Comments by "Ficus-lovin\x27 Capybara N\x27 pals • 🌟 • 25 yrs ago" (@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago) on "The Worst Shoplifter Ever" video.
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@nunyabiznez6381 I agree that when someone's safety could be at risk, if you see something you should always try say something. But if I see someone putting something random in their pocket at a store I'm not going to get involved because it has nothing to do with safety, unless it's someone else's private personal belongings such as a purse or a wallet.
I'm definitely going to speak up in those cases because one, that's against an individual, and most likely that potential victim is in no way wealthy, but even if they were, there's far more than money in purses and wallets and nobody should be robbed of those period. so yes if I happen to see something if I felt I could safely intervene I would most likely do so. But if I see somebody taking a trinket from a big box store or a convenience store no I'm not going to say anything because it's a negligible loss to that store. A store would have 1000 more where that came from, and nobody's being harmed or deprived of something that has personal meaning to them and/or suffering a significant personal financial loss as a result of that taking.
But yes in cases of direct personal theft especially where I can see that the loss of such item would cause serious harm, such as money and personal effects, and other personally significant items that we all have in our wallets or purses, I would do what I could to intervene. But in a store nah, I'm afraid I couldn't care less. I'm just going to mind my own business. It's just meaningless inanimate objects to me at that point.
A store's net worth is millions of dollars; if somebody wants to take some necessities home with them or help themselves to a few things that's no business of mine. Stores would have to be depopulated of something like half their inventory before they felt a significant loss into their profit margins and then even then they have huge reserves in the bank plus no doubt generous loss insurance (referring to the chains, not as much mom and pops). By my understanding, any store, whether independent or a chain, would have to suffer a truly catastrophic level of robbery before their overall operations and solvency were genuinely impacted; and that basically never happens. I mean a hurricane would have to come through and and level that store or some professional criminal group would have to knock it over and make off with 90% of what's on the floor. Even then, worst case scenario that chain would just close that particular location, but they would still have all the others, so their overall operations and solvency would continue without a hitch. So again; even if widespread, the comparatively negligible amount of sticky-fingerism that exists on behalf of sneaky shoppers causes zero net effect to retail outlets. It's just another cost of doing business, that's all, which is negligible in almost all cases. I saw a stat recently which stated that the estimated losses that most retail chains could reasonably attribute to lifting was under 1%. Something so minor is hardly worth being concerned about. Only the greediest and pettiest manager would want to make an issue and spend extra money trying to prevent losses of such an inconsequential level. I'd wager of most stores pay more on their loss prevention efforts then simply just letting some things ride. I don't know if that's true exactly, but I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being proven true at some point.
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@nunyabiznez6381 eh. I don't know if I agree with those numbers.
I'd have to look them up myself. I just can't take your word for it.
I've never seen pros. Hell maybe they can give me a few tips lol. I have gotten caught twice so clearly I'm doing something wrong.
In all seriousness I know the few times I have it was real small ticket stuff and it was mostly just things I needed.
Look I can't be responsible for who holds what stock. That someone's personal choice. I don't think there's a big problem with pros. You seem to think there is, I don't know who's right. if you have some kind of a citation or website I can check I'll look into it but as of right now I have no way of knowing if your figures are correct. Every store grosses no doubt in the hundreds of thousands every month. What a relatively negligible number of people take out with them I highly doubt makes any difference to a typical Walmart overhead. The size as I explained, I'd love to know how much of the inventory they willingly waste every single week. 10%? 25%? I guarantee it's a significant amount. That could be given back to the community but it's probably easier to just throw it in a landfill so that's what they do. no doubt that includes food as well as the clothing and other household goods. What a waste. Maybe people would be less tempted to take something that they needed or that would give them a little bit of pleasure if they knew there was somewhere else in the community they could go, such as a warehouse we're all excess inventory was dumped, and they could pick through and see what was available kind of like a second hand thrift store in a sense. Until retail establishment start doing that, until the massive waste in this country is redistributed in toward communities, I will not in any way feel wrongly about taking inanimate objects with me if I feel that's what I need to do. I think it's really unfortunate that story is willingly throw out tons of items that people would be incredibly grateful to have, not to mention how many thousands of pounds of food. Sadly in the United States waste is not considered a vice it's almost something that people want to do. Think of the scale of waste from chain stores. When I think of that I ask myself why? Why are we okay with this? If they have it to throw out then they shouldn't be grudge if somebody helps themselves to it while it's on the shelf I say. Why willingly waste so much? why should we waste all these wonderful useful items not to mention food? A necessity of life? Donate it instead of trashing it, that's all I ask.
