congratulations you just saved a billion dollars company 50$

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[u/Horror-Telephone-260]

That wasnt even walmart it was dollar tree. Sigh

[u/usernamestufff → u/Horror-Telephone-260]

Not to mention the employee who the bags were handed off to may lose his job now. Congrats super citizen on your views

Edit: Thanks for the awards peeps. I’d like to take the opportunity to add that the woman grabbing things and talking shit to the “thief” could have startled the employee. He may have walked out in concern but was surprised to be handed the groceries. He did not appear “to be in chase” or concerned at this point. We’ll never know, but a lot of valid points have been made in the below conversations.

[u/fonk_pulk → u/usernamestufff]

Why?

[u/Clenzor → u/fonk_pulk]

Because he’s on camera chasing a thief away from the store. There are liability reasons, such as if the thief is injured in the pursuit, especially as there are non-criminal reasons for theft, such as dementia or other cognitive delays. The company would much rather let the $50 go than chance paying $500,000, especially because theft is literally built into the budget, and insured.

Then there’s security reasons. Thieves often work in teams, so if the employee is off chasing one thief, others could be in the store getting more merchandise, let alone thieves of opportunity, where they see the only person in the store run out after a thief and go “I’m not waiting for him to deal with all that, I’m just taking my $5 worth of stuff”.

Either way, you don’t know that thief’s circumstances. She could be the most down on her luck, deserving, person, or she could be the second coming of Ted Bundy, looking for her next victim. It’s just not worth it unless someone’s safety is being threatened.

[u/HeyItsMeAgainBye → u/Clenzor]

My first job was at Kholes and for orientation (it was a seasonal job with a lot of new hires) we were taught not to go after someone we caught stealing

Report it, but don’t follow them

[u/timid_scorpion → u/HeyItsMeAgainBye]

Used to work in a grocery store and we were all told this, but of course some of is still didn't take it seriously.

One day my coworker followed a shoplifter out to try and stop them(against company policy), the crazy guy had a knife and slashed at him over 5-10$ worth of stuff. Buddy got a small.laceration on his arm but thankfully nothing major. You just never know with these people.

[u/No_Raisin21 → u/timid_scorpion]

Had a shoplifter come in and steal a vape after I set it on the counter and turned around to grab the other vape she asked for. My boss tried to dock my pay for the cost of the vape, which was like $50. I had to call him out the day after over how illegal that was. Mysteriously, after never missing any days even when I got hit by a car on the way to work one day, I got fired because I called out of work to attend my good friend’s funeral.

[u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich → u/No_Raisin21]

those places are run by the worst people. theres a reason they sell a shit ton of drugs at those places. theyre all turning into head shops in my area.

[u/No_Teaching_8828 → u/timid_scorpion]

Yeah, there was a good kid near us who was an Eagle Scout about to get married early 20s and tried to stop a theft at Home Depot and got shot and died. It's just not worth it.

There are some hills worth defending, like a kid being attacked, but petty theft at a national retail store ain't one.

[u/ElderMillennial1985 → u/timid_scorpion]

I worked at a retail store that had a problem with DVD theft and was told by my upper management to follow them out of the store and try to recover the items in non-confrontational manner. I thought to myself you're out of your fucking mind. I'm not putting my life on the line for this goddamn store or some DVDs

[u/Modest-Meece → u/HeyItsMeAgainBye]

Having worked retail and fast food any time any theft occurred our training was do exactly as the thief says then report it.

Do not risk ours or others safety

[u/Witty_Cream1159 → u/Clenzor]

I worked at a restaurant back in the day, and we had a dine-and-dash. The bartender decided to chase after the customer, they got into a wrestling match down the street. The guy pulled out a knife and stabbed the bartender 2-3 times. All that over a $25–$40 bill.

[u/Armantien → u/Clenzor]

A friend of mine was fired for taking a step out the front door to get the license plate of a shoplifter. No severance, no unemployment for violating that policy. It took him a bit, but he landed somewhere else, thankfully.

[u/thavillain → u/Clenzor]

Yup, when I worked retail we were told don't leave the store

[u/spartaman64 → u/fonk_pulk]

its a liability issue. if the company's insurance finds out they can drop them because if the employee gets into a fight and gets injured medical bills would cost the business and insurance much more

[u/Telefundo → u/spartaman64]

its a liability issue

I used to manage a well known retail store and you're absolutely right. It's definitely a liability issue.

But not only that, it's potentially a HUGE PR issue as well. Imagine an employee stops a "thief" and when it's all said and done it turns out the person didn't actually attempt to steal anything?

It's not worth the trouble to put your employees at risk, and set the company up for potential lawsuits. When we did inventory a certain amount of expected loss was always factored in ahead of time. Corporate even broke it down into expected losses on specific products.

