The previous episode of Hardcore Pawn was an explosive one as Seth Gold introduced a new invasive staff search policy. While many staff members weren’t happy about this new policy change, it did pay off. The long-term security guard Joel was found stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from the store and was arrested by the police.
Despite its success, Les Gold and Ashley Broad warned Seth that full body searches could lead to legal troubles for the store. The next episode, Short Staffed, continues where the last left off, and in it, we see numerous staff not show up to work following this new policy change. Here is a recap of the Hardcore Pawn Short Staffed episode.
Seth Was Causing A Lot Of Tension In The Store
Seth’s new body and bag search was not received very well by most of the female staff. This new policy did prove effective when Joel was found to be stealing jewelry from the store, but not everyone was on board. Les and Ashley believed none of their employees would steal from them, and were worried about potential legal issues the company could face because of it.
Due to the new search policy, the loan girls decided not to come to work and all took sick leave in protest. While Seth believed their leave to be genuine in nature, Ashley knew the truth and the reason behind the whole team taking time off. This also came back to bite Seth as the mass use of leave time meant that Seth and other members of the Gold family were forced to man the redeem windows and fill the shoes of the missing employees, which resulted in enormous lines which went all the way out of the doors.
A Very Stressful Day
In order to try and restore order to the American Jewelry store, Ashley works tirelessly to get ahold of the loan girls to try and convince them to return to work. Eventually, she is able to get hold of Nicky, who is one of their most valued employees but is told that she may never return to work after having her privacy invaded by the body searches. Ashley promises that the body searches will be removed from company policy and manages to convince Nicky to return.
All while this is going on, Seth is becoming incredibly stressed trying to manage the store and the influx of items that are coming in. One of these includes a man claiming he never received the money for a Sony PSP that he sold to the store, which leads to security stepping in. However, he did get a good deal on an old cigar humidor cabinet from 1910. The customer claimed it was worth $50,000, but he managed to talk him down to $1,400 so we doubt his claims, it is a really cool piece nonetheless.
After feeling the pressure of working the windows and being short-staffed, Seth calls a family meeting to discuss what they will do to fix things in the store. Ashley expresses the outrage that their employees have shared and demand that the body searches are removed from company policy otherwise the staff won’t return. Eventually, Seth agrees and ends body searches so the employees will return, although he does make a point to let his father and sister know that he thinks they’re not taking the safety of the business seriously. Despite being less than happy about the situation, Seth asks Les and Ashley to call the employees and arrange for them to return to work.
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