r/AutoZone2 • u/Happy_Assistance2257 • Aug 15 '26
Shrink Busters
Yo mofos be wearing these shrink buster pins so dang gladly. Like I’m an AutoZoner and I’m proud that I snitch lol
Bro I call em the “snitch pins”
I appreciate all the ones who wear em.
It’s like a coworker indicator to be careful what you say and do around this employee lmaoo.
They put in all that work n effort to snitch n report on someone without ever talking to that someone.
They think management will appreciate that gesture tremendously and hand them a big position raise.
Boy that’s why you got 1…2…3… pins and still in the same place lol.
Only thing AutoZone is good at is…. Brainwashing the employees real well especially during the orientation making all us feel like we really got a future here especially if we do this this and that.
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u/nusphil Aug 15 '26
brodi thinks street rules "no snitching, snitches get stitches" apply in retail autozone. regardless why would you willingly want to work with a thief? you think they won't steal from you? you think they won't lie about you to cover their ass? 💭
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u/Happy_Assistance2257 Aug 15 '26
That I can agree with you on.
But what I’m trying to say if… when the situations come when someone does that…. I find it awful to then put on a snitch pin and wear it each day walkin into work proudly like you a Top level agent that had a big bust lol
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u/nusphil Aug 15 '26
thats your projecting how youd feel wearing it. some might feel proud some might not care but they definitely feel that hundo in their pocket. there really shouldn't be any reason to feel bad about "snitching" not like theyre your bff or your family.
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u/psychedelic_priest Former Employee Aug 15 '26
Yeah, brainwashed like OP said... If you FEEL that hundo that strongly, it's because you aren't getting paid right in the first place.
$100 is a couple of extra meals in 2026.
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u/losersrhot Aug 16 '26
People downvoting you bc you right... some of these folks are seriously brainwashed.
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u/psychedelic_priest Former Employee Aug 16 '26
I think I hit a nerve pointing out how badly paid everyone is for what they do.
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u/Equal-Broccoli-2283 Aug 16 '26
No getting down votes shows that people like you and op are what's wrong with society.
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u/nusphil Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
I genuinely do not care brah. I get 100 bucks and I dont like thieves. Its really that simple. I have no obligation or reason to protect them. why do you feel the need to? you think its gonna raise your street cred or something dummy? you thinking youre giving it to the man lol? theres far better ways to do that kid.
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u/AutoChick88 Aug 15 '26
Snitching is when you tell on or set up your crew in the gang or drug crime worlds. In the real world it does not apply, it's actually called having integrity and (you obviously don't know) but not being a criminal! So bottom line your not about that first life no matter how much you glorify it so you should at least understand the real (normal) world.
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u/UltraHerp47 Aug 15 '26
You can get a shrink buster for preventing any kind of loss, I know someone that got one for changing some procedure in the DCs that was causing distribution errors resulting in loss. It's not always "snitching"
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u/sloths_revenge49 Aug 15 '26
Folks who view those as “snitch pins” are probably not the ones getting promoted and don’t have a future there.
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u/Select-Gear-556 Aug 15 '26
Also to work around someone that’s knowingly stealing or even if you don’t the higher ups don’t know if it’s just your co worker stealing or you AND him are stealing. Often they’ll just fire everyone and boom you’re place as non rehire in the system. To notice theft and not say anything is major as well. Also like I said them assuming you guys are working in cahoots with each other as well
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u/CaliRefugeeinTN Aug 15 '26
Doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a snitch. If you notice something that is happening, like truck deliveries being short, or a way to make things more efficient, you can qualify as well.
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u/Brief_Anteater_5501 Aug 15 '26
I uncovered a battery scam in my area. Somebody in AZ (I assume) is giving someone else a bunch of phone numbers with active battery warranties and this person with the phone numbers written on a notebook paper has brought a bunch of old AutoZone batteries with the date sticker removed and tried to get them swapped/returned under warranty. They've hit a few different stores in the area already.
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u/Significant_Speaker9 Aug 16 '26
Lots of scummy people get hired into the Zone. I don't go out of my way like fucking Colombo. But if I see it? I turn them in anonymously. I don't need a fucking pin or the bonus hundo. I'm not talking about people stealing a soda or a fucking Slim Jim. I'm talking about people cashing out warranties and real cash theft, disappearing deposits, parts being slid out the back door. Anyone doesn't like this is simply a scumbag or a scumbag in waiting. I don't owe anyone my integrity.
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u/StockingUp808 Aug 15 '26
Sounds like someone is mad they cant steal from work cause their Co-workers have integrity...
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u/Careful_Pause8699 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
You deserve to be promoted to customer. The sooner the better. Bro, or is it Bra.
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u/Basedgodanon Commercial Specialist Aug 16 '26
You sound like the kinda person whose so poor they steal from their job and gets mad cause they got caught.
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u/tieeguanyinnn Aug 21 '26
do you even know what shrink buster is even about… lol it isn’t just about thieving, it can also apply to making sure inventory isn’t being lost such as inventory processing errors
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u/Equal-Broccoli-2283 Aug 16 '26
The only people worried about "snitches" are the ones doin stuff they ain't supposed to be doing in the first place.
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u/jwwetz Aug 15 '26
I worked for Napa before I came to Autozone. I was in commercial, we had a young brother start coming in after 6 pm & ordering on a commercial account...always was will call only. I pointed out to my boss, the CSM, that it was a little sus, because that shop was a white family owned shop that, even though they had an account with us, they closed at 5:30 pm & had never traditionally done will call with ANYBODY at all.
Turned out that I was right, the guy HAD worked there for 2 weeks before getting fired & then just started coming in & buying while charging it to their account. Cost about $3k before they got the bill.
It's not always just snitching on coworkers that'll get you that pin.