Retail Theft Impact on Purchased Goods

[Nuts]

This morning I was at the local convenience store (Sheetz) getting coffee. I always use self check out. It has audible prompts. I was in the middle of paying when a dude walked up to the self checkout next to me. Bagged his stuff. And walked out. No scanning. No payment. Pretty brazen. Hoping to help him out and maybe offer some advice I called out to him as he briskly walked away. My thought was I would pay for it. Keep him from committing a crime. He kept walking. Probably naive of me. Staff let me know this is built into the pricing and nobody should say anything. They are not permitted to. They see it all day everyday and can only watch. So what is that built in cost to the consumer? Why not prosecute? And why am I paying more so someone else doesn't have to pay at all? Pretty crazy to me.

 

[mdhunter]

Historically more inventory loss (or “shrink” as it’s called) comes from employees. That said, there are always some bad actors.

 

[Tmbrgost]

A long career (mine) in the retail world will really open your eyes to the actual cost of those things you buy every day due to what you just witnessed. Employees statistically can be worse.

 

[F250]

This morning I was at the local convenience store (Sheetz) getting coffee. I always use self check out. It has audible prompts. I was in the middle of paying when a dude walked up to the self checkout next to me. Bagged his stuff. And walked out. No scanning. No payment. Pretty brazen. Hoping to help him out and maybe offer some advice I called out to him as he briskly walked away. My thought was I would pay for it. Keep him from committing a crime. He kept walking. Probably naive of me. Staff let me know this is built into the pricing and nobody should say anything. They are not permitted to. They see it all day everyday and can only watch. So what is that built in cost to the consumer? Why not prosecute? And why am I paying more so someone else doesn't have to pay at all? Pretty crazy to me.

I watched a guy do the same thing a couple weeks when I was processing my items in self checkout. As he headed to the door with his stolen items, I shouted, “ Hey Chitbag !!! Get back here and pay your bill !!” As can be expected, he kept on walking and the store employees ignored me.

 

[Bowmannate2000]

I watched a guy do the same thing a couple weeks when I was processing my items in self checkout. As he headed to the door with his stolen items, I shouted, “ Hey Chitbag !!! Get back here and pay your bill !!” As can be expected, he kept on walking and the store employees ignored me.

I like this strategy. If you're not gonna stop them, at least shame then a little.

 

[Nuts]

I have a hard time believing that the person who would knowingly steal from the local convenience store or retail store is not willing to steal elsewhere as well. If we are going to let them get away with it there how can we be surprised when they do it elsewhere. They should be identified and charged accordingly. It should not be acceptable. We do background checks for employment. So just because someone's "Clean" doesn't mean they aren't doing it everyday. It just means nobody chose to care. That's ludicrous.

 

[noharleyyet]

This morning I was at the local convenience store (Sheetz) getting coffee. I always use self check out. It has audible prompts. I was in the middle of paying when a dude walked up to the self checkout next to me. Bagged his stuff. And walked out. No scanning. No payment. Pretty brazen. Hoping to help him out and maybe offer some advice I called out to him as he briskly walked away. My thought was I would pay for it. Keep him from committing a crime. He kept walking. Probably naive of me. Staff let me know this is built into the pricing and nobody should say anything. They are not permitted to. They see it all day everyday and can only watch. So what is that built in cost to the consumer? Why not prosecute? And why am I paying more so someone else doesn't have to pay at all? Pretty crazy to me.

Prolly not worth triggering someone who's walking a fine line between brazen "I dare ya" and & desperation.

 

[noharleyyet]

Corporate's laissez faire non enforcement will avoid being on the 6 o'clock news and litigation while defraying negative profit mitigation by reducing managerial incentivization.

-Randolph & Mortimer Duke

 

[SAJ-99]

Obviously it cost them less than hiring someone to check everyone’s bag and receipt. Don’t worry, AI will figure all this out.

 

[noharleyyet]

Obviously it cost them less than hiring someone to check everyone’s bag and receipt. Don’t worry, AI will figure all this out.

The first thing AI, by definition, should accomplish is keeping consumers out of convenience stores and San Francisco.

 

[SAJ-99]

The first thing AI, by definition, should accomplish is keeping consumers out of convenience stores and San Francisco.

Can't stop Door Dash and Instacart guys. Their margins are a lot better if they just steal the stuff.

 

[noharleyyet]

Can't stop Door Dash and Instacart guys. Their margins are a lot better if they just steal the stuff.

Outlandish fees for Louis Vuitton delivery...

 

[SAJ-99]

Outlandish fees for Louis Vuitton delivery...

I’m sure. You can’t expect the rich to deal with retail employees. If they did, what’s the point of being rich?

 

[noharleyyet]

I’m sure. You can’t expect the rich to deal with retail employees. If they did, what’s the point of being rich in congress?

 

[Sask hunter]

I work in retail. Probably less we can do in Canada then you guys cause we suck. They don’t want you to get in fights with them as it is alway turned on the good guy and usually called racist or something along the lines. It’s also not stealing till they leave the store you have to give them every chance to turn around and do the right thing. We don’t have self checkouts so that eliminates a lot of headache. Usually it’s not hard to spot people who are stealing and deliberate very obvious following usually makes them nervous enough they dump their stuff. Wish cops would lock up anyone who steals instead of a small small slap on the wrist

 

[Sask hunter]

The markup on pregnancy test for example are insane because they are such a stolen item. We had to move our right up to the till to keep a better eye on them and lock the bathrooms cause we had people using them and then tossing them without buying

 

[406dn]

The first thing AI, by definition, should accomplish is keeping consumers out of convenience stores and Texas.

I was tempted earlier, but refrained. Then I checked with AI, and this was the suggestion.

 

[noharleyyet]

I was tempted earlier, but refrained. Then I checked with AI, and this was the suggestion.

Please tell me London Breed hasn't entered the transfer portal..

 

[Nuts]

Basically as I understand it the long and short of it is that we as a species went from chopping off someone's hand or worse for theft to not saying anything. Pretty much sums it up and explains a lot about where we are at.

 

[WapitiBob]

I noticed a rough looking gal coming out of walmart with a cart piled high with tents, pants, etc and then two employees on their phones following her. They stopped at the concrete apron. I asked if she had stolen the gear and it took 3 tries to finally get a grudging answer of "yes". So I turned around, caught up to her at the end of the parking lot and grabbed her cart. We bantered back and forth and I finally took her cart back to the store while she walked off. She did ask me if I thought I was a "good Samaritan", I told her I was the guy she wasn't planning on meeting today.
When I handed the guy his cart back he stated "I wished you hadn't done that". Yea well somebody needs to do something. Cops ended up grabbing her.
Not 2 months later I go to Bimart and they have a rack of clothes outside. Note that Bimart is next to the homeless support center. A guy walks away from a carousel with a new shirt on and the tag swinging in the wind. "He asshole you going to pay for that shirt"? He yells back that he paid for it, to which I respond, "it still has the tag on it". He huffs, walks back to the carousel, takes the shirt off and tosses it on top then walks away shirtless.