Quote from: K-Dog on Jul 20, 2023, 12:44 PMHard cases come in the store to rip us off all the time.  My fellow employees want to go medieval on their asses.  I fully understand their point of view.  Too much 'shrinkage' and the store could close to open somewhere else.  The self-justification that one is stealing from a corporation and not employees is not as simple as a twisted conscience would have it.  People 'doing the right thing' for minimum reward are also not fond of freeloaders.  It is a redneck sort of thing, and the sun has been on my neck.

But the hard cases who match your demographic have no conscience needing a twist into self-justification. They walk into the store to steal and for no other reason.  Old beat up cars with a get-away driver.  They come in, load up shopping carts, bags and backpacks, then they leave.

What we can officially do is limited.  We may not sting.  But we swarm.

Definitely what can be done to reduce the "shrinkage" is limited.  In many jurisdictions now if a shoplifter manages to get out of the store, store security personnel are not allowed to pursue.  By the time cops arrive on the scene, the perps are in the wind.

Of course this is another nail in the coffin for the brick & mortar shopping experience, pretty soon you'll need to buy everything online and your groceries delivered by Door Dash.  At which point our perps will adapt and start hijacking more UPS trucks and delivery drivers.  Hungry for a Pizza?  Call Dominos and give them a random address and sit outside in your car till the driver arrives, then take the pizza from him before he can ring the doorbell.

Agreed incentives and persuasion could make some dent, but it would be expensive and perceived by many as being a reward for being a low life.  Nobody's gonna want to give them decent free housing if they are spending their whole paycheck to keep a roof overhead.  Besides the threat of prison, not sure what means you have for persuasion, accepting the idea thumbscrews are not an option.

RE