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> The owners keep it understaffed. The 2nd sentence in my post is the identified problem. There are a few ways to fix it. The store owner is not doing any of i
by yardie 3y ago
> The owners keep it understaffed.
The 2nd sentence in my post is the identified problem. There are a few ways to fix it. The store owner is not doing any of it.
> And what if the thief has a gun that they're constitutionally allowed to carry? That can get real messy, real fast.
You aren't constitutionally allowed to carry a weapon to commit a crime. That shoplifting charge with a 50-100 community hours conviction turns into a 10 year mandatory jail sentence.
These aren't even hardened criminals. These are normal people who realize they will not be caught nor punished for such a petty crime as stealing a hotdog. This is on the level of stealing extra candy from the Halloween pumpkin bowl.
- SilasX 3y agoIt's amazing how many people see no contradiction between "having more employees will stop shoplifting" and "lol of course employees won't do anything about shoplifters, are you risking your life for minimum wage?", or between "obviously criminals don't reply to increased punishment" and "of course they won't escalate to assault, that would massively increase their punishment".
- hotpotamus 3y agoAnd given that the current employee is simply watching as people shoplift, what do you imagine that more staff will do? I'll admit I don't know all the rules about carrying guns, but I know that quite a few are out there and not everyone behaves perfectly like they're supposed to - it's one of the reasons I don't yell at people in traffic, for instance. The threat is ever present.