It'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 sh

It'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".