One of my friends who's been a retailer for 25+ years always shares his wacky employee staffing stories with me. And when I say wacky, I mean wacky! Every holiday season he operates 25-50 kiosks across the country, and one year he told me that an employee actually took down a portion of the kiosk to bring in a few items from home, including a recliner, small refrigerator and TV. He was caught three days after he "re-merchandised."

Yesterday, I heard a story on our local news station about a young artist who decided to construct an apartment at the Providence Place Mall in Rhode Island. He scoped out the space during construction, started storing supplies and two years later constructed cinderblock walls to create what he called a "luxury apartment" in the mall garage. He went undetected by mall security for an outstanding four years! Take a look at his video… it's really crazy.