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PinPlastic9980 t1_ivyzxvo wrote

Reply to comment by Effective_Golf_3311 in 'Second-class citizens': Boston officials fire back after Walgreens abruptly closes 3 stores by Omphaloskeptique

https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wal-mart_to_allow_petty_shoplifting/

until you hit federal levels of theft no one cares. at which point Rollin's policy of not prosecuting no longer applies and this discussion ends. get it now?

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Effective_Golf_3311 t1_ivz10o5 wrote

Well I look forward to your utopia where everything is free

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PinPlastic9980 t1_ivz1ipc wrote

you're just not getting shit. not my fault. no one is saying don't prosecute shop lifters. everyone is saying: its not cost effective to prosecute every petty shop lifter. the one offs for low price and necessary goods? just let them go. track them over time? sure. waste everyones time over that $20 item? na.

the repeat offenders who steal thousands of dollars of stuff? suddenly its worth the cost and you get enforcement.

Rollin's was 100% spot on to not waste her departments time for the little stuff. So was walmart/target and every other big box store.

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Effective_Golf_3311 t1_ivz2hxi wrote

Ok, then you don’t get to complain when mass and cass and other poor areas of the city are a food and convenience desert.

Those companies are 100% right to not waste their time and effort for so little ROI.

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PinPlastic9980 t1_ivzhap5 wrote

so we've moved on from petty theft to drug users now got it! so far have we strayed from the original topic of: ecommerce is causing the death of cvs/walgreens/boutique stores not petty theft. mass and cass has nothing to do with the price of milk and is a whole separate topic.

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Effective_Golf_3311 t1_ivzi3a3 wrote

Yeah with already razor thin margins there’s no reason to keep the stores open that are hit hardest by petty theft. It’s just doing more damage to an already hurting bottom line. Again… these aren’t charities, they’re businesses. Why do you think these companies owe you or city council anything? They’re a business making a business decision.

Just because you don’t get it doesn’t make it my fault.

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