re: A neighboring business got robbed by gypsies

You don't see them often but when you do, there is always chicanery going on.

I just recalled another checkout incident, this time in Dillard's. Again there was confusion and misdirection around the cash register, then when it was time to pay, the woman wanted to charge the goods using a credit card number written on a slip of paper. The salesgirl called the manager and when it looked like he was going to let them do it, I laid my stuff down and walked away.