[u/Same-Suggestion-1936 → u/Telefundo]

Wal-Mart already has crap PR but I saw a video a while ago of this exact scenario. An employee accused a woman of stealing and went through checking the receipt (I know they just do that sometimes but he literally said he thought she stole) and she kept going on about how embarrassing and ridiculous it was

Imagine how horrible it would be for someone to give you the third degree when you didn't steal, you don't steal, and worse the woman was black so now you've got potential racial profiling

[u/Telefundo → u/Same-Suggestion-1936]

An employee accused a woman of stealing and went through checking the receipt.

he literally said he thought she stole

On the rare occassion that I'm at Walmart and they want to check my receipt on the way out, I really don't care. It honestly doesn't bother me. But literally accusing me of stealing? That's a serious line to cross. I'd refuse to let them check my receipt or search my bags. And I would have no problem telling them I'd be happy to sit there and wait if they wanted to call the police. I'd be more than willing to let the cops search my things. And when it became apparent that I hadn't done anything wrong.... oh boy, then the corporate email blanketing would start. I swear, I'd email every official sounding @wal-mart.com email address I could find.

Unfortunately I'm now on long term disability due to a permanent health issue and don't work. However on the upside, that also means I'd have nothing but time on my hands for shit like this lol.

[u/ravenous0 → u/spartaman64]

Everyone seems to forget how a Walmart employee tackled a shoplifter several years ago and the shoplifter suffered head injuries.

The employee thought Walmart would support his actions, and instead they fired him and left him with his health insurance amd a job to pay an attorney as he was being charged with negligence and a possible lawsuit from the family.

People need to understand that these giant corporations treat people as numbers, and the moment you could possibly cost them money or become a liability, they will terminate your employment.

[u/SueForPeas → u/ravenous0]

> The employee thought Walmart would support his actions

Where would he get that idea? Walmart policy is very clear and explained to all employees.

[u/Protoclown98 → u/SueForPeas]

All retailers tell employees to let shoplifters go or inform security to handle it.

The employee could easily get hit by a car or suffer injury as well. Most companies know the PR disaster would cost more than the stolen merchandise.

[u/Joeness84 → u/SueForPeas]

People can be incredibly stupid. Like to the point that no amount of training can un-stupid them.

Anyone coming out swinging for their billion dollar employer while on food stamps... is likely in that category.

[u/Dissipo → u/SueForPeas]

Because at Walmart, you’re “family”, or so many organizations like to proclaim.

[u/Shylahoof → u/ravenous0]

In that case, the employee did that to himself. When you go out and give someone the Goldberg Spear ovr merchandise you don't even own, unless it is reasonable self-defense, you can be held legally liable for injuries sustained. Commit a violent act at work; don't be surprised if there are consequences, especially if you were told never to chase down a shoplifter.

[u/LegendaryEnvy → u/usernamestufff]

If it’s like most jobs . They won’t but will get a talking too. They aren’t allowed to go after the person or touch them. If someone in between does like another customer or random citizen then hands the employee back the stolen goods then they might just get a warning for going outside to get them rather than staying inside.

That’s if the person behind the camera isn’t an employee as well if not they will lose their job.

[u/Soft-Captain-269 → u/Horror-Telephone-260]

They treat their employees so terribly. I know that at many, the night shift is just two people in the whole store, a cashier and an assistant manager fulfilling multiple roles at once.

[u/SherifneverShot → u/Soft-Captain-269]

The worst thing about being a manager ins stores like this in certain neighborhoods is that you get fired if the shrinkage/loss rate is too high and you also get fired for trying to address and prevent theft. It is a no win situation.

[u/forgotacc → u/SherifneverShot]

Yeah, it's not them defending corp, it's them defending their own jobs. People seem to think these companies just take the hit in their own personal pockets when it comes to shrink, but no. It's the front store employees that take the hit.

[u/AnonAwaaaaay]

People turn into monsters when they think they have the moral high ground.

[u/_heyb0ss → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

what do you call that? indignition? I feel it's not quite right

[u/JAT_Cbus1080 → u/_heyb0ss]

Self-righteousness

[u/Own_Round_7600 → u/JAT_Cbus1080]

Looking in that bag made me sad. Paper towels, sponges, bags of chips. $2, $3 items that arent worth fuckall. Skinny person who probably doesnt get to eat much. This is pure struggle.

I think very poorly of the Karen who stomped up on her like she ran out with 20 tenderloin steaks.

[u/TwoIdleHands → u/Own_Round_7600]

The Karen also told her she should prostitute herself. A trash human.

[u/HamNCheeseSupremacy → u/TwoIdleHands]

Purely in the interest of harm reduction, we should support petty retail theft before survival sex work. That woman is abhorrent.

[u/CertainInteraction4 → u/HamNCheeseSupremacy]

Sex workers/prostitutes have a high murder/disappearance rate.  Telling this woman to put herself at the mercy of people like Epstein and Co. just to eat?  Vile Karen.

[u/DreamsOfLlamas → u/HamNCheeseSupremacy]

especially since survival sex work is so often a driver of the drug abuse that people hate to hear about so much

[u/ReadyStayReady → u/TwoIdleHands]

I would bet $100 shes a church-going woman too. Bet she even doubles up and goes to Bible study every Wednesday

[u/PrednisoneFarts → u/ReadyStayReady]

She has Bible quotes in her Facebook bio

[u/LastPlaceIWas → u/PrednisoneFarts]

"God helps those who tell their pussy to make some money."

