I’ve had friends in retail who had a different experiences. For example, I had a friend who worked at Home Depot, and was furious at the rampant shoplifting that was condoned, and that employees would be punished for stopping it in any way. He said building contractors would load up on stuff and walk out with it, and the managers said it was company policy to allow it. One of his coworkers was fired for asking one of them to go to a cashier.
What you are describing is rampant CORRUPTION.
I’m talking about someone going into a store that is properly run and doing what this babe did, concealing merchandise on them and trying to leave without paying.
And what I described is what the average retailer who is trying to run a proper store tries to do in regard to shoplifting.
I’m not talking about a totally corrupted process such as you describe.
I’ve seen it, in the typical retail situation, in everything from a big name national retail outlet to every kind of small store and clothing shop you can imagine.
Detain them in the store by walking up and telling them, come with me to the office or back part of the store, you have store merchandise on you and are leaving without paying, the police are on their way to process your crime, don’t run away unless you want more charges than shoplifting levied upon you.
I don’t think we have any disagreement here.
Just talking about two very different kinds of situations. One, typical store typical shoplift. The other, rampant corruption of “the system”.