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More Americans are shoplifting everything. Crime is up across the board this year. In my locale, it's an open secret that most retailers will not detain you i
by nostromo 6y ago
More Americans are shoplifting everything. Crime is up across the board this year.
In my locale, it's an open secret that most retailers will not detain you if you shoplift. And it's widely known that you wouldn't be prosecuted if they did anyway.
So yeah. Shoplifting is up.
- nouveaux 6y agoThis is not just your locale. Retailers do not detain shoplifters because of liabilities. This has always been the case across the United States.
- whythre 6y agoThis has not always been the case. 10-15 years ago Walmart employees would detain suspected thieves or even physically subdue them.
- randycupertino 6y agoI weirdly found the micellar water under lock and key a few weeks ago at CVS. They lock the deodorant and tide detergent because those are highly shoplifted items. Didn't know makeup remover is now also included in that subset!
- scruple 6y agoTide is (was?) a black market currency... [0] I've seen it locked up in plenty of places, depending on the neighborhood. [0]: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-tide-black-market-2013-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-tide-black-market-2013-1
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