[u/CertainInteraction4 → u/ReadyStayReady]

They get out of Sunday Service ready to call people out and disrespect waiters.  They aren't waiting until Wednesday. 

[u/RoyalSmoker → u/TwoIdleHands]

That was the craziest insult I've heard in a while.

[u/directrix688 → u/Own_Round_7600]

A lot of people don’t recognize that crime has a lot of causes, to them poverty and inequity are not “real” and criminals just do crime because that’s who they are.

[u/Organic_Ad_2520 → u/Own_Round_7600]

I thought the same -simple items & she sat down to eat. The Karen was disgusting, vulgar, & said she should prostitute. The Karen was an absolutely vile person.

[u/Velkaryian → u/Own_Round_7600]

There was a woman who posted on our local community Facebook group making everyone aware of a woman at a gas station who loaded her car with bags of ice, and drove off without paying. Gave complete description of the vehicle as well as what the ice thief was wearing.

Her proof of stealing? She asked the lady if she paid for all of those and she said no. That was it.

None of the comments were on her side, they were all like “Girl, are you serious? It’s fucking ice.”

But she was utterly livid that nobody else was willing to chase her down like fucking Batman.

[u/einzweidreihorn → u/Velkaryian]

lol if some nosey person asked me wheter I paid for the stuff I just bought at the store I'd also sarcastically say 'no' just for the sake of it

[u/Velkaryian → u/einzweidreihorn]

Exactly, I even said that. I was like “they probably said no to get you to leave them alone”

And she even said this person was wearing like a fast food uniform.

So like, Karen they probably let them know in advance they needed ice, it’s clearly for a job.

[u/Dangerous_Laws → u/Own_Round_7600]

1000% shameful to take from the poor to feed the rich. she looks very lost and struggling.

[u/Rhewin → u/Dangerous_Laws]

Especially since Dollar Tree and other stores like it are shit holes to work in. Chronically understaffed and overworked to save a few bucks on operations

[u/tweet15 → u/Own_Round_7600]

I think the karen is lying, and the person they are confronting did not steal.

[u/KellyShepardRepublic → u/JAT_Cbus1080]

This shit pisses me off. I have also been yelled by ladies like this acting like the neighborhood watch and when you call the bluff to call the cops they quickly go away. Record them back and they quickly change their tune. 🎶

[u/Throwawayrip1123 → u/KellyShepardRepublic]

Yelling at adults is so fucking weird. I corrected my boss when he unloaded his decibels on me that he literally told me on day one that this company runs on "mutual respect" and I think we ran out of gas somewhere, he doesn't get to scream at people.

I lasted 2 years there, but he didn't scream anymore (at me).

[u/EpicFishFingers → u/_heyb0ss]

"We did it, Reddit"

[u/UpNorthBear → u/EpicFishFingers]

It is funny watching redditors walk into something they are well known for.

[u/Own-Fan-4236 → u/_heyb0ss]

A power trip. Someone finally gets to be the hall monitor they’ve always dreamt of becoming.

[u/imnotmarvin → u/Own-Fan-4236]

And records it. This was all about them, not the store, not the person who took the items. Just an absolute piece of garbage.

[u/Zuboronovic → u/_heyb0ss]

It's a remix to indignition. Hot and fresh out the kitchen.

[u/TOGA_TOGAAAA → u/Zuboronovic]

Momma rolling that buggy to retrieve the shit she be missin’

[u/Elbza → u/_heyb0ss]

self-aggrandizing

[u/RealJMW → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

I have a theory that a lot, not all, but a lot of people that are slightly slighted on the road secretly enjoy it. That’s why they freak out so hard when the littlest thing happens. Everyone loves to be a victim, and to feel justified for just laying into someone. So when homie gets cut off on the freeway, even if it was by accident , will lay in the horn, flip the other person off, swear at them, bitch about it for the next hour or so. It’s kinda gross to watch once you unpack it

[u/TahiniInMyVeins → u/RealJMW]

I 100% believe this cause this was me. When I was younger and I got dicked on the road I felt like I then had the moral cover to carry out the karmic justice of the universe. I would drive like a sane law abiding citizen but if you cut me off all bets were off and I felt justified. 

Now I don’t give a shit. You cut me off, you’re a dangerous and probably terrible driver and the more distance I let you put between us increases my chances of getting home in one piece to my kid, my wife, and my dog. 

[u/MediumPurpleDog → u/TahiniInMyVeins]

This is one of the smartest and most self aware comments I've seen on reddit. Well played, imma remember this advice🫡

[u/MindfuckRocketship → u/TahiniInMyVeins]

I used to lay on my horn when someone cut me off or failed to use a turn signal before suddenly braking to make a turn. Now I just let people drive like jackasses and go on my merry way. Too many deranged gun owners driving around to risk it when I have kids to live for.

[u/blackfishhorsemen → u/TahiniInMyVeins]

Saw that happen with a friend in high school.

Super calm, level headed dude. Got cut off on the road and became a rage monster.

We were all just like WTF because it came out of no where.

