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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 112 points 9 months ago (2 children)

She apparently couldn't be satisfied by legally stealing from people in her day job.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

Clinical strength kleptomania really is the only thing that explains Wells Fargo. 

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 56 points 9 months ago (2 children)

She forgot she wasn’t at work anymore.

[–] winky9827b@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Nah she just likes to take work home with her. Doesn't have to be her work, clearly.

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[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 49 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's honestly probably kleptomania. It's a serious problem for a lot of people, and there's no way this woman needs to shoplift, she could probably afford everything she steals.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I liked to steal stuff when I was a kid, but when I did, I always felt extremely guilty and gave the stuff back.

What I did was develop a career in IT Security over the last two decades. I can "steal stuff" and get paid to do it. Kind of. (It's not malicious nor is it glamorous.)

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your service.

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When I was a teen, it was the challenge/thrill. Not saying I stole but saying if I had... This would have been why.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I did it to just see if I could. It was 30 years ago. But we stole t shirts or magazines. Nothing horribly expensive. It was "can we get away with this?"

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I actually kinda feel bad for this lady. I mean, i know--she works for WF, they're an evil company--so some sort of cosmic justice may apply... but i just can't help but wonder what life must be like when you legit have that kind of disorder. There's no plausible reason for the behavior--even she herself apparently recognizes that. From the article: "When asked why she repeatedly shoplifts when she has a good job, Weiss reportedly said she just didn’t have an answer."

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Maybe when your job is to sit in a glass office overseeing a couple dozen cubicle workers and your day consists of using various Microsoft Office products, useless meetings, and answering phone calls, this is the only excitement she's able to get.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

Humans weren't meant to be office workers. It's not surprising that some people mentally break, when you look around and most people's body's are broken down.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Didn't she get to steal enough from customers at work? Dude, leave the office in the office.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"Woman Who Works In Finance Likes To Steal."

Sounds about right.

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[–] DunkinCoder@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (17 children)

I'm surprised that more people don't know not to FAFO involving Target. When a company has a lab that's sophisticated enough where LEOs ask for assistance on unrelated investigations, that's never a good sign.

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[–] squiblet@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Something similar happened in Albuquerque recently with a doctor/medical executive. She has a salary of almost $300k a year. It’s unclear what makes people do this - entitlement? Greed? For thrills? I can say though from experience running a small independent retail art supply store, the people who stole from us the most were well-off women who were otherwise good customers. It seemed like they thought they were entitled to a “special discount”, like they resented that we consistently made money from them and didn’t offer special deals.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Isn't kleptomania a real disorder?

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Does it matter? I thought the standard is "knowing right from wrong" in terms of mental illness defense.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 12 points 9 months ago

It can. We has a local here who had some kind of compulsion to throw rocks (big ones) off of overpasses at cars.

He knew it was wrong, and the guilt evidently fucked with him a lot, but he also couldn't stop himself. Eventually he had to turn himself in and hope the state didn't execute him or something.

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[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago (7 children)

$160... So like a pant and some beach towels?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

She stole $1281 of stuff over multiple shopping trips.

Target can ID faces and track thefts across multiple store trips.

[–] MrPibb@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 9 months ago (4 children)

One thing that any would be shoplifter should take away from this is NEVER steal from Target. Target waits and tallies up what a person has shoplifted until that dollar value exceeds what is required to charge them with felony theft, in Florida‘s case a dollar value greater than 750, and then has that person arrested.

[–] thesilverpig@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

i feel like you just told us the inverse. Shoplift from target, just figure out what a felony in your area is and take less than that first though.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 10 points 9 months ago

Not legal advice:

I would limit to half of it to be safe.

[–] MrPibb@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 9 months ago

Lol, I guess you’re right, not really what I was going for but to each their own.

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've heard that target waits until you hit some amount that makes it a felony then busts you hard

Which basically means you can steal from target, but only once.

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[–] ira@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In each instance, Weiss allegedly fills a shopping cart with hundreds of dollars in merchandise, then scans and pays for a few items to generate a receipt she can show to a store associate as she walks out.

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Not even a pair of pants just a pant lol

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[–] finthechat@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

When asked why she repeatedly shoplifts when she has a good job, Weiss reportedly said she just didn’t have an answer.

Well she won't have a good job anymore. Loooooooooool.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

This is Wells Fargo we're talking about, she's getting a promotion and allowances to work from ~~home~~ jail :/

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

You kidding? This is exactly the kind of go-getter that meshes with Wells Fargo's principles.

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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago

Finally, the bankers are being held accountable.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do what you love for a living and you'll never work a day in your life. 🌈

Woman who loves to steal:

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[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

This is a problem having cashiers would solve.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

I know that look because I’ve had it myself: my guess is she shoplifts as a compulsion.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is it just me or is she unsettling looking?

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

It's the bright red lipstick on thin, downturns lips. Also the "oh shit" look in her eyes as she realizes she's completely fucked up her life. No bank will ever hire her again.

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[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It took me a good while, but I FINALLY figured out who this woman looks like.

It's absolutely Martha Kelly.

She played the drug dealer boss in Euphoria.

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[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

THEY'RE MINERALS, MARIE.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Why is it remotely relevant that she worked for wells fargo?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago

Also known thieves.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 13 points 9 months ago

Part of it is also that she was not likely stealing for survival.

[–] NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In addition to the other answers, theft is a particularly bad look if you work at any bank, the place people trust to hold their money safely.

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

My money is FDIC insured, she can steal a little from the bank as a treat.

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[–] Narauko@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

She committed the cardinal sin: stealing from the establishment. Steal from the working class with predatory financial practices and fees for being poor and they are fine with it; the powers that be have been trying to steal the working and middle class out of existence for years. But she stole from other companies, stupid lady. After a few handfuls of stores they won't stand for it.

[–] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For a moment I thought it was this one: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/moms-for-liberty-arrest-shoplifting-target-b2477747.html because both did it at Target and exactly in the same way and continued after being caught several times.

But kleptomania is more common than I thought:

The prevalence of kleptomania in the U.S. general population is unknown but has been estimated at 6 per 1000 people, which translates into about 1.2 million of the 200 million American adults.

Kleptomania is thought to account for 5% of shoplifting. Based on total shoplifting costs of $10 billion in 2002, this 5% translates into a $500 million annual loss to the economy attributable to kleptomania.

This loss does not include the costs associated with stealing from friends and acquaintances or costs incurred by the legal system. Besides its grave toll on individuals and families, kleptomanic behavior carries serious legal consequences: approximately 2 million Americans are charged with shoplifting annually. If kleptomania accounts for 5% of these, this translates into 100,000 arrests.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535651/

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