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> We expect tiny people making minimum wage to ask thieves to pay for the cheese they’re shoplifting. We don't actually. All sane employers have them record an
by solveit 7y ago
> We expect tiny people making minimum wage to ask thieves to pay for the cheese they’re shoplifting.
We don't actually. All sane employers have them record and report the incident and not engage, because petty shoplifting isn't worth somebody getting shot and it's built into the margins anyway. If the store is big enough, they may have "loss prevention", who are people who are very much not tiny and will verbally engage the shoplifter and pretend to be scary, but they are also not allowed to engage physically, because again, it's not worth somebody getting shot, and liability is going to be a nightmare even if they were stealing.
- mikeash 7y agoI’ve heard of policies that cashiers are not to chase, let alone fight, but never that they’re not even supposed to ask someone to pay. Is that really true?
- solveit 7y agoIt might vary by chain, but everywhere I'm familiar with you're not supposed to accuse people of stealing, which has the same effect, perhaps for different reasons.