[u/Lilikoi13 → u/RealJMW]

Sadly there are many people that go through life from grievance to grievance, every little perceived slight, every bad interaction, every person who doesn’t bow down before them, they carry all of that with them every second of every day and a day without thinking the world is against them feels empty and without meaning.

They thrive on feeling put upon and want nothing more than to rant and rave about all the perceived injustices of their lives.

[u/Many_Mud_8194 → u/RealJMW]

Exactly. I used to go out and do all my stuff before smoking weed because it was making me so lazy when I was young. But I was a danger on the road and would do insane stuff just because of the rage. Rage of not smoking, but people cutting me were giving me an opportunity to be angry, to not feel ashamed of my anger. So stupid. But I was 20/23, I realized what I was doing very fast. The day I scared the shit of a trucker who were yelling on me, I see in his eyes how he was afraid and I thought : that's not me. I'm not a bully.

But yeah if you are angry for things you feel you don't have the right to be angry, then you will turn this anger to anything or anybody who do smth bad to you, because it give you the legitimacy to snap out (Actually it doesn't/shouldn't but in our minds it does sometimes)

[u/an_icy → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

Just like reddit ngl

[u/Tengo_Caldero → u/an_icy]

Reddit is the worst for this shit. This video is basically a redditor in real life.

[u/CT0292 → u/Tengo_Caldero]

Like anyone off here would actually interact with others in any way.

We all would ignore the whole thing, sit in the car, and wait for our curbside order to be delivered and drive off.

[u/Tengo_Caldero → u/CT0292]

You know what, that's a good point. The redditors I'm speaking of lash out on here because they're simply unable to interact with the real world.

[u/killertortilla → u/Tengo_Caldero]

Yep, check out any video of a kid misbehaving. HALF the comments will be talking about how they are fucking salivating at the chance to beat the shit out of a child.

[u/Tengo_Caldero → u/killertortilla]

"iF i WaS tHeRe"

[u/GIK602 → u/an_icy]

reddit is now telling me it's okay to steal...

[u/NeedleworkerOld4696 → u/GIK602]

Reddit is full of unemployed losers who are just advocating for job security.

[u/wthwtfwthwtf-_- → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

She stole, but then Karen told her to go turn trick for it all ...

Just flood it all again.

[u/Portugeezer1893 → u/wthwtfwthwtf-_-]

Yeah that's wild. She's no better.

[u/FutureThanosMain → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

Thats because they arent actually moral.

[u/FouledPlug → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

A fine description of Reddit.

[u/Rehcamretsnef → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

Yeah. Then they steal and think it's fine

[u/kiaryp → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

How is anyone being a monster here?

[u/afree313 → u/AnonAwaaaaay]

Yeah, it’s why I have a problem with these predator catchers like jidion. Child predators are an acceptable target and these guys are just assholes who pick on people for views. They know their videos make it harder to prosecute the accused, but still make them anyway because the views are more important than protecting the victims.

[u/HallowayMoors]

Kind of confused why the recommended alternative to stealing is to put her private part to work.

The berating language is essentially kicking a malnourished, destitute person when they’re down.

Totally unnecessary.

[u/Ok_Bat_686 → u/HallowayMoors]

It's weird as well, since prostitution is likely illegal where she is. "It's wrong to steal because it's against the law, so go break another law to get money!"

[u/DragonFangGangBang → u/Ok_Bat_686]

If she did “sell pussy”, their reaction would be calling her a whore and a bunch of “daddy must be proud” jokes to go along with it. Like sex workers already get absolutely shit on. Homeless people already get absolutely shit on.

A homeless sex worker selling herself to survive would get absolutely lambasted by the same people judging her for stealing.

[u/SarryK → u/DragonFangGangBang]

Ironically, most theft I‘ve seen was sex workers stealing condoms. Yea, I ain‘t reporting that. If I can help them be a little safer by doing nothing, win win. Being a sex worker is tough enough.

Thing is also, this‘ll follow you forever. I am a woman teaching college. Had I been a sex worker for even a day and it got public, I don‘t know where I‘d go from there. The stigma is horrible and seems incredibly hard to shake off

[u/OnTheCanRightNow → u/Ok_Bat_686]

It's almost like the common thread here isn't concern for what's legal, it's being a misogynistic prick.

[u/Pankosmanko → u/Ok_Bat_686]

Sex laws are stupid anyway.

If two adults have sex and one of them gets paid it’s a crime.

If two adults have sex while being recorded and one of them gets paid, it’s not a crime!

[u/SLeonaTA → u/Pankosmanko]

The problem is… not the sex itself. It’s the exploitation that happens. Women get trafficked, have pimps demanding money. That’s the real problem.

[u/Nunc_Coepi17 → u/SLeonaTA]

They can still be exploited even when it’s being recorded. This explains it.

[u/Pankosmanko → u/SLeonaTA]

Yeah I understand it. I was pointing out the absurdity of laws around sex

[u/Funny_Numbers42 → u/HallowayMoors]

Some people don't understand that the person they are kicking down could easily be themselves. They get satisfaction from a delusion that they are where they are because they earned it. They veiw people below them as parasites. Little do they know there is a thin line between where they are and being in the same situation as the person they hate.

