful death for sure
All bets are off when the looters come to shop
After the making of this video the police showed up and arrested Andy. The judge found him guilty and took his brother card
0:08 did Karen demand to see the manager
I actuallly LOVE THIS Video, stupid and hokey now, but back then I wish we had something like that at Woolco/Woolworth.
Today, a person could get shot trying to stop someone from stealing.
We have had several people in my city get stabbed to death this year for trying to stop shop lifters...
The company I work at has their LP people wear bulletproof vests nowadays
Rob Kovac had an increasingly intense heroin addiction. He just started recreationally but before long he was spending his whole paycheck on dope and needed more.... So that's why he kept shop lifting even though Karen saw the whole thing
When I first saw this video I never noticed it but my grandparents had one the TV's that were on display and they had it until it died in 2009
Before Christmas 1979, we were in a Ward's store buying some outdoor lights. We paid for them and were walking toward the exit. In front of us by maybe 40 feet was a family, as they approached the door they were stopped by loss prevention, apparently one of their teenage kids had boosted something. They were hustled away from the door and we left the store, I would imagine that they likely prosecuted as they should have. Back in those days, I'd always try to spot who the loss prevention people were, it wasn't terribly hard, they frequently concealed their radios in bags wrapped around the radios, someone talking into a bag was fairly noticeable.
0:39 That’s the sorriest excuse I’ve ever heard for shoplifting…
“Protecting our asses is a big job”
Montgomery Ward! Damn I'm old 😆😆😆
Man that is sick fucking soundtrack
HEY! THATS MY VCR! COME BACK! COME BACK!.... Question. How many ppl does it take to run away with one of those JVC TVs? I know.... Too many!
Even better question is how many people would it take to steal one of those obnoxiously oversized console tvs that were so heavy that they sat on the floor from back in the 1970s?
7:53 no!!! not andy, don't phone him!!! anything but that!! Thats ok miss keep my money and the merchandise
I don't know why but doing Robs job in this video looks like it would be a fun job
I vaguely remember this store as a kid.
I only ever saw Montgomery Ward as a little kid, but I miss it. I don't know if it was the store, or just my child mind, but that place always seemed like a weird retail wonderland to me.
Andy sportn that gold pres day date adjustable rollie...
Remember Jennifer, Snitches get riches with the Profit Partner and Recognition Program.
All those loss prevention salaries must of put the place out of business 🤑
The car battery thief was especially crafty
Has anyone called that 1 800 number nowadays to see who has it 🤣
Ironically the phone number to report sexual harassment in the 2007 Chuck e Cheese training video is now a phone sex line.
It’s one of those scam vacation lines now
I wonder if Rob Kovak ever got another job in retail?
Did Karen determine the ownership of the Cordless phone?
And did that customer find some clothing in her price range?
Stay tuned for Monkey Wards 2: Electric Avenue Boogaloo.
@@JoeEnos Looking forward to that edition!
I ain't no snitch!
10:35 Ah yes, color shifting polos. I had forgotten how popular those were back in the 80's
Giving the customer the benefit of doubt is what caused all older stores to close.
you also can’t falsely accuse someone else is stealing either.
Worst porno ever!
I don't get it. I don't think in real life shoplifters just go "All right" and walk with a small woman into the office. There is no way that big guy would actually stop and go with her. "Don't make this harder than it needs to be." What would she do? Grab him and handcuff him? I doubt she could.
Most shoplifters fight back and it is dangerous. Why are these videos always so unrealistic? Honestly they are literally at the door. All they have to do is run out. No shoplifter would ever do what this video shows them doing.
Yep, I’d expect the same - but I never saw this kind of thing in real life, so I don’t know. I would hope that the actual Loss Prevention training actually teaches how to handle those kinds of situations safely.
@@JoeEnos I doubt it did.
@@MaharlikaAWA I work Lodging Security as a Loss Prevention Agent. Smackdab in the Downtown Area. The Difference being is that Retail Loss Prevention has more liability on the Officer than the Store itself whereas in Lodging Security, the HOTEL's Liability is far Higher, so as a LPO, I have to make instinctal Decisions and Dictate in each situation based mainly on how much an incident would affect the property and the Guests. In Retail, its more about how to Draw Attention to the Shoplifter in the act, basically, if others catch someone committing Grand Larcency, they gonna Snitch because it garners them attention.
