Thief at Walmart

As I pointed out, theft is nothing new, shoplifting is nothing new, and yes, all retailers take it into account as a cost of doing business. Yes, most large retailers build it into their insurance.

It's beyond silly, though, to bleat about ONE shoplifting incident and pretend it's indicative of any sort of larger trend. It's beyond asinine to, as Tom LUVVVS to do, go scurrying over to the internet and thrash around to find statistics that "prove" that shoplifting is UP UP UP UP UP and that the country is obviously going to hell in a handbasket and it's all da fault o'dem (insert hame of group you hate). That's a stereotypical cranky old fart bleat, and God knows, we hear enough of that here.

I note, with laughter, that Tom's "stats" "report" that Target thinks it has suffered/will suffer theft-related losses amounting to half of those suffered by the entire retail industry in 2021. They must be real incompetents! LOL.

We've had too much discussion already on one of David's "what shall I bitch about today?" threads, and I have to go to WalMart. So, adios.

There is a documented trend of increased shoplifting as conducted by organized crime.   Thats accurate.   What is inacurrate is when people say its only happening in cities run by Democrats...or it is somehow the result of organized crime being motivated by that dynamic.

Its happening everywhere.   And a big reason is that it has become  very simple to sell hot merchandise on the internet.     Amazon, Ebay, Shopify and several other big name retail sites now have portals where any Tom, Dick, or Jane  can easily resell merchandise they stole alongside legitimate sellers on those platforms.   

When you go on Amazon right now and you see a brand new, unopened box TV set that is selling 25% cheaper than any of the major retailers ....and its from an Amazon partner called "Bob's Electronics"....good chance Bob stold that TV from Best Buy and is reselling it on Amazon.

Our nation's capital isn't safe

https://justthenews.com/government/local/holdlawmakers-warn-staffers-dc-crime-surge

House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, (R-Wis.) on Monday warned would-be visitors to Washington, D.C. of rising crime in the nation's capital and advised people how to respond to criminal acts and to minimize the risk of being victimized by violence like carjackings.

So is Republican paradise, Oklahoma.

Cherry picking data is fun, isn't it ?

tom, has Speaker McCarthy warned people about going to the city he represents, Bakersfield? You know, their murder rate is 2 1/2 times as large as (Nancy Pelosi's) San Francisco.

And yeah, some of us think that murder is more significant than shoplifting.

Less significant, if you're a MAGA. After all, Trump didn't say that he could walk into a store on Fifth Avenue and shoplift, and get away with it.

Walgreens stole $4 million in wage theft from their own employees. The wage theft problem in California alone is estimated to be about $2 billion. 

So hey, law and order types, how much of a prison sentence should those employers get? It is theft, right?

  What does this have to do with the rampant criminal shoplifting? Answer - Nothing, just another liberal diverting from the posted topic in order to distort reality.

I'm glad to answer that question! In both cases, it's theft. In both cases, people suffer as a result.

But you're only concerned with one type of theft and not the other. Just admit it.

 Unlike you, I am concerned about the criminal actions that criminals display when shoplifting and the effect it will have causing higher prices and the complete shutdown of businesses. Apparently you have no problem with criminal stealing - if you had a business you would be singing a different tune. Face it, you are just another ignorant, brainwashed fool.