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Out of curiosity, what did you think 'shrinkage' meant in that context?

• bmelton 15y ago
  I read the original comment and (before scrolling down) was tempted to chime in that 'in this context, shrinkage means "theft"' before realizing the discussion had already been had. I could very easily see someone as having read that as physically shrinking in size, perhaps due to compression by repeated handling, as would happen in a store, or heat or other uhhh... harsh environmental factors commonly found in retail establishments. (Sorry, I couldn't think of a second good excuse)
• rdtsc 15y ago
  Wow yeah I was really confused. English is my third language and I can often figure words that I don't know from the context except that in this case I interpreted 'shrinkage' as some kind of a tendency do produce smaller products (electronics get smaller for instance). And I thought ok it seems a large package makes the product more visible on the shelves. Then I thought "ok" actually a large package would be hard to sneak under one's shirt. So it would be good for that as well.
  • fuzzix 15y ago
    "English is my third language" I don't think that's the problem - I had no idea what shrinkage is and: - English is my first language - I've worked in retail (though I rarely paid attention back then)
• Tooluka 15y ago
  At first I thought it mean preventing packages from breaking when they are piled one on top of another for storage. To preserve fragile products inside.