4 ms·
Somewhat related to this, I've been in assorted supermarket/hypermarket type stores that place varying emphasis on shrinkage based on the neighborhood. In most
by vgeek 5y ago
Somewhat related to this, I've been in assorted supermarket/hypermarket type stores that place varying emphasis on shrinkage based on the neighborhood. In most parts of New Orleans, the shopping carts have locking wheels, flashing blue surveillance cameras in the parking lots and beeping cameras in what are likely the shrinkage prone areas such as baby formula/diapers (this is exceptionally sad more than anything), cosmetics and fishing equipment. Some have gone as far as having turnstiles at the entrance so as to corral would be grab & runs through a checkout lanes. Having lived in a variety of neighborhoods-- this is kind of like entering an entirely different world (even though the same chain store), so the same scenario as you describe plays out. Being fed the line of "we're watching you because you're probably a criminal, or at least criminal adjacent" has to lead to some type of behavioral modifications-- if you're told you're a thief frequently enough, and are treated like a thief frequently enough, why not steal? It is just kind of depressing when you think about it.
- geoduck14 5y ago
- Kalium 5y ago> baby formula/diapers (this is exceptionally sad more than anything) At first blush, you're crushingly obviously right. What kind of society do we have where people have to steal baby formula? The real answer is much stranger: there's a lot of money to be made buying stolen baby formula and selling it to stores that won't ask where you got it. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/money-issue-baby-formula-crime-ring.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/mone...
- mc32 5y agoYes, this is why you get those stickers on items from CVS/Walgreens etc., that say not to be sold individually as well as intended for sale at "Store Name" because theft rigs are a thing.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Yes, this is why you get those stickers on items from CVS/Walgreens etc., that say not to be sold individually No, not to be sold individually is mostly from the manufacturer, and mostly about labelling requirements for sale. If the bundle meets the requirement but the contained packets do not, then the restriction is noted. > as well as intended for sale at "Store Name" That's mostly for advertising the stores exclusive merchandise for customer retention.
- Lammy 5y agoThis is such a silly "gotcha". Baby food has an expiration date and goes bad (some time after the expiration date, but still), so somebody is eating them even if they change hands a few times first. Nobody is just deciding baby food has value and exchanging it as currency based on that agreed-upon value. Only the Treasury is allowed to do that :) https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Currency/Pages/legal-tender.aspx https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Currency/Pages... "Federal Reserve notes are not redeemable in gold, silver or any other commodity, and receive no backing by anything. This has been the case since 1933. The notes have no value for themselves, but for what they will buy. In another sense, because they are legal tender, Federal Reserve notes are 'backed' by all the goods and services in the economy."