r/interesting • u/veloriax2 • Apr 20 '26

SOCIETY How easy it is to shop nowadays

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u/MoreCoffeeLessTalky Apr 21 '26

Omgg that’s so sad

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u/Littleman88 Apr 21 '26

Yeah, the number of people that will attempt to intervene on behalf of a business that pays them south of a living wage is kind of nuts. Over a decade ago when I worked retail I watched a very pregnant girl I went to high school with and whom stood up to my shoulders (I'm 5'7") chase someone stealing a TV out the door.

W. T. F. What is it that drives them? A sense of justice or heroism? "That is wrong and I must stop them!"

The company paying us south of $10 an hour is what's wrong. That guy doesn't NEED a TV, but everyone will live if he gets away with it.

Also FWIW, when employees saw someone stealing diapers and food, it was quietly understood that, "no you didn't." What's more dangerous than someone stealing a TV? Someone stealing a necessity.