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"A team of researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute surveyed 43,000 Americans and found that, by some wide margin, the rich were more likely to s
by marincounty 12y ago
"A team of researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute surveyed 43,000 Americans and found that, by some wide margin, the rich were more likely to shoplift than the poor." In college I worked as a security guard, and was astonished to see to amount of seemingly wealthy people shop
lifting. It didn't make any sense, other than the thrill? Minorities, and seemingly low income people were watched the
minute they walked on the door. If they did steal they were
always arrested. The wealthy shop lifters were allowed to steal if they were good customers(spent a lot). Not one was
ever arrested. While I was there a doctor's wife would steal
weekly--she was given a stern warning. I'm tempted to name the store. On another note; employee theft was usually higher than customer theft. I though that store was an anomaly, but that's not the case; security professionals try
to keep the real truth a secret.
- peteypao 12y agoI would really like it if you could name the store.
- brandonmenc 12y agoMy anecdotal experience is the exact opposite of yours. As a teen, I worked shipping and receiving at a Macy's in the mid-to-late nineties, and frequently hung out in the security camera room. I watched them follow thieves on the cameras while we waited for them fill their bags with a felony-level amount of merchandise before giving chase - chases I was at times enlisted to participate in. Not a single thief was "seemingly wealthy," and we never, ever, let anyone walk out with merchandise. If anything, the opportunity to catch a rich person in the act would've been immediately seized, if only for the novelty.
- ScottBurson 12y agoInteresting. I guess the well-off thieves figure out pretty quickly which stores will let them get away with it. Since it sounds like they also buy things from the stores they steal from, it might even be profitable to let them do it.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoFrom my time in retail (record stores, which tells you how old I am), employee theft completely dwarfed customer theft. Probably 95% of the 'shrinkage' was employees, if not more.