The last time I went to A&F (about 2 years ago), the guy working there told me,
"We lost over a million dollars worth of merchandise in this store. It's pathetically easy to shoplift from here."
Me: "Umm.....why don't you put those little alarms on your clothes. Or cameras in the store. Or something."
Him: "We don't want to ruin the quality."
Hee! WHAT quality? It's f'n t-shirts & holey jeans!!
Then, he proceded to tell me exactly how to shoplift things out of the store.
Not that this has anything to do with bad hiring practices....just a random A&F gripe.