Saying it is ironic is equivalent to saying that it's ironic that people object when you take an item out of the store in full view while saying "I'm stealing t

Saying it is ironic is equivalent to saying that it's ironic that people object when you take an item out of the store in full view while saying "I'm stealing this, I'm stealing this!" and yet anyone can just surreptitiously put an item in their pocket and not announce it and just walk out the store. Why make such a big deal of openly stealing something?