Shop Lifters

[Mups]

This has become a real headache for shops,  with a 30% increase occuring now.
It is said there are 50 cases an hour in this country now.

I have just read that Tesco is having to put blocks of Cathedral City cheese in security netting because so many were getting nicked.

They say:

"We now live in a society where blocks of cheese need to be wrapped in anti-theft material. I remember when they [supermarkets] started putting anti-theft devices on steaks after lockdown. I thought that was silly, but this is just ridiculous."

My local Co-op started putting raw meat,  mince, casserole beef, etc,  in locked, rigid plastic security containers a little while ago too.

I can understand the staff not wanting to tackle these thieves,  I wouldn't want to get injured either,  but what's to be done I wonder?

Would you approach a shop lifter?

[dextrous63]

Staff are told not to tackle shoplifters.  So, if they do, they are breaking company policy and liable for disciplinary procedures.

[Scrumpy]

Would you approach a shop lifter?

No I bloody wouldn't..
You read about dead heroes.. Too many thugs carrying weapons.. 
I feel sorry for shop staff .. If I was one I would go and hide in the rest room.. 

[muddy]

I wouldn't either .
How do they steal things ? 

In many countries bags are not allowed in shops yoh have to hang them up at the entrance and only fill them when you have paid and are leaving ..

[klondike]

I expect they add something like pillowcases inside jackets or maybe wear bloomers. As nobody stops them perhaps they just fill a basket and walk out without paying. Or a trolley.

[muddy]

Apparently you can shop lift up to £200 worth of goods before being prosecuted .

[Mups]

Apparently you can shop lift up to £200 worth of goods before being prosecuted .

Yes, I heard  that too, Muddy.   
 I wonder if a serial thief could take that amount from each shop without being prosecuted then? 

[klondike]

Clearly they could. I expect it isn't all personal use either they will be selling on or stealing to order.

[Michael Rolls]

I'm another who wouldn't tackle a shop lifter

[muddy]

There is a feeling of helpless in being old .

[dextrous63]

Shoplifters are simply adding another layer of expense/tax to us all, since retailers have to lift their prices to cover the losses.

[Scrumpy]

Some bloke just walked into our local shop.. ,picked up some drink and casually walked out again..
I was in the queue at Greggs.. A bloke walked in.. chose a sandwich and strolled out..

Years ago it was just our garden gnomes that got nicked.. Now they have been known to take a whole bloody lawn..

I have been known to pick up a sweet and pop it into my mouth.. from Pick and Mix..
That was years ago in Woolies..

[dextrous63]

And one wonders why Woolies went bust?  Congratulations on your contribution to their downfall Scrumpy.😬

August 29, 2024, 09:51:04 AM
I often wonder why, given the increasing availability and use of CCTV cameras, these thieves aren't identified and shamed publicly.  After all, as I pointed out above, we all have to pay extra for our shopping because of them.

Also, shops are allowed to deny access to people if they wish to.  Having a couple of burly fellas on the meet and greet area to eject/prevent undesirables would be useful, and quite probably cost less than the amount lost due to shoplifting (in many cases).

It's time the law was strengthened to protect the innocent.

[Diasi]

I predicted the future of crime as far back as the the 1960s when capital punishment was abolished & I've watched my prediction come true, aided considerably by the successive abolition of all corporal punishment & all forms of chastisement for children.

[klondike]

Now they have been known to take a whole bloody lawn..

'Entire pavement stolen' from Storrington village overnight


https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-56268078

I see they didn't bother with the cracked ones.

August 29, 2024, 10:41:25 AM

identified and shamed publicly

Probably contrary to their human rights