I’ve read in TwinsMom’s blog sometime ago about security tag placed on every milk powder in the aisle in one of our local hypermarkets. Actually, I wanted to blog about this for a very long time already but as usual, too lazy with my silly stories.

What really surprised me is the thought that twinsmom wondered why would anyone want to steal milk powder and that if someone does, then they must be in a very desperate situation to feed their starving child. Wow. I guess this is what you call the love of a mother because every other thing that a mother would think about is her child and nothing else. For a single like me, the first thing that occured in my mind is syndicates! Profits!

Well, please don’t be surprise but my friend told me the very reason why security tags are placed on the milk powder is because the high theft and losses. Surely every mum knows how expensive milk powders are these days because of the DHA, AA oh sorry! I’m so out! The lastest additions should be A+ Choline! But he witness once before that even with security tags, these people still manage to smuggle the stocks out from the checkout counter. How did they do it? Here’s how….

A supposedly happily married couple strolls into the hypermarket with the trolley, expecting “mother” and “dad-to-be” decideds to head down to the milk powder aisle first. Then couple takes the tins of milk powder they need and off they go to their next destination. After walking about for a certain period of time, they thought of going to the home gardening section where they will quietly take a super scissors (the kind you use to cut wire) to a secluded corner and snip off the tag! Later, they would stuff the tin into the pregnant mum’s “stomach” and continue walking, leaving the premise. That all in all is with the security cameras spying on them!

Now, how’s that for a story!