So let me get this right, Target laid off a large portion of their staff, installed
self-checkout where nearly all theft is taking place, and made it a policy not to call the police on anything less than grand theft (the infamous $950 in California, never mind Texas where it is $2,500) in an attempt to
extort shoplifters. Apparently, that shit got shut down because "
pay us $500 or we will call the cops" isn't exactly legal, so now they decided to lock up the socks and underwear because shoplifters apparently don't want to wait 20 minutes to get some chonies to steal at that self-checkout. Never mind that while shoplifting has increased since 2020, it is still down when compared to ohhh 2019, 2018,2017,2016, going all the fucking way back 55 years to 1969. I am sick of hearing about the massive increase in crime, when
there is clearly a V shaped recovery in crime. It's almost like something happened in 2020, and all the stores shutdown or something resulting in less crime.
I have no doubt the new locked cases are less about the shoplifting problem that Target, Walmart and other retailers created with monetization, but an irritant to encourage customers to order online where their high tech Ai price optimization algorithms can fuck the customer a little harder.
I suspect that in the next five years these retail stores will try to move to a curb side pickup only model, turning their stores into warehouse with even less employees.
Fuck them
This comment was edited on Aug 22, 2024, 23:56.