This Dated ass 1993 Video is Condescending and Patronizing. IRL, especially in 1993, the Big Guy would be straight up told "Local Authorities will be notified and contacted sir if you don't comply", if he makes an ass of himself, it'll draw attention and cause bystanders to willingly turn him in.
And No, she cannot Handcuff. Loss Prevention are NOT Allowed to Handcuff or Hold someone in Contempt, that's LAW ENFORCEMENT. When it gets to a point, we Generally have Law Enforcement Contacted.
Attempting a citizen's arrest in the US in 2022 is a good way to get stabbed. Just let em go, nothings worth your life.
You need to denunciate to the manager or the loss prevention but what happened if it's the manager or the guy from the loss prevention who steal ??? Also by giving bonus to people ratting it could destroy the work ambiance and also some crazy people would create event to get bonuses ...
I wish they would bring back Montgomery Wards back!
Politically correct video here
Why you say that?
I thought that you had to wait for a customer to exit the store before you nab them.
16:21 Damn! That guy should've been a pro-wrestler with that kind of build. I would've shit bricks if I was caught shoplifting by that guy!
Also have to mention that ancient original Sensormatic system they were using.
Screams 1993!
Every company should have a special Training Class on Patels. NOT India people, JUST Patels! They don't steal outright, they'll just irritate you until you pay them to leave!
Andy??? Great name for an LP?!
We sure could use this in 2023! Sigh….
I like Jeff!!!
Janet knew all about that reward when she dropped a dime on Rob! Shame on her!
What year was this?
Looks like the video came out in 1997, and we used it until the time they closed down in 2001.
Joe Enos The same year the company filed for bankruptcy? That's ironic.
2018
1993. Note the Hairdo, and lack of a URL.
Also all those Laser Disc Players and Walkmans.
@@ghostkilla96The video was filmed in 1993.
Jeff is a BIG boy.
What year was this video from
It was in 2018
1993.
Sara, the department manager, is a pitbull.
She's wearing a pants suit, so she don't fuck around.
Yea she's going to make monkey ward a great success...
Andy received his first paycheck after this video. He started stealing from his job few months later
Rarely armed 🤣
Damn this is old!!!
The phone number still works…except they just want to chat with you for money, not about it. 😏
Imagine snitching for $250 bucks lol
I wonder what Andy is doing nowadays
1993
I use to work for Montgomery Wards Dept. Store in Laurel, MD. on Baltimore Ave. (Loss Prevention Dept 1998-2001) Great Times and Great Friends, but I couldn't stand the crackhead/meth addict shoplifters.
you were there when GE bought them out to purportedly save them from their fate.
When you go to do a stop at the door on the suspect sometimes they won't go with you to the back office. Some stores make you put your hands on them to bring them to the back office.
Rusty needles
Andy waits to thank Jennifer for the 182 that she and Andy pulled the week prior? I think that this loss prevention team needs to concentrate on their inter personal communication skills before they start making any more training videos. No wonder Montgomery Ward is out of business...and then to find out that Jennifer is a snitch...
Profit partner = rat with cinder blocks in the water
Amazing that shoplifting used to be illegal. Thank God we now live in more enlightened, progressive times. Lots of progress the last 30 years, but we still have a long ways to go, such as student loan forgiveness.
Why should anyone go to college and then not have to pay for it?
Karen stopping a shoplifter talk about role reversal
Worst job I ever had
Whoever say that snitching doesn’t pay? At Montgomery Wards it does.
You get a $10 gold medallion., a $250 cash and 10% of the recover cost bonus depending on the amount of risk you’re willing to take for snitching.
Snitching? So they should just look the other way and let thieves go free?? Odd logic...
Karen?
Jennifer is a snitch. Don’t be like Jennifer
They always look up at the counter, at the cameras, and have a nose or head itch.
you've been watching Gas Station Encounters?
Snitches get stitches!!!!
shoplifting is legal in san francisco 😆😆😆😆😆
Total bs.
Jesus Christ. How to narc on your co workers for minimum wage or less 🤪🤪🤪🙄🙄🙄
Jesus Christ is Lord, not a swear.
@@mph1ish ????🙄🙄
This is how Karen got her big break at confronting people and making a scene.