Submitted 2 years ago by fouru@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
Greed causes an over abundance of theft. If there is excessive theft, it’s because of excessive greed.
When people are struggling and banks are telling retailers there is excessive consumer surplus, and retailers raise prices excessively (greed), theft will inevitably increase.
You had me in the first half, ngl..
Quick reminder: If you see someone shoplifting, no you didn’t.
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.
White people can be poor
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?
Yeah nah fuck those guys. More shrink means my hours get cut.
“Shrink” is just another way to spell “your boss is part of the system that bleeds you dry”.
Shrinkage is already taken into account as a business expense.
What does this even mean?
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.
This only applies to food and basic necessities
And if you see someone shoplift food/formula then no, the absolute fuck you didn’t.
Is nearly everything in the 24 hour news cycle overblown?
Everything but the climate catastrophe were facing …
If there is a rise in theft it absolutely isn’t having an impact on the record breaking profits being reported. Fuck em.
Schroedinger’s retail theft. The answer is both that it’s up and that it’s overblown.
We wouldn’t have retail theft if the 1% paid their taxes and shared the wealth they stole from everyone else.
If you overvalue possessions, People begin to steal.
Tao Te Ching, ch3
this has been known for quite a while
Shouldn’t the free market compensate by hiring more security guards and loss prevention officers?
Nah, margins are already thin on retail stores. If you cant profit or even break even, whats the point?
It’s simply a cost of doing business.
If that business owner can’t figure out how to run their company someone else will.
It’s just that the supply chain excuse for jacking up prices is going away, so they need another BS excuse.
Yes
Yes.
In my local community I have noticed a strong uptick, talking to store staff. But with wage insecurity and high food prices, “steal or watch your kid starve” isn’t really a decision. And yes, higher ticket items are being stolen, which some people are pointing at like there’s a difference: if the punishment is the same, why not steal the prime rib?
There have been lots of stores that claim to close locations due to looting when it’s the not the case. There is a lot of opportunistic bs happening with stores these days from price gouging to straight up shutting down certain areas for things like unionizing
Its_Always_420@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You mean retail wage theft?
Smite6645@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
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BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 years ago
What’s the source on this? Want to explore it and share with a couple people.