discussion Walmart CEO warns company will close stores if theft doesn't slow down

[katara]

58 minutes ago, Nano said:

I heard you can get past those by wrapping the items in aluminum foil.

 

It's only what I've heard though. Never stolen anything myself other than some grapes when I was a kid.

Even then there are cameras everywhere and also other shopers and staff. I find it hard to to wrap anything in foil in those conditions 

 

BUT huge megamalls like in the US aren't that weidespread here. The supermarkets are rather small here so maybe that's why it's harder to steal. 

[Venice B]

Not them crying over 1% 

[PopKills]

3 hours ago, katara said:

Is it really that easy to steal in US stores? Here in Germany they have these long detectors by the door so it's near impossible to steal anything without the detectors going off. 

These detectors are useless unless there are actual security people standing there tho 

[katara]

2 minutes ago, Cain said:

Girl no  they only work with detectors ff

You’ve never stolen food??

I haven't actually 

 

I always thought it's super easy to get caught that's why.

 

But what about clothes at stores though? The alarm goes off everytime you get them near those detectors but most clothes also only have the barcode on them?

[harwee]

Theft is really case to case and by location. There some places where theft is rampant and you'll know you're in such area when someone is standing by the door checking receipts. Also when the grocery bags are not free.

 

There are items which are popular to thievery. They will probably start with not stocking those items or make them available online only. I don't see this being a cause to shut down stores. If they do, the store next door (usually a chain pharmacy or Target) will pick up their business.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by harwee

[Cain]

Just now, katara said:

I haven't actually 

 

I always thought it's super easy to get caught that's why.

 

But what about clothes at stores though? The alarm goes off everytime you get them near those detectors but most clothes also only have the barcode on them?

No most clothes have tags on them that will go off 

 

And no it’s super easy to steal food  (only do it from big supermarkets tho)

[katara]

3 minutes ago, PopKills said:

These detectors are useless unless there are actual security people standing there tho 

Yeah but there are cameras there. Even if you make a run they are still gonna identify and find you later 

[Cain]

1 minute ago, katara said:

Yeah but there are cameras there. Even if you make a run they are still gonna identify and find you later 

A lot of stores actually give no shits and they’re also not allowed to do anything once you’re outside of their store, it’s all on the police then  and they’re busy with other stuff

[Ms. Togekiss]

The amount of dumbass takes in here 

[katara]

2 minutes ago, Cain said:

No most clothes have tags on them that will go off 

 

And no it’s super easy to steal food  (only do it from big supermarkets tho)

Okay good to know 

 

Though it happened many times that the cashiers gave me too much change and I didn't say a thing or return it even though I knew right then and there that they gave me to much so I am not that innocent either 

[katara]

5 minutes ago, Cain said:

A lot of stores actually give no shits and they’re also not allowed to do anything once you’re outside of their store, it’s all on the police then  and they’re busy with other stuff

LOL this thread is def fueling my criminal energy . I mean I don't need it now since I have a good job but when I was a student there were def some hard times where I thought about stealing (food and clothes) but never did it coz I thought they would catch me right then and there 

[harwee]

9 minutes ago, Cain said:

A lot of stores actually give no shits and they’re also not allowed to do anything once you’re outside of their store, it’s all on the police then  and they’re busy with other stuff

 

They'll get you when you come back and steal again. Lots (maybe most) shopplifters are chronic offenders until they are caught
 

[Guest]

[Headlock]

7 hours ago, JustLikeHoney said:

Yes I brought it up. Do you need more help understanding it. 

 

I think you need help understanding it, as it directly negates your central argument 

Edited December 9, 2022 by Headlock

[JustLikeHoney]

4 minutes ago, Headlock said:

I think you need help understanding it, as it directly negates your central argument 

Gurl, bye. I already explained to you how it doesn't. Go steal, if you want. 

 

[Headlock]

4 minutes ago, JustLikeHoney said:

Gurl, bye. I already explained to you how it doesn't. Go steal, if you want. 

 

You: "People stealing will cause Walmart to raise prices and close stores, poor people will suffer."

Also you: "Poor people have access to basic necessities for free, they'll be fine."

 

[JustLikeHoney]

25 minutes ago, Headlock said:

You: "People stealing will cause Walmart to raise prices and close stores, poor people will suffer."

Also you: "Poor people have access to basic necessities for free, they'll be fine."

 

This comment is incomprehensible.

