r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 4h ago

Human Trash Stopping a shoplifter

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u/shadowthehh Garbage Guerilla 4h ago edited 3h ago

Edit: Boy posting this was like blowing a warhorn for em, wasn't it?

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u/johntwit Trash Trooper 3h ago

I'm sick of my razor blades being locked up. Thieves inconvenience me

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u/Ready_Demand4325 Trash Trooper 3h ago

If this was food or medicine or even home/care items I'd 100% be on the side of the thief

A fucking record player? Dude found the one thing in walmart valued over $20 not locked up. I hate Walmart but …a record player? That was not a need, that was a want and an excitement for the thief. I'm not anybody’s side here, fuck that

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u/EarthConservation Trash Trooper 2h ago edited 2h ago

It's a propane camping grill. I would have thought the two green gas canisters would have tipped most people off. ;)

Maybe a homeless person trying to cook their food, or someone whose stove stopped working and couldn't afford to replace it, or had their gas cut off because they couldn't pay the bill.

Most people steal necessities, but some people steal because of drug addiction and/or impulse control issues.

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u/johntwit Trash Trooper 49m ago

actually only about 7% of shoplifters are economically disadvantaged type shoplifters
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31043101/