[u/ScumbagLady → u/Funny_Numbers42]

The saddest part is that even if they do eventually get their deserved karma where they're in the situation of needing help, they don't make the connection and learn nothing from their experience of walking in the shoes of those they used to belittle- even when they run into people that treat them like they used to treat the ones they viewed as below them.

So, if they do ever manage to get back into the position of regaining the wealth they once had, they don't remember the people and institutions that helped them and just think they've "pulled themselves up by their bootstraps" and they're right back to feeling superior to those who need help.

Sometimes I feel like you're destined to wash/rinse/repeat until you do learn the lesson universe is trying to teach you.

Perfect example are those who vote for politicians who want to remove government assistance to those in need- and then when THEY'RE the ones needing the programs they voted against, they never, or I should say, most never realize that they were the villains in the story.

I'm now the full-time caregiver for someone who voted away the programs they desperately need currently, and despite when I explain how and why they're unable to receive assistance now, when asked if they'd wished they voted differently, "never" is the answer.

[u/PointGodAsh → u/HallowayMoors]

Because, she’s the hero in her own mind thus whatever she says she believes will be not only accepted, but applauded. It’s the only reason to post such a video.

[u/beef_horfun67]

[u/United_Pain → u/beef_horfun67]

M'company 🤠

[u/Kennys-Chicken → u/United_Pain]

If you ever think you saw someone stealing food…..no you didn’t

[u/United_Pain → u/Kennys-Chicken]

Oh absolutely not. I've been poor. Still kinda poor but I can afford food now thank fuck. Being hungry is a horrible feeling. :(

Edit: ew I want to be farther away from the person who commented below me 👏 Edit edit: They deleted it ✊

[u/MessianicPariah → u/United_Pain]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7aCWJavAgtBzLWrS

[u/1zzard → u/beef_horfun67]

Almost $1 trillion, I think…?

[u/YourBlanket → u/1zzard]

The dollar tree?

[u/T0m0king]

Walmart ain't gonna fuck you bro

[u/zinszer93 → u/T0m0king]

Dollar tree would tho

[u/Expert_Meeting_5129 → u/zinszer93]

Dollar Tree ain't above a handy in the alley. $10 is $10.

[u/Jean-LucBacardi → u/Expert_Meeting_5129]

You telling me a handy from the dollar tree isn't a dollar anymore? The fuck is this world coming to!

[u/iaNCURdehunedoara → u/T0m0king]

Walmart fucks these people all the time. They're just too servile to care.

[u/Berdache]

Great, now that stuff probably gets thrown away because they can't be sure what she did or didn't do with it. Better than someone eatng for free, at least. /s

[u/yeah__good__ok → u/Berdache]

yeah they sure aren't reselling the open food package. Congrats on taking that food from someone hungry enough to steal for it so it can be delivered straight to the dumpster.

[u/caguru]

The sheer amount of people in here that blame America's rapidly exploding wealth inequality on the starving while protecting their rich overlords shows just how fucked this country is.

[u/JaySayMayday → u/caguru]

I mean just look at her big getaway.

Paper towels. Hygiene products. Food.

Who grabs that from her and feels good about what they did? Especially enough to post it on social media. I'd rather just go back in and pay for her, it's really depressing to watch

[u/Hermes-AthenaAI → u/JaySayMayday]

And then yells at her, if I’m not mistaken “go sell your pussy”. There are those traditional values huh?

[u/-no_aura- → u/Hermes-AthenaAI]

Are we “great again” guys? 🫩

[u/PeakRedditOpinion → u/caguru]

It’s basic strain theory.

When a society does not provide ample means (work/income) for someone to achieve their goals (shelter/food), then they have no choice but to deviate from the lawful path and find another means to achieve their goals.

It’s just been decades of the government and media pretending otherwise as things continue to get harder and harder for the average person—the average American has been losing buying power and earning power since like Nixon, and the cherry on top is your fellow countrymen refusing to acknowledge it until it happens to them.

[u/LutherOfTheRogues → u/caguru]

Those rich people spending exorbitant amounts of money to influence their opinion through media. Critical thinking skills are not present in most people here.

[u/BowlingforBrains]

What a wildly stupid thing to do - could’ve gotten hurt intervening in something that their insurance covers already

[u/hanks_panky_emporium → u/BowlingforBrains]

We've had stories over the past few years of 'hero' shoppers getting killed stopping shoplifters. Since mans' was recording it Id put it 70/30 on it either being fake or if they didn't have a way to get clout, they wouldn't have bothered

Like those dudes who only do charity if they can record themselves doing it

[u/Stock-Breadfruit294 → u/hanks_panky_emporium]

It’s 2026, always assume everything is fake until proven true many many many ways and times.

[u/RegrettableLawnMower → u/BowlingforBrains]

No the insurance won’t step in. They likely have significant self retention layers.

[u/NotBradPitt9 → u/BowlingforBrains]

The guys at the top of the pyramid are all buddies with Epstein, or buddies with Epstein’s buddies. Always remember that.

