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If you see someone shoplift, no you didn't.
Just no. If you see someone shoplifting diapers, baby formula, or stuff like that - no you didn't. If you see the brazen ass mobs stealing all the phones from an apple store, you can see them. You don't need to do anything about it. You can choose not to see them, but I don't think there's some moral imperative to ignore that level of theft.
You say there's no imperative to ignore, but is there any moral imperative to care about that level of theft though? Maybe if it's a small local store owned by a friend or something, but if it's one of the big box retailers or brand names ... meh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They got insurance, worst that will happen is they get a bigger tax write off from their insurance bill at the end of the quarter
Certainly not an imperative. I just felt there needed to be a distinction.
I ain't calling the murder brigade for any of them.
Especially since we've had US cops kill several shoplifters this month alone.
If you think luxury goods manufacturers engage in more ethical business practices than groceries and pharmacies... That's not true.
From the perpetrators side, nobody paid their rent pawning baby food. Or paid heat. Or paid for a car to drive to a low wage job.
Its not your job to do loss prevention work for free. Unless they're going to pay you for the report, shoplifting is none of your concern.
Do give corporations free labor.
Shoplifters increase prices for everyone. So yes, it is your concern.
Shops set their prices to what they expect will maximize revenue. The losses due to shoplifting are only a portion of their overhead.
National chain stores do not operate on such razor thin margins that they have to modify their prices in response to shoplifting in order to break even.
It doesn't.