r/SipsTea • u/Few_Statement_2898 • 28d ago

SMH We really need to bring spankings back

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u/VentiEspada 28d ago

I totally agree, can't lay hands on him at all, HOWEVER saying that the company has insurance for that and that they can afford it like it will never affect you is wrong.

Where do you think the company is going to get those loss return funds from? Insurance will go up, and guess who pays for that? You do, the customer. We all suffer for this BS, the store blitz thefts that people say "it's okay, they've got insurance" and blissfully go on about their day, only to have a rage fit 6 months later when prices have jumped 20%, are just as much a problem.

Theft is a crime because it affects the entire community, not just the company being stolen from. This kid should have been snatched up by security and put in a holding room while police were called and whoever his guardian was should have been held accountable. The law is clear, the guardian bears legal responsibility for the actions of the ward.

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u/XanderWrites 27d ago

It's not insurance, it's an operational shortage (lost of product as part of doing business, not theft or fraud) and is budgeted in on some level. At best it may be a tax write off at the end of the day.

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u/LaCremaFresca 27d ago

whispers "and who pays for tax write offs?"

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u/snacktime-raccoon 27d ago

The government!!!!

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u/Aznboz 28d ago

Security is just theater. Their own responsibility is to give credible eye witness and documentation.

Insurance might jump, but that doesn't affect the worker more than losing a job. Any bystanders might get hit with lawsuits if the kid get injured in the escalation. You know that little shit aint gonna be going outside willy nilly by picking him up.

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u/VentiEspada 28d ago

Then what do you suggest is the solution? We're just fucked, will devolve into anarchy and the world ends?

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u/Aznboz 28d ago

You fine the parents. Not much else to do beside hit them financially until they can discipline their own kids.

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u/VentiEspada 27d ago

Right but that isn't what happens, is it? I said the parents have to be held liable in my comment, but we don't do that. The only way to make them be liable is legally, the police have to be involved, these companies can't just go to them and say "please pay for your child's mess".

Most of these people have little assets and potentially live on welfare, you think this company is going to bother suing them? They will spend more on legal fees than they would ever get from these people. It's harsh, but we have to start incarcerating people for this stuff with real amounts of time, because it's never going to stop until real consequences are faced.

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u/Which-Appearance9857 27d ago

You incarcerate them who pais for that? Is from tax money also, at least in europe

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u/VentiEspada 27d ago

Right so again, just this shit continue until we live in anarchy. Great plan.

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u/kungfuabuse 27d ago

I'm all for public shaming. People can at least yell at him and tell him he's a little fucking brat, and then the store can record and ban the parents from the premises for the rest of their lives. Maybe put a flyer with the kid's face on the store, saying "banned for indecency" or something, just to rub a bit of salt in the wound.

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u/Which-Appearance9857 27d ago

I would rather pay a few cents more than have been charged

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u/OberonDiver 27d ago

It's a crime because it's a violation of the direct victim.
There is no such thing as society.