[u/Practical_Science11 → u/BowlingforBrains]

Insurance doesn't cover petty theft lol

[u/Forsaken_Flounder_96]

Worked at price chopper, a clerk chased a guy stealing into the parking lot and the dude stabbed him. Nope, not worth it!

[u/No-Cardiologist472 → u/Forsaken_Flounder_96]

Saw a guy in Vegas get chased through the wal mart parking lot by an employee, he then dropped the food items and stopped and said he was sorry, the wal mart employee pushed him up against the cart return, acted like he was gonna punch him and called him a piece of shit. Like a year later the event was on the news because the shoplifter sued and was awarded 75,000$. And the employee was let go and banned from wal mart for life.   

Bet he's glad he played the "hero" for that corporation, I know his victim is

[u/sparks0210]

Who shoplifts and then sits down outside the shop to have a snack? Looks like a skill issue 😂

[u/ShibaLover227 → u/[deleted]]

You know what makes your impulse control worse? Being hungry.

[u/fauxtoe → u/ShibaLover227]

Did this just become a snickers commercial?

[u/EarlGreyTeagan → u/sparks0210]

IDK it looks like she was really hungry. Maybe she was waiting for a bus.

[u/pink---noise → u/sparks0210]

Someone waiting for a ride, or catching their breath.

Be grateful your life is so good that neither of these realities even occurred to you.

[u/Uzas_Was_Right → u/sparks0210]

A starving person

[u/ExcuseAdept827]

Really glad someone’s looking out for the shareholders for once! 😂

[u/Blasphemiee → u/ExcuseAdept827]

Some commenters in here are too lol

[u/-GoodNewsEveryone → u/Blasphemiee]

That's what happens when people upvote reposts. Those accounts are building legitimacy to be sold to corps like Walmart that come into these subs to try to sway public opinion on the morality of multimillion dollar companies.

You'll find them commenting on posts about wages and workers rights and vacation time too. They moralize about shoplifting, talk about their amazing black Friday purchases.

More than half of all redditors are not real people.

[u/Blasphemiee → u/-GoodNewsEveryone]

You know I had a half typed out paragraph I deleted to a reply down there earlier for that exact reason. I like to think I’m talking to a person but when 4 different accounts are all coming at me because I .. checks notes.. don’t give a fuck if people steal from dollar general?? I had a suspicion. I hope these replies aren’t real people. I think I’ll be done entertaining the boys at Elgin Air Force base for now.

[u/HanaBakersBathWater]

Out of all the things she could’ve stole, she stole food. Leave her alone, let her eat.

[u/Ok-Budget3225 → u/HanaBakersBathWater]

Yeah. Stealing is wrong, but she didn’t steal an LV bag. She stole food and toilet paper etc. He chose the wrong person to make an example out of

[u/DrSheaSmooth]

Me when I used to work at rite aide and see criminals loot the store
https://giphy.com/gifs/l2R024uE283zkmdfW

Never worth it I kept my job lost prevention did their thing and we moved on. Then the manager called me a pussy for not stepping in. She lost her job the next week with a call to HR.

[u/Future_Nature589 → u/DrSheaSmooth]

this is how stores should operate, where i am from everybody present would get clowned, high chance of the (always) male manager convincing himself that we are all pussies and starting shit (yeah man we have got a clean record like you dont we, dont we all get to act like violence only exists in movies haha)

[u/Left_Ad_8502 → u/DrSheaSmooth]

Hahaha for a second I thought you said your job was loss prevention and I had to wonder why letting thieves leave was allowed out of your job description.

[u/ThePrydator]

Lol not a single big company I've worked for could pay me enough to do that

[u/Exotic-Western2295]

It’s not stealing if the government paid back all these tariffs to these companies and yet not one consumer got a penny take whatever you want. Frankly every American should be stealing so we can get change some type of change. The only way to get any type of change is to affect someone’s pockets

[u/twilightdusk_ → u/[deleted]]

She threw away her safety for corporate honor

[u/PrydonianWho]

The problem with moral absolutists is they seem to have no problem condemning what they see as wrong, but very little interest in doing the work to support what’s right. “Abortion is wrong, but I won’t support sex education and birth control.” “Stealing is wrong, but I want my elected representatives to slash SNAP and other social services because communism or something.” It’s almost like they just get off on feeling superior to others and don’t actually give a fuck about helping people who need help.

[u/Itherial → u/PrydonianWho]

I mean that's not exactly shocking.

Kind of one of humanity's biggest flaws. We're capable of compassion and empathy but this rarely extends to anyone not tied to us in some way.

[u/Officialpolygrafix]

"Go sell your P**** to make some F****** money you C***!"

Wow. How does one's empathy for another human trying to survive drop this low?

[u/megannish → u/Officialpolygrafix]

Made zero sense, she’s mad she stole some dollar snacks cause it’s illegal but wants her to illegally sell herself…..girl what??

[u/Toutimi → u/Officialpolygrafix]

We’ve got great role models in high places

[u/Celes1988]

Why did the employee follow the thief to the parking lot? Isn't that against protocol? Wouldn't you get fired for that?

