If I’m a retail worker and someone is shoplifting and I interfere, I get fired. If I try to stop them and get assaulted, I get fired. If they attempt to assault me and I knock them unconscious, I get fired. There’s one common outcome in these situations. Some poor retail employee loses a $16 an hour job while the perp walks and the business execs continue to profit. Steal away.
The folks that run Lowe’s and the folks that run Home Depot have this figured out and it is very simple.
Shoplifting cost less than dead or injured employees.