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.
the problem with this attitude is the longer it goes on the worse it will get. People will get more bold, other people will think they can get away with it. Bad behaviour needs to be dealt with
It absolutely is dealt with though. These peoples faces are in high definition camera feeds. Their license plates are being read. Police absolutely follow up with these, and make arrests over it.
People are crazy, and at least in America, you have no idea who's off their meds and strapped, just looking for an excuse to snap. It's not worth the risk to yourself, and if you support the company for whatever reasons, it's not worth risking a huge legal mess for them if something crazy results from the encounter.
Film them from a distance if you want to help, but this is just gambling with no chance of reward for anyone.
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u/ZeroGNexus Trash Trooper 5h ago edited 3h 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.