Jewelry-Stealing Prank in China Has Employees Leaping Over Counters
Watch these poor jewelry shop clerks come close to a heart attack as they leap over counters chasing down customers who are running off with jewelry, except they aren’t:
Jewelry store “customers” try on expensive merch, then sprint towards the exit door. As the store employee chases after them, the prankster then casually stops in front of a mirror near the front door, as if that had always been their intention. Although not so nice, it’s hard not to chuckle at how well the frantic employee transitions into an about face and casually walks away.
The jewelry-stealing prank is believed to have been inspired by an Indonesian influencer’s shoplifting prank, Harvinth Skin, which went viral in Asia last month. Chinese pranksters upped the stakes by essentially pulling off the same prank at jewelry stores: