Store owners have made the calculations and it's cheaper to let some people steal than hire staff to control theft. That's why they're investing so much in sel

Store owners have made the calculations and it's cheaper to let some people steal than hire staff to control theft. That's why they're investing so much in self checkout world wide. Honest shoppers pay for the stolen goods of the thieves. Of course the store owners haven't put into their calculations that honest shoppers will avoid unsafe stores with rampant theft and that thieves will hit these stores much harder, until the ratio flips. But you can't expect the owners to understand this. After all it's not their job, their job is to own the stores.