Petty crime isn’t going to improve things, but supporting trade unions and leaders like Mick Lynch and Grace Blakely to really change things.
Shop lifting for bread and beans from Tesco, your local independent business or someone just blagging an expensive game or clothes item because they cannot be bothered to buy it.
It’s all very different situations.
I depends on the what and where how you react if you tell someone or not.
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I was at Sainsbury’s last week using their self-scan app when the checkout decided I needed a spot-check.
The chap who came to check my working said, ‘Is there anything you had trouble scanning, so I can avoid it?’
Not all heroes wear capes.
(For context, in this case, self-scan means you scan every item’s bar code with your phone, then send the shop to the self-service till. Then you just pay and go without having to battle with the stupid scales. Sometimes they do spot-checks which involves an assistant scanning a random 3-5 items from your bag)
Why the fuck is someone sleeping in their car illegal? I don’t get it
I’m pretty sure camping and sleeping in your car are allowed anyway?
Who has the time to grass on people for stuff like this?
If I actually notice someone shoplifting I’d be more angry about how graceless and unskilled they are at it.
So a few years ago I went to take a report of shoplifting (am a police officer). The items stolen were washing up liquid, bread and cheese etc. About £10 worth of food items and essentials.
I went to see the person and explained that the shop had banned them (as is their right) but closed the report not in the public interest. I then was able to do referrals and point her to a local charity who could help. She was living on the poverty line. She didn’t know anything about the support that was available so while the crime got reported, I was able to get her the help which otherwise she would have known nothing about. It’s swings and roundabouts. If she had stolen £300 worth of Yankee candles or razor blades, would have been a different story.
My local Morrison’s has shelving set up past the tills for people to donate to a food bank it always looks pretty well stocked to me. The food bank itself is next to a charity shop which raises money for the homeless.
People are trying to help, but when the energy bills start to bite, who knows? What a bloody country.
Yes let’s encourage shoplifting and allow all the minimum wage staff deal with them because fuck them right?
Tent in the woods and sleeping in their car arent crimes, so of course I wouldn’t say anything.
Shop listing on the other hand? It largely depends on context. I’ve worked retail before and k owingly allowed someone to walk out with items as they’d asked if they could have them as they couldn’t afford them (basic nescessiities, in this case dog food ) but someone walking in Tesco and putting 10 wine bottles up their bum? Fuck em.
Anarchists can go to hell
Shoplifting is ok now, apparently.
Is this of the non-sense line of thought that it’s ok to steal from a big (faceless) company like Tescos, but not the locally-owned corner shop because you can see the owner at the till?
*EDIT: wow, so many people in this thread feel it’s totally fine to steal from a “big” company. What the hell is wrong with you all?*
Ah yes because ‘don’t snitch’ as a concept has worked really well for those communities who endorse it. All it does is embolden criminals to ruin the lives of decent members of society. Turning a blind eye to criminality helps no one but criminals, certainly not the communities in which they live.
What about the person sleeping in a tent because they’ve got serious mental illness, should we not try and get them help? What about the sex offender hiding in a tent from the police, just let him go about his business? How do we know which is which?
What about the person sleeping in their car because it’s cheaper than digs when they’re working as an agency nurse, sure they’re ok. But what about the person who’s absolutely hammered and could wake up any minute and possibly drive over a little kid, just ignore it? Again how do you know which is which?
f off. Shoplifters should always be stopped.
All the rich lefties in this comment section. Where none of these types of things affect them.
I will never understand the mentality that says that it’s OK if you violate the rights of other just because you’re having a rough go.
As a small business owner, fuck you. We’re struggling just as much as everyone else, why is it ok for someone to steal from us?
Shoplifting is cool if you’re broke? Who knew?
Defending shoplifting?
/r/redditmoment
I work at Aldi. All we get is alcohol and meat thieves so they can get drug money. They steal hundreds of pounds worth of stock every week so yea please do tell us when you spot someone because our prices can stay lower.
We don’t care about petty little things, but acting like every thief is some poor fella trying to feed their family or some vigilante taking from the rich is counterproductive.
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Tent or someone sleeping in their car? Nope didn’t see a thing
Shoplifting? Depends on product
EDIT
Clarify, some items will be medical, Baby products, I see nothing, I heard nothing matter of fact, I’m blind and deaf.
Lifting a large bottle of Booze? You’ll need to be more sneaky if I can spot ya so did the CCTV.
Also the shops pass on the cost to YOU. Shoplifters of the community thank you for your community service of subsidising their five finger discounts.
