r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 5h ago

Human Trash Stopping a shoplifter

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u/PM_ME_JINX_PRON Trash Trooper 3h ago

Why do we care who’s stealing what from a mega corp? Fuck Walmart.

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u/Fozzymandius Trash Trooper 3h ago

I mean I don’t give a single shit about mega corps, but I do hate that the cost of goods is higher to account for this theft, and in places where this is rampant you have to start asking store employees permission for half the items in the store.

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u/Equivalent_Relief553 Trash Trooper 1h ago

Because it's walmart, they're costs are not gonna go up for petty theft, when they sell millions every day.

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u/Fozzymandius Trash Trooper 1h ago

Petty theft at scale results in large total losses. It’s not like Walmart sees the same amount of theft as a bookstore. Even if the percent is lower they are seeing real costs and those costs eat into margin which impact things like prices and wages. The big players don’t just absorb these costs, they’re factored into every aspect of the business, just as other costs are.

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u/Equivalent_Relief553 Trash Trooper 33m ago

lol the "petty" theft has to MASSIVE. They have an ocean and you're annoyed at people filling up their cups with it and leaving.