Posted on 06/30/2021 1:09:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Nearly every Target in San Francisco — except for the one at Stonestown — has cut its operating hours to 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
That inflexibility makes it tough for the average nine-to-five, full-time worker to make a Target run on weekdays after work, let alone other individuals affected by constraints of time, access or ability to do some everyday shopping. It's unclear when these cut hours were rolled out.
The reduced hours ignited concerns on Reddit over an uptick in retail theft and labor shortages hitting San Francisco Targets. After all, one Target in San Francisco — the location on Ocean Ave. — just shuttered earlier this week.
It may very well be the so-called wave of retail theft hitting San Francisco. But if that were the case, the Stonestown Target would also have its hours cut, given the police district it's located in (the Taraval District) has comparable levels of larceny theft to the Park District, where a Target with shortened hours is located.
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Forgot to say……..reduced store hours mean less people needed to run the store.
Higher crime rates
Fewer people willing to work...
Not enough sales at night to justify staying open...
Danger to current employees after dark...
Higher crime rates
Fewer people willing to work...
Not enough sales at night to justify staying open...
Danger to current employees after dark...
Cops don’t have time to arrest looters and thieves...
The place is becoming a typical liberal hellhole. I’m surprised more store aren’t doing the same.
humungus thefts
Californication does not prosecute thefts under $950
and San Fransicko DA Office doesn’t bother under $10,000 in most cases
you get what you incentivize
Yeah, but the welfare office doesn't give away TVs.
They need more time to clean the spludge in the restrooms?
Shoplifting/looting and lack of law enforcement. What’s not to understand?
A) too much shoplifting
B) not enough workers
C) none of your business
Pretend that you are mentally challenged Jen Psaki and guess the reason for daylight hours only!!!!!!!!!
There's also the issue of running one extended length shift instead of a day and evening shift.
Customers have also changed their habits. They were previously working at a company during the day and shopping on their commute home or after they ate dinner but now are working from home and can shop as soon as they log off their computer.
This is very insensitive to shoplifters if you ax me.
They’re fellow travelers.
Well, it will need to be earlier than 6pm to avoid the dark come winter since the sun sets before 5pm local.
No Wal-Mart in San Francisco. I think closest one is like 30 miles away, across the bay in San Leandro.
You always hear stats about how 90% of the U.S. population lives within 10 or 15 miles of a Wal-Mart. S.F. is in the other 10 percent.
This is happening everywhere. Nobody wants to work and the stock doesn’t reach the shelves so they close early and try to stock. That is if they have any stock because nobody wants to drive a truck either.
Since it is apparently legal to steal small amounts in CA, many employees are busy helping themselves to merchandise.
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Hence the name Target.
Target in my area has lost half of their shopping carts (worth $600) and have none of their shopper hand baskets left. Theft is rampant and they do not bother prosecuting the thieves for thefts under $750, which is a misdemeanor. Those under $750 items can add up, which is putting stores like Target in trouble.
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