YOU might think you know your favorite store's layout by heart, but guess again.
According to a man who used to work at a major American retailer, some stores have major secrets hiding in plain sight.
Indiana-based TikTok user Han was strolling through his local JCPenney when he remembered a hidden feature of the store.
"Y'all want to see something cool that not many people know about?" he asked his followers.
Walking the floor, Han arrived at a display of clothing with a mirror situated at the end of the aisle.
"Unassuming rack of clothes. Unassuming mirror," he said. Then, Han walked up to the mirror and gave it a gentle pull.
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The mirror swung open, revealing a small room. Pointing his camera through the hidden door, Han let viewers see inside the simple structure.
"Security and surveillance! Han said. "Before security cameras became a big thing, this is how JCPenney did their surveillance." It was clear the room hadn't been occupied in some time.
The only thing on the shelf inside was a water bottle, which Han said his teenage son had left there when exploring.
Now that CCTV is common, the rooms aren't utilized for their original purpose.
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"The best part is, nobody that works at JCPenney even knows it's there anymore," Han disclosed.
He added that the security room was the only one left in his local store – the rest had been closed off or converted to other purposes.
A few people were flabbergasted, and couldn't figure out how the "magic" worked. One commenter asked Han if there was a one-way mirror installed.
"No, there’s a raised platform and you spy out of air vents," he clarified.
According to fellow ex-employees, the longevity of the security practice varied nationwide.
"I worked at a JCPenney and didn't know about this," one shocked woman wrote.
Another former staffer said, "I worked at JCPenney in 2011 – 2013 and our loss prevention team was still using the one in our department."
It wasn't just JCPenney that made use of the old-school technique, either.
"We had them throughout the walls when I worked at an old Sears in high school," one person confirmed.
And for at least one viewer, Han's revelation solved a decades-old mystery.
"In the 90s a kid in my middle school swore he got busted shoplifting at JCPenney by someone behind a mirror," the commenter wrote. "Nobody believed him, but I guess it was true."
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