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merridew@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago

‘It’s organised looting’: UK in grip of a shoplifting epidemic, say store owners

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‘It’s organised looting’: UK in grip of a shoplifting epidemic, say store owners

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merridew@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago
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Shop thefts have more than doubled in the past three years, costing retailers £953m a year, according to the British Retail Consortium
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    Our local big Sainsbury’s supermarket has installed airport-style barriers everywhere and you now have to queue and scan your receipt to get out.

    The store nearby installed that a while back, and someone just broke the gate down, and honestly I have never been more proud of my community.

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      Actually when they tried to install electronic locks on the carts so they’d lock up if you went too far away, and the next day someone had stolen all the carts was also a big moment of local pride.

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          well, I would hope so. we shouldn’t be accepting this shit lying down.

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          The price will raise regardless, because thats’s how monoplies and price cartels work. They just blame their price gouging on the people trying to survive, same as always, and rubes with latent goosetepping instincts believe them, same as always.

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          If they had done that I would hope my community would immediately steal everything not nailed down.

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      Proud of someone for damaging property? What a shitty community, honestly. Guy sounds like a cunt.

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        Whoever did it saved the rest of us a huge amount of hassle. The only thing hurt was the bottom line of the shop that decided to annoy everyone for no good reason

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        you sound like a bootlicker

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        bootlicker

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        wojak-nooo nooo my heckin private propertinoo, you’re supposed to allow yourself to be corralled into a police state without complaint nooo

        Break every gate, sensor and camera. Take back a tiny slice of your agency in this burning world.

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