How can any store call somebody a petty thief when they themselves voluntarily waste X percentage of their inventory for whatever reason? I have read that according to some estimates up to 40%, that's almost half of the food products that are on retail shelves will go to waste in this country. I hope that's not true but imagine if it is? Retail chains are not being responsible and that really bothers me because we have such a high levels of poverty in this country which I do not see as being necessary at all because we have more than enough to go around, and yet it seems as if the majority of our excess resources are being foolishly wasted instead of being redistributed in a beneficial manner. If they're so willing to waste then they shouldn't begrudge if somebody takes something with them. Otherwise why doesn't every store voluntarily make arrangements with their local community to give up whatever they voluntarily choose to no longer sell??
Anyway thanks for the information but I'm not yet convinced and I feel it necessary to verify those numbers you stated before just accepting them. Sorry.
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@bigbruv5328 low level theft has existed from the dawn of time and somehow businesses still prosper. It's not worth getting worked up over. Cops flat out steal millions if not billions of dollars a year from the public in various ways. Landlords charge excessive rent, that could be considered a form of theft although it's not always thought of as such. Many companies do not always pay their employees the full wages that they're entitled to, commonly known as wage theft.
I don't have a handy link but I've looked into recent studies that shows that no more than 1% at best of a company's total profits are lost through shoplifting. Just another very minor cost of doing business. Even a small convenience store isn't going to be harmed by the negligible amount of snacks or drinks that some people might sneak out of the door with them. to me it's a non-issue and nothing we should be worrying about. And I'd feel the same if I had a store. As long as I'm clearing a good profit I don't care about people who take a few things. Inconsiderate how every store has lost insurance, then they're really not going to be harmed even if somebody was able to magically run off with half the store. When every store commits to producing zero waste, and doesn't intentionally dispose of their unsold inventory to include food into the trash, but redistributes it into their local community, then I'll consider low level theft as an issue, but not until then. Even then, I wouldn't care about it cuz you have to understand even when taking all together it is a negligible amount compared to the profits of any given store. Unless a professional theft ring came and emptied out the store overnight, a store isn't harmed by the occasional sticky finger shopper. I usually pay for what I want or need, but I won't deny I've been that sticky finger shopper at times. I have my reasons and I sleep just fine at night. Those stores are usually corporations and even on the occasion they're not I know those stores' profits are still very, very strong regardless of what I do or don't do.
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@mip4422 honestly it's a large store it's not going to go bankrupt from losing $50 worth of junk. They clear at least $50K every single day, probably much more. Their profit margins are more than high enough to cover the relatively low amount of petty theft that's out there. there are some studies done recently and the figure was something like less than 1% of a store's losses are due to shoplifting. I'd understand being concerned if they ran off with the whole store but the typical amount that a shoplifter takes is so low it makes less than negligible difference on the store itself. it's like comparing $5 to a million dollars. It's such a small fraction it becomes effectively meaningless. The way I look at it is, if you're going to be in business it's inevitable that some people are going to have sticky fingers. If you can catch them fine, if not get over it. Low level petty theft is one of the costs of doing business. You're never going to eliminate it entirely and that's just one of the facts of life.
If a business isn't ready to accept that then they don't have to open their doors. If you want to go be a little goody two shoes and prove to the world what a little virgin you are go right ahead. Maybe the owner of that store will give you a gold star and make you the best human of the month. Otherwise I wouldn't worry about it. Did you know that wage theft by mid-size and large size companies (some small ones too I'm sure) dwarfs all other theft in this country combined many times over? I don't have a link handy but please, feel free to look it up yourself.
This particular video was funny because it was so outrageous, obviously there's no way to hide a damn chainsaw in one's pants I don't know how she thought she'd get away with that walking out, but if I ever see someone who swiping something in real life I just look the other way in mind my own damn business. It's not that serious. Unless I see someone stealing the whole diamond I see no reason to get involved. Besides while a chainsaw isn't exactly an essential item, a lot of poor people and homeless people have no choice but to try to steal essentials such as food or personal hygiene just to survive another day. If you've never been there you wouldn't understand. I've been in plenty of difficult straits before so I know what it's like. besides most stores have insurance to cover losses anyways. So they're never losing. And knowing that, I don't even know why petty theft is considered a crime since it harms no one and in some cases is necessary. I guess because it's yet another thing which is semi common and it's easy to find somebody over. That's how local municipalities make most of their money, through fines and property seizures, justified or not.
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