(07-10-2019, 01:50 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-10-2019, 01:29 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Loss prevention is one of the responsibilities of the clerk. So get in there and give those thugs the Ol' What For.

I've worked retail. Yes you're expected to keep an eye on people and tell somebody if you see theft. They say if you feel comfortable, you can tell the person,  "I see what you're doing," but by all means they want you to avoid a physical confrontation unless you have been hired and trained as a security guard. Preventing someone from stealing a pair of shoes or a purse full of underwear is not worth the potential workman's comp claim. Of course people with common sense already know that.

Perhaps not for the business, but for me as an employee it would be well worth it.  I hate (and I don't use that term often) thieves.  I would do everything that I could possibly do to not only catch the coward(s), but also try to beat some common sense into them.

What this whole incident illustrates (the first story) is the perfect example of socialism.  Those that fail to work for something that others have feel that they can just "take it".  Politicians buy votes by promising people like this that they will "take money from the rich and give it to them".  The far left platform that the democrat party has become feeds this.

"Free" Healthcare
"Free" college education indoctrination
"Free" housing
"Free" food

I have not yet seen or heard any of the (24?) candidates from the democrat party talk about opportunity, hard work and/or the ability to achieve the American Dream.  Instead they pander to the "instant gratification" crowd and attempt to essentially buy votes from them.  Social "problems" seems to be the platform that all of them are running on.  No real solutions regarding national security, the economy (other than bad-mouthing those that are actually making money) and doing the core thing that the Federal Government under The Constitution is mandated to do.

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