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FUCK ALL SHOPLIFTERS!!

People who defend shoplifting from stores. I had a minor debate with someone who was pridefully going on about how we should steal from stores to affect the profits of the CEO and "The Man".

I had to inform them that stealing from stores won't necessarily affect the payroll of the corporation. It will only harm the stores and the employees inside. Because each and every store is operating on a budget of their own and what they sell determines said budget.

So if groups of people decided to steal from that store, sapping up the budget and hurting sales, then it's going to hurt the pay of the people working there. Making shoplifters look both like an asshole and a dumbass in one.

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[–] Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you see someone shoplift, no you didn't.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

...but is there any moral imperative to care about that level of theft though?

Certainly not an imperative. I just felt there needed to be a distinction.

[–] Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ain't calling the murder brigade for any of them.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern 5 points 1 year ago

Especially since we've had US cops kill several shoplifters this month alone.

[–] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.