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0 pointsundefined16y ago0 comments

> “I know my rights, I know my rights”. What are the cashiers and security going to do? Nothing, they let her go.

I've seen a shoplifter (also in SF, Safeway) take it to the next level, repeatedly yelling, "I'm pregnant! The guards are killing me and my baby!". None of which appeared to be the case, and security was as nervous as you might imagine.

This kind of stuff happens a lot at Safeways in SF (also Starbucks and CVS, but mostly Safeway it seems). Other times you'll just see someone running out the door, guards look into the distance for a moment and that's that.

My wife calls them Unsafeway, heh.

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souprock6y ago

I find it hard to imagine that. How do they stay in business?

At my supermarket, I have never observed proper going-out-the-door shoplifting. I am still able to get offended when somebody eats a grape that they haven't purchased. I'm sure worse crime happens, but in-store grape consumption is the worst I've ever observed.

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