If you don’t want to use the word “victims” to describe the entities from whom billions of dollars are stolen, fine. We can use whatever term you wish. We can even make up a new one. How about “slurganflupper”? Employees steal billions and billions of dollars annually and their employers are the slurganfluppers. And taking a peek in a bag serves as a deterrent against them being further slurganfluppered. And the next time you go to a museum, sporting event, concert, or Disneyworld and they take a 3-second peek in your bag, or when you’re driving on New Year’s and the police have set up a random sobriety check, you can give another screed about the dignity of human life and see how far that gets you. ?The dignity of employees is very important everywhere. I'm sorry you consider a company the victim but overlook an employees dignity.
In any case, no employer should be searching their employees, no matter how large or small they are. And especially with regard to retail theft. I was just responding to how large you think a figure with a B is that large. It's a tiny, tiny ratio:
"Heh. Do you have any idea how much employee theft costs companies? About $50 billion in the US alone. That’s billion with a B."
Edit: Also, governments, corporations, companies of any kind, buildings, etc aren't victims. Living humans are though. When there's a car accident, the car is not a victim. If a shooter goes after company employees, the company is not the victim. The people are. Believing otherwise trivializes the value of human life. So yes, interesting perspective.
Good. Pay me for the time I’ve wasted with TSA.
Funny how some people will whine and cry about the “evil” corporations but ignore what government does every day.
Apple employees always have the option of switching employers. It’s not that easy to switch governments.
I am. By paying higher prices to make up for shrinkage we all are. We all pay one way or another for the behavior of the baddies among us.You're a slurganflupper
The last concert I attended I was treated like a criminal. I think I had to even remove my belt. I’ve not been to a concert since.
Yes, they take a few pocket knives and scissors from law-abiding citizens. I know a 757/767 pilot who had his nail clippers confiscated. But they don’t catch terrorists every day. Or every week. Or ever. Not a single successful apprehension.
Username checks out.You’ve heard of pockets, right? If you‘re taking so many medications that you need a bag to carry all of them, a bag search is the least of your concerns.
Good point, as all of those definitely involve the employer-employee relationship. ? Though I would actually support the stance the sobriety checks and unconstitutional as defying the 4th amendment, though the SCOTUS disagrees.If you don’t want to use the word “victims” to describe the entities from whom billions of dollars are stolen, fine. We can use whatever term you wish. We can even make up a new one. How about “slurganflupper”? Employees steal billions and billions of dollars annually and their employers are the slurganfluppers. And taking a peek in a bag serves as a deterrent against them being further slurganfluppered. And the next time you go to a museum, sporting event, concert, or Disneyworld and they take a 3-second peek in your bag, or when you’re driving on New Year’s and the police have set up a random sobriety check, you can give another screed about the dignity of human life and see how far that gets you. ?
I wonder if we'd see less shrinkage if everybody was paid a living wage. I wonder if we'd see less of our tax money going to social welfare programs if everybody was paid a living wage. We certainly all pay for it alright.I am. By paying higher prices to make up for shrinkage we all are. We all pay one way or another for the behavior of the baddies among us.
As well done for spelling it right!
The dignity of employees is very important everywhere. I'm sorry you consider a company the victim but overlook an employees dignity.
In any case, no employer should be searching their employees, no matter how large or small they are. And especially with regard to retail theft. I was just responding to how large you think a figure with a B is that large. It's a tiny, tiny ratio:
"Heh. Do you have any idea how much employee theft costs companies? About $50 billion in the US alone. That’s billion with a B."
Edit: Also, governments, corporations, companies of any kind, buildings, etc aren't victims. Living humans are though. When there's a car accident, the car is not a victim. If a shooter goes after company employees, the company is not the victim. The people are. Believing otherwise trivializes the value of human life. So yes, interesting perspective.
I am. By paying higher prices to make up for shrinkage we all are. We all pay one way or another for the behavior of the baddies among us.
As well done for spelling it right!
That doesn’t explain why people who can afford items shoplift.I wonder if we'd see less shrinkage if everybody was paid a living wage. I wonder if we'd see less of our tax money going to social welfare programs if everybody was paid a living wage. We certainly all pay for it alright.
30 million? It’s Tim Cook’s pocket change.I hope Apple gets hurt with this ! Its time for it to collapse.
Cook is a lying cheating moron.. karma will get him, trust me. I don't like him for many reasons.. He is a vile piece of dirt.30 million? It’s Tim Cook’s pocket change.
It doesn’t. Though tendency to shoplift no doubt correlates with income level.That doesn’t explain why people who can afford items shoplift.
Yes, we can certainly expand the discussion to include other unrelated reasons consumers pay higher prices.Um, you also pay higher prices because the reseller finds out that the 'shipping crisis' flogged on almost every known media in this country tells them they CAN charge more.
I would bet that there is a hell of a lot of grift, and down right thievery going on now, RIGHT NOW!
Isn't it amazing that the gas that has been in the tank at the gas station just magically cost them more than it did when they originally bought it?
That doesn’t explain why people who can afford items shoplift.
Here in Australia (Common Law) bag checks are allowed however legally we cannot dig through a person's bag as its private property. We are permitted to push the bottom of the bag up to see further contents but legally we are not allowed to touch the bag internally or start sifting as this means we can be charged, especially if consent is not provided. We can request the customer to move items internally. Forcibly searching a bag without permission means I can be charged with assault, and touching private property.