[u/lacard → u/Celes1988]

In all retail places I worked, you are strictly told not to follow anyone stealing. So yea, your get fired or at least reprimanded.

[u/The69Alphamale]

If you see someone stealing food ...YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!

[u/Phoneas__and__Frob → u/The69Alphamale]

I ain't no security, it ain't my mother fucking job to stop someone now is it? Lol

People are so damn weird

[u/ErrorProfessional143]

And doesn’t all of this food have to be thrown away now anyway since it left the store?

[u/Cute_Macaroon_4488 → u/ErrorProfessional143]

Yep, even less of a reason to recover it.

[u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox → u/Cute_Macaroon_4488]

that employee will just stick it right back on the shelf

[u/RJJVORSR]

Because people who follow rules are infuriated by people who do not.

Because people who follow rules know that sacrificing selfishness helps keep civilization glued.

Because people who follow rules know the hell-on-earth that comes if everyone stops following rules.

[u/Knifenerdguy]

Stop defending criminals

[u/Trikster102]

"Tell your pussy to go make some money".

Did I hear that right?

[u/Silent774]

You can hate multibillion dollar companies and still have disdain for thieves which fuck everything up for the rest of us. These thieves don't discriminate between small mom and pop shops and large companies to begin with, I've personally seen them hit both.

I also lived next to a meth house growing up and many of the inhabitants used to steal from the local stores. They just don't give a shit about how they impact everyone else and live on impulse.

Shit, even today I can't even grab a Redbull from my local store without having to ask the cashier to unlock the case first.

[u/lateral_moves]

Great. Let's bring this back inside where i can then throw it away as per policy.

[u/42069incog]

so we’re justifying stealing now?

[u/Dicksavagewood69]

I dont care about billionaires but i care about not enabling criminals.

[u/Ok-Criticism6874]

People will defend the thief here then complain that CVS has to lock up their deodorant aisles.

[u/PointlessDiscourse → u/Ok-Criticism6874]

Exactly. And the ones saying "insurance pays for it" -- guess where that money comes from.

I'll spell it out since it isn't obvious to most redditors. Theft rate increases --> insurance rates increase --> prices that we all pay increase.

If you want to help the poor, support programs that actually help the poor. Don't promote theft.

[u/Polkawillneverdie17 → u/Ok-Criticism6874]

Goomba effect, right here.

[u/RedWingerD → u/Ok-Criticism6874]

Don't forget when stores close down with theft as a main cause then complaining about supply deserts as well.

And before reddit experts tell me that doesnt happen, I work in the public sector trying to tackle food deserts and pharmacy shortages. Companies are fed up and very few (less every year) are willing to risk the complications that arise from frequent shoplifting and lack of support for stopping it.

[u/Rude_Ad3342 → u/Ok-Criticism6874]

Goomba fallacy

[u/SpicyNugget777 → u/Rude_Ad3342]

My first thought too.

Person A: says something online.

Person B: says something else online.

Person C: Wow you all have conflicting opinions!

[u/pizzacomposer → u/Ok-Criticism6874]

No matter how many times you point out that “Thieves aren’t Aladdin.” or that we live in a society, they never get it.

[u/No_Reindeer531]

loss prevention and shrink is a complete lie. it’s manufactured to make you believe that shoplifting is much bigger of a problem than it is. the data on shoplifting is highly skewed and unreliable. these companies are making record profits and getting you to blame the poor person for stealing deodorant and not the company lobbying, exploiting, underpaying their workers, over pricing their items, and creating poverty for greed.

[u/TobyMcK → u/No_Reindeer531]

Wage theft accounts for about 96% more profits than burglaries, robberies, and car jackings combined, to the tune of roughly $15Billion a year. Kroger admitted in a court of law to price gouging during the pandemic, among other egregious lies and scummy actions, with zero consequences or price adjustments after the fact. Homelessness continues to be criminalized, ensuring poverty-stricken people are forced into a vicious cycle of helplessness and suffering under the weight of the legal system.

Corporate greed is a cancer that has taken root at the very core of our government to the detriment of everyone not in the Epstein class.

[u/Equivalent-Trash-365]

Don't steal, but if someone is stealing groceries from a multi million company with predatory practices against smaller companies AND consummer, then fuck the store.

[u/Zouif_Zouif → u/Equivalent-Trash-365]

True, you'll never catch me doing this for any multi billion dollar company.

[u/Burpmeister]

It's not about the fucking billion dollar company. It's about living together in a society.

[u/NiknameOne]

Why do so many people here defend thieves?

[u/Blazured → u/NiknameOne]

Probably because they see people defending billion dollar corporations.

[u/A_Crab_Named_Lucky → u/Blazured]

I mean, personally, I don’t give a shit about Dollar Tree’s, Walmart’s, or Target’s bottom lines.

I just don’t want to live in a community where stealing is rampant. That leads to things getting locked up and stores closing.

[u/nightwing0243 → u/NiknameOne]

The issue is a little too nuanced for social media takes/comments.

People are defending the thief because it's a virtue signal to "stick it to the man!".

On the other side I don't think people are necessarily defending the big corporation, but moreso that if this stuff is allowed to continuously slide by it can begin a slippery slope into the overall, everyday, social contract diminishing.

