Wally World

[Urchin]

Originally posted by J_A_B
So it's the store's fault that people steal from them?  Give me a break.   Being poor isn't an excuse to steal.  At the same time, the underlying suggestion there is that only poor people steal, which we know is patently false.


J_A_B

Jab, who is more likely to steal something?  Someone who is paid well enough to be able to afford the things they need and the things they want, or someone who is not paid enough to afford the things they need, much less the things they want?  

I realize this is going into the realm of the theoretical, but it is an easy enough question.

[SkyTex]

and dressing rooms are too protected.

hmmmm? standing on the chair lookin into the other guy's dressing rooms again? freak.

[J_A_B]

"Jab, who is more likely to steal something?"

I have found that the people who steal are those who are put in a position to do so and lack moral character.  It can be a $5/hour clerk at a gas station, or it can be a $200k/year consultant.  I've seen both, and everything in between.  The truth is that dishonest people come in all shapes and sizes and come from all sorts of backgrounds and income brackets.    Even if retailers were to double their wages, I doubt it would have any noticable effect on the amount of shrink they suffer.

That's not saying I support Wal-mart's generally poor wage policies in any way.  However, those who dislike the wages Wal-Mart pays can thank the free market economy for that--Wal-Mart wouldn't pay such low wages if they couldn't find people to work for it, or were regulated to pay higher wages.

J_A_B

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by nirvana
Sticking it to the man known as 'Wal Mart'?


Think of all the money they are losing!  Possibly $600+ depending on the price and how often she returns it.  You must be very proud of her Drediock:)

eh. Im indifferent to it really.

 I personally woud much rather go out and deny them the initial investment at the outset and go someplace else and spend a couple hundred on a good machine and not have to worry about it or returning it.

But I gave up trying to figure out how she thinks or why she does some of the things she does long long ago.