• FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    w crime

    if shoplifting were really a problem, they would just shut the stores down. corpos always take fraud and theft into account before hand.

    • S4qFBxkFFg@lemmy.wtf
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      1 year ago

      You’re right that they’ll take it into account, but there are other steps they’ll take before shutting: more stuff going behind the counter, etc.
      I think the logical conclusion, if things get steadily more dystopian, are supermarkets that look like a giant off-licence: all staff and product behind barriers.

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        1 year ago

        Corporation bosses want to increase profits again:

        “We’ve already used Covid.”

        “We’ve already used war in Ukraine.”

        “We’ve already used climate change.”

        “How about increasing looting… to increase prices?”

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately that will come eventually. Shops that have too much loss just get closed