 

I'm going to be clear since you were not able to infer from my analogy what would happen to public transportation if an influx of people who could afford Toyotas but can't afford Lexuses or Lexi all the sudden didn't have Toyotas to buy. There won't be enough public transportation or there won't be enough help for basic necessities to get to everyone. 

 

Also, there isn't really enough info on your comment.

 

You could also just not understand that people are not just stealing basic necessities from Walmart. Is that what you are not understanding? 

 

Maybe you didn't understand both things? 

 

Your comments are becoming more and more vague. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Trent W]

I can’t believe society has fallen so much the last few years that theft is now acceptable

 

The owners of Walmart are rats and they can rot.

 

Theft being acceptable by a large group of people just reflects how the US is collapsing  

[Headlock]

20 minutes ago, JustLikeHoney said:

This comment is incomprehensible.

...exactly, which is my point about your mutually exclusive arguments  The self-drag 

[Headlock]

7 minutes ago, Trent W said:

Theft being acceptable by a large group of people just reflects how the US is collapsing  

And whose fault is that, could it be the "rats" owners of Walmart and everyone like them perhaps? 

[Headlock]

19 minutes ago, Juanny said:

But THEY stole their generational wealth from slaves and have continued to do so through their involvement in the prison industrial complex by outsourcing inmates for labour and providing political funding to candidates who preserve that status quo. Don’t you SPEAK on stealing when you’re talking about wal mart and educate yourself before you babble on about how stealing is wrong when discussing one of the most ****** and exploitative companies capitalism has to offer, right down to firing workers for trying to unionize for better working conditions and the way up to wealth hoarding. People like you would rather distill morality to quick little statements like ‘stealing is wrong PERIOD’ without ever considering the conditions and nuances of stealing and the human toil it arises from. If you are living in a first world country the existence of your society is built upon the plundering and murder of sovereign nations, indigenous, and black slavery. So the entire concept of the society and exchange of goods you purport to defend is built upon the concept of ‘stealing’.
 

So don’t speak on stealing if you know nothing of the conditions that drive it and especially to defend multi billion dollar corporations. Stealing from bIPOC owned small businesses? Wrong. Stealing from people who have next to nothing? Wrong. Stealing personal property? Wrong. Stealing items that mostly would become expired or spoiled stock anyway from a multi billion dollar corporation which the beneficiaries have so much money they likely don’t know what to do with all that wealth? You must think about that one again

This evisceration, get the the boot lickers sis 

[JustLikeHoney]

10 minutes ago, Headlock said:

...exactly, which is my point about your mutually exclusive arguments  The self-drag 

You really make less and less sense. At least other people on here have a view point. It's different than mine,and that's fine. But you are just vague bandwagoning your comments at this point. 

 

Bye. 

 

[Guest]

40 minutes ago, Juanny said:

But THEY stole their generational wealth from slaves and have continued to do so through their involvement in the prison industrial complex by outsourcing inmates for labour and providing political funding to candidates who preserve that status quo. Don’t you SPEAK on stealing when you’re talking about wal mart and educate yourself before you babble on about how stealing is wrong when discussing one of the most ****** and exploitative companies capitalism has to offer, right down to firing workers for trying to unionize for better working conditions and the way up to wealth hoarding. People like you would rather distill morality to quick little statements like ‘stealing is wrong PERIOD’ without ever considering the conditions and nuances of stealing and the human toil it arises from. If you are living in a first world country the existence of your society is built upon the plundering and murder of sovereign nations, indigenous, and black slavery. So the entire concept of the society and exchange of goods you purport to defend is built upon the concept of ‘stealing’.
 

So don’t speak on stealing if you know nothing of the conditions that drive it and especially to defend multi billion dollar corporations. Stealing from bIPOC owned small businesses? Wrong. Stealing from people who have next to nothing? Wrong. Stealing personal property? Wrong. Stealing items that mostly would become expired or spoiled stock anyway from a multi billion dollar corporation which the beneficiaries have so much money they likely don’t know what to do with all that wealth? You must think about that one again

A SKULLdragging! 

Spoiler

Also check your pm  

 

[Headlock]

2 hours ago, JustLikeHoney said:

You really make less and less sense. At least other people on here have a view point. It's different than mine,and that's fine. But you are just vague bandwagoning your comments at this point. 

 

Bye. 

 

I’m literally quoting your words, and the fact that you say they make no sense is exactly my point. The way you keep reading yourself 

 

[Trent W]

3 hours ago, Headlock said:

And whose fault is that, could it be the "rats" owners of Walmart and everyone like them perhaps? 

That was actually what I meant

 

Capitalism mixed with corruption in the US has been abused so much that we got to this point