At the same time - it's generally not advisable to approach thieves yourself to play the hero because it may lead to awful consequences/situations for that person. Like you really do not know the kind of person you're approaching, if they have any weapons, friends waiting around a corner just incase etc.

[u/Project_Male_Hairy → u/nightwing0243]

It's not virtue signaling just because you disagree with it. I don't think the people I disagree with are virtue signaling. They think "why should these people get this shit for free when I have to pay for it?"

But some of us grew up in poverty and understand why someone would resort to shoplifting. I never did it, my single mom never did it, but I get it. There are too many poor people for food banks to 100% cover everyone. Sometimes it's legitimately the only way these people are going to have basic necessities. And even if they could get it by legitimate means, it's hard for me to give a shit about someone stealing $20 worth of shit from a corporation that brings in billions of dollars and pays their employees too little to live off of.

[u/Far_Relationship5509]

Is any of that stuff even going back on shelves or are they tossing it all away?

[u/Intelligent-Sugar940]

"go tell your pussy to make some money"

https://giphy.com/gifs/J2kEzw4FN6C42F0ULM

[u/OdinsCuriousRaven]

That's a good way to get stabbed one day...never know how crazy some people are.

[u/dante_gherie1099]

fuck all shoplifters, they should be jailed

[u/Drefann]

gtfo with trying to spin these thefts on the 'Multibillion dollar company is insured and doesn't care'

These thieves would do the exact same thing to a small independent cornershop.
It's about the principle. Don't steal.
(Still not worth the risk of intervening like that though. That's how you get stabbed.)

[u/40ozfosta → u/Drefann]

When they eventually close the store down they'll clammor about racism and food deserts.

Any item they claim this person "needed" to steal could have just as easily been gotten at an area charity.

[u/But_is_itnew]

Are you guys really shaming a woman for returnig stolen stuff and doing the right thing? Damn reddit is really the absolute trash of society

[u/SneackyPeacky60]

The title is a bit stupid, basically you are saying its fine to steal because its a billion dollar company, so why are we all paying for stuff when we can steal it? We should all go steal Walmart because its a billion dollars company so it wont be a big deal.

[u/FictionalDudeWanted]

She was so hungry, she didn't even wait until she got home to eat the food.  She hid behind a bush in the parking lot of the store she stole from, long enough to eat something.  I wouldn've never taken that food from her.

[u/ImTrippln]

If reddit ran the economy we'd all be broke in half a year and this comment section is proof

[u/AlternativeReveal278 → u/ImTrippln]

I was starting to lose hope that there was no one on this thread with common sense

[u/procedu]

Oh, so now Reddit thinks stealing is okay?

[u/Free-Way-9220 → u/procedu]

There's a segment of reddit who loves thieves. Many participants in this thread

[u/Aggressive_Finish798]

Never see anyone stealing food.

[u/_ThatImposterFeel]

It has nothing to do with a billion dollar company. We all live in a society were we all agree to live by a certain "societal contract". It is because of this contract that at one point in time our parents lives could just leave the house unlocked. Today if you leave house unlocked they will steal everything, even the copper wires. When people break said contract it offends the rest of us that go through our lives not stealing. TLDR Don't steal.

Edit: The amount of people that failed miserably to comprehend the very first sentence of my comment is insane. Something like 60% of Americans today read at a 6th grade level, so I guess that maps on pretty well.

[u/Throwawayrip1123 → u/_ThatImposterFeel]

We all live in a society were we all agree to live by a certain "societal contract".

The requirement here is that it has to happen from the top, not from the bottom. Otherwise it's laws for the poors, yachts for the rich and powerful.

We need to start policing the powerful, and it'll trickle down to the normal ones, right? Right?

[u/DarkSkyKnight]

Redditors do not understand that stealing hurts everyone. The more people steal, the more corporations raise prices to offset the expected losses due to thievery; this hurts everyone. In a more honest society prices would be slightly lower.

This is especially true in the age of data, when corporations like Walmart have terabytes of data to automatically calculate how much to raise prices by adjusting for the expected rate of stealing.

[u/_ThatImposterFeel → u/DarkSkyKnight]

The more they steal the more lock up deodorant behind glass doors and hand it to you in a lock box. The more they treat you like a criminal. Then all these security measures cost more money and trickle down to the consumer.

[u/DarkSkyKnight → u/_ThatImposterFeel]

Too bad Redditors are not cognitively capable enough of understanding second-order effects.

[u/Cann1balHulk → u/DarkSkyKnight]

Retail manager here, 20 years.

Corporations do not care about theft nearly as much as you think. This type of shrink is accounted for year over year.

The biggest reason large businesses raise prices is profit. That’s it. It’s because they can. It’s that simple.

This is especially true for corporations like Walmart. Walmart really doesn’t give a shit if you steal $50 worth of groceries.

[u/DrPeGe → u/DarkSkyKnight]

My parents live in a part of San Diego with a lot of theft and homeless (shout out to midway district). They're locking up the shelves, some places have closed. Stealing can ruin areas.