Seems like a very American response – of meaningless individual action that doesn’t really change anything.
It reminds me of the Slavoj Zizek [joke with the dusty balls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2BSShyKfnc#t=15s).
Petty crime isn’t going to improve things, but supporting trade unions and leaders like Mick Lynch and Grace Blakely to really change things.
Shop lifting for bread and beans from Tesco, your local independent business or someone just blagging an expensive game or clothes item because they cannot be bothered to buy it.
It’s all very different situations.
I depends on the what and where how you react if you tell someone or not.
[removed]
I was at Sainsbury’s last week using their self-scan app when the checkout decided I needed a spot-check.
The chap who came to check my working said, ‘Is there anything you had trouble scanning, so I can avoid it?’
Not all heroes wear capes.
(For context, in this case, self-scan means you scan every item’s bar code with your phone, then send the shop to the self-service till. Then you just pay and go without having to battle with the stupid scales. Sometimes they do spot-checks which involves an assistant scanning a random 3-5 items from your bag)
Why the fuck is someone sleeping in their car illegal? I don’t get it
I’m pretty sure camping and sleeping in your car are allowed anyway?
Who has the time to grass on people for stuff like this?
If I actually notice someone shoplifting I’d be more angry about how graceless and unskilled they are at it.
So a few years ago I went to take a report of shoplifting (am a police officer). The items stolen were washing up liquid, bread and cheese etc. About £10 worth of food items and essentials.
I went to see the person and explained that the shop had banned them (as is their right) but closed the report not in the public interest. I then was able to do referrals and point her to a local charity who could help. She was living on the poverty line. She didn’t know anything about the support that was available so while the crime got reported, I was able to get her the help which otherwise she would have known nothing about. It’s swings and roundabouts. If she had stolen £300 worth of Yankee candles or razor blades, would have been a different story.
My local Morrison’s has shelving set up past the tills for people to donate to a food bank it always looks pretty well stocked to me. The food bank itself is next to a charity shop which raises money for the homeless.
People are trying to help, but when the energy bills start to bite, who knows? What a bloody country.
Yes let’s encourage shoplifting and allow all the minimum wage staff deal with them because fuck them right?
Tent in the woods and sleeping in their car arent crimes, so of course I wouldn’t say anything.
Shop listing on the other hand? It largely depends on context. I’ve worked retail before and k owingly allowed someone to walk out with items as they’d asked if they could have them as they couldn’t afford them (basic nescessiities, in this case dog food ) but someone walking in Tesco and putting 10 wine bottles up their bum? Fuck em.
Anarchists can go to hell
Shoplifting is ok now, apparently.
Is this of the non-sense line of thought that it’s ok to steal from a big (faceless) company like Tescos, but not the locally-owned corner shop because you can see the owner at the till?
Wow and not 2 minutes later, I found a clear example of exactly this kind of stupid thought process: [https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/wvj7z1/comment/ilfpojn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/wvj7z1/comment/ilfpojn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
*EDIT: wow, so many people in this thread feel it’s totally fine to steal from a “big” company. What the hell is wrong with you all?*
Ah yes because ‘don’t snitch’ as a concept has worked really well for those communities who endorse it. All it does is embolden criminals to ruin the lives of decent members of society. Turning a blind eye to criminality helps no one but criminals, certainly not the communities in which they live.
What about the person sleeping in a tent because they’ve got serious mental illness, should we not try and get them help? What about the sex offender hiding in a tent from the police, just let him go about his business? How do we know which is which?
What about the person sleeping in their car because it’s cheaper than digs when they’re working as an agency nurse, sure they’re ok. But what about the person who’s absolutely hammered and could wake up any minute and possibly drive over a little kid, just ignore it? Again how do you know which is which?
f off. Shoplifters should always be stopped.
All the rich lefties in this comment section. Where none of these types of things affect them.
I will never understand the mentality that says that it’s OK if you violate the rights of other just because you’re having a rough go.
As a small business owner, fuck you. We’re struggling just as much as everyone else, why is it ok for someone to steal from us?
Shoplifting is cool if you’re broke? Who knew?
Defending shoplifting?
/r/redditmoment
I work at Aldi. All we get is alcohol and meat thieves so they can get drug money. They steal hundreds of pounds worth of stock every week so yea please do tell us when you spot someone because our prices can stay lower.
We don’t care about petty little things, but acting like every thief is some poor fella trying to feed their family or some vigilante taking from the rich is counterproductive.
Ew r/antiwork is leaking