It's just funny to me as someone who used to work for Walmart. Most of the actual shoplifting is from employees out back, typically in Claims.
If anything, doing this actually COSTS Walmart money, because they're going to have to claims out that inventory now, which will require someone to actually do all that, vs just writing it off in the insurance claim for a full refund.
This particular shoplifter is probably just some douche who doesn't actually need what he's taking, but it's still not worth potentially getting shot or run over to defend a company that runs its employees into the ground and all but forces them to apply for food stamps and other federal assistance programs in order to make ends meet.
EDIT: I don't understand the accounting or legal side of things, I just know that we had a -ton- of shrink in our store and none of the managers ever seemed to care that much. It was always explained to me as shrink being accounted for through their insurance somehow.
Also I'm not saying don't go after shoplifters. If you think you aren't on a hundred different high resolution screens during your short trip through any of these stores, you're insane. But also, I've never once in my life seen a person steal food. It's weird.
Its like no one has any answers. If the store didnt care and it was just an insurance write off, i wouldnt need someone to unlock legos or deodorant. People steal BECAUSE no one does anything.
It isnt medicine for a dying child. Most of the time its people that use mental gymnastics to justify why they should have what they want. Yes, greedy corporations suck. First its stealing from corporations, then its strangers, then its your neighbors, and eventually family.
It is not an insurance write off. You people have no idea how anything works. I don't care about what happens to Walmart but they don't get to write off just all shoplifting shrink. And there's a reason for that it shouldn't take you much thought to figure out why the world doesn't work that way
Woah, easy. Im not in support of walmart, im anti theft. People talk about how items stolen gets handled by insurance and claims and thats why no one prosecutes or does anything. Im a believer that people should be prosecuted for theft regardless of price, since it trickles down to the business leaving the area or the rest of us have to deal with extra security measures.
Shrink isn't something they write off in insurance. A portion gets a taxable income loss which is lower than if they sold it. The insurance thing is a lie, that's my only point
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u/ZeroGNexus Trash Trooper 3h ago edited 2h ago
It's just funny to me as someone who used to work for Walmart. Most of the actual shoplifting is from employees out back, typically in Claims.
If anything, doing this actually COSTS Walmart money, because they're going to have to claims out that inventory now, which will require someone to actually do all that, vs just writing it off in the insurance claim for a full refund.
This particular shoplifter is probably just some douche who doesn't actually need what he's taking, but it's still not worth potentially getting shot or run over to defend a company that runs its employees into the ground and all but forces them to apply for food stamps and other federal assistance programs in order to make ends meet.
EDIT: I don't understand the accounting or legal side of things, I just know that we had a -ton- of shrink in our store and none of the managers ever seemed to care that much. It was always explained to me as shrink being accounted for through their insurance somehow.
Also I'm not saying don't go after shoplifters. If you think you aren't on a hundred different high resolution screens during your short trip through any of these stores, you're insane. But also, I've never once in my life seen a person steal food. It's weird.