Those cashiers are put into the position of acting as Security Officers. Not good, but it’s either that or hire an actual Security Guard. I have no idea how expensive that would be.
If it’s a franchise business, as with Dollar Stores, is the cost of security partially paid for via Home Office, or will all the money necessarily come from that particular store? If answer is the later, that’s probably unaffordable.
I worked retail in a shadier side of town. You are dealing with a different sort of beast not only with the customers but the clerks and staff who are often just as shady. Lots of in house theft, as well as not scanning merchandise as it rolls down the conveyor....So you see the employees are often enabling or assisting in the theft.
The ‘rules’ are strict but seldom inforced because the turn over rate is so high to begin with. If you’re a diligent and hard worker you can be assured your work load will be three times that of the other ‘bodies’ standing around you and will increase until you cannot possibly do it all.
I lasted two months and was out of that nightmare!
California passed their ‘It must be $950 or above’ law and shoplifting exploded. A lot of the stores here have security guards but.....companies have instructed them to not try to stop anyone shoplifting from walking out. Liability if they’re hurt I guess. So I’m not sure why they’re still paying the security guards. shrug