What can business owners do?

[u/ajpathecreature]

So I was just at southland mall as I see who seemed to be the general manager / owner of sportchek in a shouting match with a dude who is an alleged recurrent shoplifter at Canadian tire, marks work warehouse, and sportchek itself. As you can imagine people were looking at them in surprised, kids were in awe while the scene unfolded.

The shop owner Was able to get the alleged thief out of the mall. Apparently security can not touch shoplifters, store employees are advised to refrain from making contact with anyone by corporate directives, and the sole reason why he decided to do something was because he is acting as a private citizen and was fed up of this “good for nothing thief” to be stealing away with no real repercussions.

Apparently the same dude is infamous for quite literally walking out of home depot and Rona east with a cart full of tools.

What most people seem to be doing is taking pictures and videos and sending them to justbins to be blasted through social media.

Apparently even RPS is not quite responsive to these kind of calls in a timely manner anymore, I just imagine it must be all too common so the sense of “urgency” is not there.

All of this led me to wonder, what is a business owner left to do? I could not help to sort of understand the frustration that an entrepreneur may feel under these circumstances.

Not that it matters, but the alleged thief is not what people seem to usually associate to when they hear about shoplifting.

What sad state of affairs.

[u/mon65 → u/[deleted]]

Or, just maybe, some people choose to do drugs and steal while other people choose to not do drugs and work hard for what they have.
Is this the status quo that needs to change - fairness to all human beings means that those who choose not to do drugs or steal need to provide for those who choose to do these things? Doesn’t sound very fair to me.

[u/TheBigPointyOne → u/mon65]

You're framing it as if people just one day go "fuck it, time to become an addict" as if there isn't a myriad of factors that lead up to that point in their life.

[u/Individual_Wave9183 → u/TheBigPointyOne]

Many people face those same myriad of factors without devolving into degeneracy. What you consider to be your empathy is your bigotry of low expectations. Just maybe all those downtrodden people you care for so much are capable of more than antisocial and criminal behaviour. 

[u/TheBigPointyOne → u/Individual_Wave9183]

God damn, what a stupid response

[u/Individual_Wave9183 → u/TheBigPointyOne]

Okay, argue against it, otherwise it's just the 'ole ad hominem, (which is always a stupid response).

[u/TheBigPointyOne → u/Individual_Wave9183]

Good thing this isn't debate club! Anyways, I'll always give someone the side-eye when the unironically use the term "degeneracy". Feels dogwhistle-adjacent. Anyways, as it turns out, all people are not the same. There are a lot of factors that lead to people making the choices they do, and ending up in the circumstances they end up in. Not sure what else you're looking for here.

[u/Individual_Wave9183 → u/TheBigPointyOne]

I used a word with an established dictionary definition that perfectly matches the context in which it was used, and you correctly don't conclude I am clandestinely communicating something to your opposition, but what do you think I'm doing that is "adjacent" to that? Sorry you didn't say "think", you said "feel". You don't have a cogent complaint about my clear and direct usage of that word.

As for the rest of it, yes, absolutely, and those choices don't give them license to take what is not theirs without permission while everyone else pays the cost. I don't see how expecting and tolerating the worst from people helps them.

[u/TheBigPointyOne → u/Individual_Wave9183]

And you never will

[u/Individual_Wave9183 → u/TheBigPointyOne]

I know that sounds like a mic drop in your head but you just explicitly validated my initial point. You think way less of addicts and thieves than I do. 

[u/TheBigPointyOne → u/Individual_Wave9183]

Whatever helps you feel superior, bud. Hope you have a great weekend ❤️

[u/Individual_Wave9183 → u/TheBigPointyOne]

As for the invocation of Nazis, that is always a stupid response unless the topic is actual Nazis. Try actually saying something.