Much more sustainable to shoplift a little bit at once. Steal like 1 item when you buy 10, make it something small. Oops, it just slid under something in your bag. Don’t make it the most expensive item of your shop.
In my area the self checkout systems at the grocery store often fritz out an don’t register the item. This is even after they beep. It’s truly wonderful. I consistently get 50% or more of the items in my cart for free. Nothing they can do to me either. They have me on video scanning every item. If their system buggers up the total it’s on them.
If they want somebody to catch computer errors then there’s a thing called “pay a employee.”
I’m not saying this is moral or anything, but if you buy something expensive, then you could theoretically go back to the store with the receipt, pick another of that thing from the store, and go to the register and tell them you want to return it.
I have been homeless. You do what you need to survive.
That’s my reasoning too. In fact, I wouldn’t care if a giant chain would go under because I stole bread and sausages, I am not going to just lie down and die because society says so.
I literally got caught doing that one time. I was in a really bad spot. I never stole for money or to resell, or for value like, I always went for food I was actually going to eat, and I even avoided the pricier brands because I didn’t want to be an asshole- I just wanted to survive, you know.
I grabbed a few smoked dried sausages and some bread, and went outside and ate them. Two plain clothes cops came up to me, “Where’d you get that?”, I was like, “This is my lunch”, and they said, “So, you didn’t nick that from the store right now?”, and I sat there silent for a moment and said, “Well… I’m not saying I did, but if I did say I nicked it from the store right now, what would theoretically happen to me?”, and the guy looked at me and the meager meal I had scrounged and said “let’s go”.
We went back into the store, and he went up to the cash register, and paid for my meal out of his own pocket. Then he motioned for us to leave, and then, as if he caught himself remembering that he needed to “do” something, he looked at the cashiers and then back at me and yelled at me- “AND DON’T DO IT AGAIN!”. But we were all good.
Best cop interaction of my life. If anything, I have never felt worse about stealing, because his pity really hit home to me how bad shape I was really in that time…
Also don’t do it AT the register. Those cameras are much closer and better than the cameras pointing down the aisles. Sure, you can say you made a mistake, voiding the ‘intent’ of the crime, but you’re much more likely to get caught and banned.
Worth noting that Target is known for making a profile on lifters. They wait you til you hit a threshold for a felony. The repeated behavior makes the intent clear as well.
Much more sustainable to shoplift a little bit at once. Steal like 1 item when you buy 10, make it something small. Oops, it just slid under something in your bag. Don’t make it the most expensive item of your shop.
In my area the self checkout systems at the grocery store often fritz out an don’t register the item. This is even after they beep. It’s truly wonderful. I consistently get 50% or more of the items in my cart for free. Nothing they can do to me either. They have me on video scanning every item. If their system buggers up the total it’s on them.
If they want somebody to catch computer errors then there’s a thing called “pay a employee.”
I’m not saying this is moral or anything, but if you buy something expensive, then you could theoretically go back to the store with the receipt, pick another of that thing from the store, and go to the register and tell them you want to return it.
I have been homeless. You do what you need to survive.
Hey, don’t feel bad. A giant chain won’t go under because someone desperate needed to eat.
That’s my reasoning too. In fact, I wouldn’t care if a giant chain would go under because I stole bread and sausages, I am not going to just lie down and die because society says so.
I literally got caught doing that one time. I was in a really bad spot. I never stole for money or to resell, or for value like, I always went for food I was actually going to eat, and I even avoided the pricier brands because I didn’t want to be an asshole- I just wanted to survive, you know.
I grabbed a few smoked dried sausages and some bread, and went outside and ate them. Two plain clothes cops came up to me, “Where’d you get that?”, I was like, “This is my lunch”, and they said, “So, you didn’t nick that from the store right now?”, and I sat there silent for a moment and said, “Well… I’m not saying I did, but if I did say I nicked it from the store right now, what would theoretically happen to me?”, and the guy looked at me and the meager meal I had scrounged and said “let’s go”.
We went back into the store, and he went up to the cash register, and paid for my meal out of his own pocket. Then he motioned for us to leave, and then, as if he caught himself remembering that he needed to “do” something, he looked at the cashiers and then back at me and yelled at me- “AND DON’T DO IT AGAIN!”. But we were all good.
Best cop interaction of my life. If anything, I have never felt worse about stealing, because his pity really hit home to me how bad shape I was really in that time…
Also don’t do it AT the register. Those cameras are much closer and better than the cameras pointing down the aisles. Sure, you can say you made a mistake, voiding the ‘intent’ of the crime, but you’re much more likely to get caught and banned.
Worth noting that Target is known for making a profile on lifters. They wait you til you hit a threshold for a felony. The repeated behavior makes the intent clear as well.
I’ve literally seen people just walk out with a cart full of shit. Employees chasing and yelling but nothing comes of it.
Depends on where you are but where I’m at they don’t go after anyone for this.
It’s sad because everything is getting locked up or they just close locations.