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Well they figured out one way to keep the poors our of their store: don't hire a cashier. That's one less, anyway. There's no cash inside. All you could poss

Well they figured out one way to keep the poors our of their store: don't hire a cashier. That's one less, anyway. There's no cash inside. All you could possibly steal is a bunch of woo-woo juice and the hipster ambiance. If I were a poor in the area, I'd also presume that predatory cops would be hanging around outside, waiting to collar-grab the likelier suspects on suspicion of shoplifting and demanding to be shown the payment text. That would horrify the marketing folks, of course--if they knew about it--but cops are gonna cop.

RobertRoberts 8y ago
What "payment text"? It's free. "Have a nice day officer." (across the pond we call it a receipt)
- logfromblammo 8y ago
  It's not free. It's on the honor system. If it were free, they wouldn't ask for payment via text. [Throttled:] I have actually seen someone walk into a Walgreens, fill up a backpack, and walk right back out without paying. I looked up at a cashier, and saw that she had been watching the whole thing, too. I looked further up, and saw that it was likely all captured on the security cameras. Probably the only person who actually cared was an accounts manager 950 miles north of the store, in Deerfield, who wouldn't even notice until the next week. So far, I haven't had any dramatic Spider-Man moments, when I would discover that it was actually the shoplifter who killed my uncle, right after I decided to let him go. But I still wonder if there was even an option that qualified as doing the right thing. If someone is so poor that they steal bread in order to eat, is it right to stop them from doing it? Perhaps they are eating 3-5 slices of ham per day from their employer's deli without paying, for 8 years running. Is it right to charge them with felony theft?
  - RobertRoberts 8y ago
    To a homeless kid it'd be viewed as "free". I've known many people who would steal from stores where there was actual security. This place doesn't even have a physical checkout.

RobertRoberts 8y ago

What "payment text"? It's free. "Have a nice day officer." (across the pond we call it a receipt)

logfromblammo 8y ago
It's not free. It's on the honor system. If it were free, they wouldn't ask for payment via text. [Throttled:] I have actually seen someone walk into a Walgreens, fill up a backpack, and walk right back out without paying. I looked up at a cashier, and saw that she had been watching the whole thing, too. I looked further up, and saw that it was likely all captured on the security cameras. Probably the only person who actually cared was an accounts manager 950 miles north of the store, in Deerfield, who wouldn't even notice until the next week. So far, I haven't had any dramatic Spider-Man moments, when I would discover that it was actually the shoplifter who killed my uncle, right after I decided to let him go. But I still wonder if there was even an option that qualified as doing the right thing. If someone is so poor that they steal bread in order to eat, is it right to stop them from doing it? Perhaps they are eating 3-5 slices of ham per day from their employer's deli without paying, for 8 years running. Is it right to charge them with felony theft?
- RobertRoberts 8y ago
  To a homeless kid it'd be viewed as "free". I've known many people who would steal from stores where there was actual security. This place doesn't even have a physical checkout.