Comment on Is the 'rise of retail theft' problem in America overblown?

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  If I see someone shoplifting necessities, no I didn’t. If I see someone shoplifting stupid luxury items, maybe I did, maybe I didn’t. Depends on the situation. If it’s a dumbass white kid who thinks they’re being funny, I sure as fuck did.

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    White people can be poor

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  • galloog1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And then low cost grocery stores close and neighbors starve. How about you help them pay for it since you are there? Is a little personal ownership over the things you see too much for you?

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    • LinyosT@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      How about the government does better to ensure that it’s people don’t starve? Or maybe companies should pay their employees more instead of funnelling money to people who are already more than set for life?

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      • galloog1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        We’re talking about you and your actions. Additionally, you are making the problem worse.

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• altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yeah nah fuck those guys. More shrink means my hours get cut.

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  • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    “Shrink” is just another way to spell “your boss is part of the system that bleeds you dry”.

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  • Snoozemumrik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Shrinkage is already taken into account as a business expense.

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    • null@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      But more shrink isn’t.

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      • highenergyphysics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        If you would take the boot out of your mouth for literally one second, you would know that shrink is decreasing in almost all available metrics Avis the entire retail industry.

        Facts don’t care about your feelings, corpo dog.

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• stackPeek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  What does this even mean?

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  • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    A reminder not to rat on people failing to make ends meet, when the only damage they cause is a slightly lower profit for a corporation whose CEO lives the private jet lifestyle.

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    • hydrospanner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      While that might be the only direct result, you’re also assuming that A) it’s only taking place in major chain stores and B) that the effects won’t include price hikes for everyone to compensate for that slight dip in profits.

      In reality, corporations have showed us they’re never going to just “take the L”. If something negatively impacts their bottom line, they’ll make up for it by forcing that financial burden onto their customers.

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• Zomg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  This only applies to food and basic necessities

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• thurstylark@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  And if you see someone shoplift food/formula then no, the absolute fuck you didn’t.

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